Skoda sales almost double year-on-year in May.
Data by our local partner cartube.co.il shows an Israeli new car market down -3.1% year-on-year to 24,303 units. Thanks to a strong start of the year, the year-to-date tally is now up 10% to 149,604. Hyundai (-25.6%) stays overall best-seller despite a hefty year-on-year loss. It ends the month only 59 sales above sister brand Kia (-1.6%) which contains its drop. Toyota (-16.6%) also struggles but stays in 3rd position. Skoda (+88.9%) ignores the negative market and climbs two spots on April to #4. Chinese fares BYD and Chery continue to stun albeit both down one rank on last month to #5 and #6 respectively. Only Suzuki (+30.4%) manages a positive result in the remainder of the Top 10, with Mitsubishi (-12.3%), Citroen (-13.6%) and most significantly Mazda (-40.2%) all suffer. Tesla (+40700%!) is up to #14 vs. #20 year-to-date. Weltmeister makes its entrance in the Israeli charts with its first 3 sales.
Previous month: Israel April 2023: BYD and Chery fit inside the Top 5 for the first time, market down -4.7%
One year ago: Israel May 2022: MG up to #7, Geely breaks into Top 10 in market down -6.4%
Full May 2023 Top 65 All brands ranking below.
Israel May 2023 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | May-23 | % | /22 | Apr | 2023 | % | /22 | Pos | FY22 |
| 1 | Hyundai | 3,587 | 14.8% | -25.6% | 1 | 24,913 | 16.7% | -6.1% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Kia | 3,528 | 14.5% | -1.6% | 2 | 18,413 | 12.3% | -4.1% | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Toyota | 3,020 | 12.4% | -16.6% | 3 | 13,783 | 9.2% | -34.0% | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Skoda | 1,519 | 6.3% | 88.9% | 6 | 7,376 | 4.9% | 20.3% | 6 | 5 |
| 5 | BYD | 1,268 | 5.2% | new | 4 | 8,497 | 5.7% | new | 5 | 18 |
| 6 | Chery | 1,253 | 5.2% | new | 5 | 7,165 | 4.8% | new | 7 | 32 |
| 7 | Mitsubishi | 1,152 | 4.7% | -12.3% | 8 | 5,713 | 3.8% | -14.7% | 8 | 6 |
| 8 | Mazda | 1,067 | 4.4% | -40.2% | 10 | 9,254 | 6.2% | 4.6% | 4 | 4 |
| 9 | Suzuki | 729 | 3.0% | 30.4% | 7 | 4,829 | 3.2% | 28.3% | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | Citroen | 595 | 2.4% | -13.6% | 12 | 4,253 | 2.8% | 6.2% | 11 | 8 |
| 11 | Peugeot | 526 | 2.2% | -3.1% | 9 | 4,635 | 3.1% | 20.4% | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | Geely | 452 | 1.9% | -19.3% | 11 | 4,091 | 2.7% | 143.7% | 12 | 9 |
| 13 | Volkswagen | 451 | 1.9% | 54.5% | 13 | 1,903 | 1.3% | 9.7% | 19 | 19 |
| 14 | Tesla | 408 | 1.7% | 40700.0% | 32 | 1,849 | 1.2% | 27.1% | 20 | 10 |
| 15 | Chevrolet | 353 | 1.5% | -66.3% | 26 | 1,673 | 1.1% | -34.4% | 21 | 15 |
| 16 | Seat | 349 | 1.4% | -34.5% | 16 | 3,123 | 2.1% | 30.6% | 13 | 12 |
| 17 | Renault | 339 | 1.4% | 41.8% | 19 | 2,601 | 1.7% | 140.6% | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | Mercedes | 328 | 1.3% | -23.7% | 14 | 2,741 | 1.8% | -2.5% | 15 | 14 |
| 19 | Subaru | 296 | 1.2% | 53.4% | 18 | 2,889 | 1.9% | 53.3% | 14 | 16 |
| 20 | Opel | 288 | 1.2% | -2.4% | 25 | 1,446 | 1.0% | 10.0% | 23 | 25 |
| 21 | Audi | 265 | 1.1% | -0.7% | 20 | 1,921 | 1.3% | 10.1% | 18 | 22 |
| 22 | Nissan | 260 | 1.1% | -39.4% | 15 | 1,455 | 1.0% | -38.3% | 22 | 20 |
