Japanese cars top domestic market sales in 11M 2017


(MENAFN- Daily News Egypt) Japanese cars sold reach 32,200 in the first 11 months (11M) of 2017, compared to 37,300 a year prior, and 24,100 Korean cars were sold, compared to 48,000 in 2016, while 13,500 European vehicles were sold, compared to 17,800 the previous year. American cars saw 10,500 vehicles sold compared with 17,700 and 8,200 Chinese cars were sold, compared to 12,000 in 2016.

Opel Astra tops European car sales

Opel Astra topped European car sales in Egypt from the beginning of 2017 to November last year, with 2,559 vehicles sold during 2017, excluding December, according to the latest report by the Automotive Marketing Information Council (AMIC).

The Renault Duster sold 2,145 cars, ranking second in 11M 2017 and the Renault brand also took the third spot with the Kadjar model, selling 1,852 cars.

The fourth was Opel Insignia, with 1,706 cars sold, while Renault Logan was fifth with 1,010 cars, followed by Fiat Tipo with 851 cars.

Meanwhile, the Renault Stepway came in seventh, with 527 sold cars in 11M 2017. Renault Sandero ranked eighth, selling 433 cars, while the Renault San Grande model came in ninth, selling 389 cars. The 10th highest selling European car was Peugeot 301 marking 355 sold cars.


Renault Captur sold 291 cars, Peugeot 508 sold 230 vehicles, Nissan Juke sold 178 cars, Fiat Punto 149 units, and Renault Lodge 109 cars.

Ghabbour Auto tops Chinese cars sold

From the beginning of 2017 to November, Ghabbour Auto topped Chinese car sales with 8,014 cars sold, according to the latest report issued by AMIC.

Top Chinese car sales were dominated by Ghabbour Group, as the top three models sold were licensed to the group. Chery Tigo topped the list of Chinese car sales with 3,077 sold cars, followed by Geely Emgrand with 2,548 sold cars, and Chery Envy with about 2,285 sold cars.

Brilliance V3 marked 145 cars sold, surpassing the previous year€™s sales, due to lack of availability at the time as a result of turmoil in the market at the time, the rise in the dollar exchange rate, and the scarcity of the currency.

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