| 23 | MG | 245 | 1.0% | -69.7% | 21 | 2,173 | 1.5% | -17.4% | 17 | 13 |
| 24 | BMW | 208 | 0.9% | -48.3% | 22 | 1,404 | 0.9% | -35.1% | 24 | 21 |
| 25 | Cupra | 197 | 0.8% | -34.3% | 17 | 1,139 | 0.8% | 15.8% | 25 | 23 |
| 26 | Dacia | 164 | 0.7% | 4.5% | 31 | 711 | 0.5% | -18.4% | 28 | 26 |
| 27 | Lexus | 155 | 0.6% | 82.4% | 29 | 840 | 0.6% | -11.7% | 27 | 27 |
| 28 | Volvo | 152 | 0.6% | 10.1% | 27 | 1,049 | 0.7% | 27.8% | 26 | 28 |
| 29 | Ford | 112 | 0.5% | -18.8% | 23 | 706 | 0.5% | -21.8% | 29 | 30 |
| 30 | Ora | 91 | 0.4% | new | 24 | 413 | 0.3% | new | 35 | – |
| 31 | Cadillac | 82 | 0.3% | 290.5% | 35 | 340 | 0.2% | 33.9% | 37 | 35 |
| 32 | Jeep | 79 | 0.3% | -81.1% | 33 | 648 | 0.4% | -51.0% | 30 | 24 |
| 33 | Genesis | 76 | 0.3% | 137.5% | 41 | 495 | 0.3% | 47.8% | 33 | 36 |
| 34 | Fiat | 76 | 0.3% | -21.6% | 42 | 313 | 0.2% | -6.3% | 39 | 40 |
| 35 | Isuzu | 75 | 0.3% | 17.2% | 28 | 607 | 0.4% | -38.4% | 31 | 29 |
| 36 | Land Rover | 49 | 0.2% | -35.5% | 34 | 302 | 0.2% | 25.3% | 40 | 38 |
| 37 | EVeasy | 49 | 0.2% | new | 58 | 58 | 0.0% | new | 55 | 63 |
| 38 | Skywell | 42 | 0.2% | -22.2% | 38 | 464 | 0.3% | 203.3% | 34 | 33 |
| 39 | Leap Motor | 40 | 0.2% | new | 36 | 292 | 0.2% | new | 41 | 51 |
| 40 | Lynk & Co | 40 | 0.2% | n/a | 40 | 187 | 0.1% | 9250.0% | 45 | 57 |
| 41 | Alfa Romeo | 33 | 0.1% | 10.0% | 48 | 209 | 0.1% | 34.8% | 43 | 43 |
| 42 | Mini | 33 | 0.1% | -21.4% | 49 | 147 | 0.1% | -39.8% | 48 | 41 |
| 43 | Seres | 31 | 0.1% | -16.2% | 39 | 512 | 0.3% | 23.1% | 32 | 34 |
| 44 | WEY | 31 | 0.1% | new | 37 | 260 | 0.2% | new | 42 | – |
| 45 | Porsche | 30 | 0.1% | 114.3% | 46 | 163 | 0.1% | 30.4% | 47 | 44 |
| 46 | SsangYong | 28 | 0.1% | -33.3% | 43 | 204 | 0.1% | -26.4% | 44 | 37 |
| 47 | Honda | 27 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 45 | 327 | 0.2% | 78.7% | 38 | 42 |
| 48 | JAC | 23 | 0.1% | 109.1% | 47 | 75 | 0.1% | 59.6% | 52 | 46 |
| 49 | Voyah | 20 | 0.1% | new | 51 | 86 | 0.1% | new | 49 | 61 |
| 50 | Maxus | 18 | 0.1% | -28.0% | 44 | 168 | 0.1% | 28.2% | 46 | 39 |
| 51 | Polestar | 12 | 0.0% | new | 55 | 80 | 0.1% | new | 50 | 48 |
| 52 | DS | 12 | 0.0% | -14.3% | 52 | 62 | 0.0% | -27.1% | 54 | 45 |
| 53 | Abarth | 12 | 0.0% | 300.0% | 54 | 54 | 0.0% | 20.0% | 56 | 49 |
| 54 | Aiways | 8 | 0.0% | 60.0% | 30 | 363 | 0.2% | 82.4% | 36 | 31 |
| 55 | Infiniti | 8 | 0.0% | -11.1% | 53 | 62 | 0.0% | 40.9% | 53 | 47 |
| 56 | Maserati | 3 | 0.0% | n/a | 57 | 29 | 0.0% | -9.4% | 57 | 52 |
| 57 | Weltmeister | 3 | 0.0% | new | – | 3 | 0.0% | new | 62 | – |
| 58 | LEVC | 2 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 50 | 22 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 58 | 54 |
| 59 | Ferrari | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | – | 15 | 0.0% | 50.0% | 59 | 56 |
| 60 | Hongqi | 1 | 0.0% | -87.5% | 56 | 75 | 0.1% | 368.8% | 51 | 50 |
| 61 | Aston Martin | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | – | 3 | 0.0% | -62.5% | 63 | 58 |
| 62 | Jaguar | 0 | 0.0% | -100.0% | – | 12 | 0.0% | -58.6% | 60 | 53 |
| 63 | Bentley | 0 | 0.0% | -100.0% | 59 | 7 | 0.0% | -41.7% | 61 | 55 |
| 64 | MAN | 0 | 0.0% | n/a | 60 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 64 | 59 |
Source: cartube.co.il
