The previous generation Hyundai Creta is still on sale in Morocco.
New light vehicle sales in Morocco drop another -12.1% year-on-year in February to 13,497 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -10.6% to 23,197. This includes 10,789 Passenger Cars (-10.8%) and 1,075 Light Commercials (-23.2%). Year-to-date, Passenger Cars are off -7.8% to 21,282 and LCV down -33.1% to 1,915.
In the PC brands ranking, Dacia (-16.3%) holds onto the top spot with 23% share, exactly the same level as January. Renault (+11.3%) goes against the market with a double-digit gain as does Hyundai (+23.3%) to 12.9% share. Peugeot (-46.7%) implodes at #4 whereas Volkswagen (+13%) shines at #5. In 10th place, Skoda (+186.1%) continues to stun and is the only additional Top 10 brand in positive with Citroen (-29.2%), Opel (-29.6%), Kia (-30%) and Toyota (-31.8%) all in freefall. Among premium brands, Audi (-9.7%) stays in the lead and improves its share slightly, Mercedes (+4.6%) edges up and BMW (-10.3%) limits its fall somewhat.
In the LCV brands ranking, Renault (-37.1%) tops the charts with 369 sales above DFSK (-19.3%) at 335 and Fiat (+115.3%) at 267.
Previous month: Morocco January 2023: Skoda, Hyundai, VW ignore market down -8.9%
Full February 2023 Top 13 brands ranking (PC) below.
Morocco February 2023 – brands (PC):
| Pos | Brand | Feb-23 | % | /22 | Jan | 2023 | % | /22 | Pos | FY22 |
| 1 | Dacia | 2,486 | 23.0% | -16.3% | 1 | 4,888 | 23.0% | -18.5% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Renault | 1,764 | 16.3% | 11.3% | 2 | 3,615 | 17.0% | 6.0% | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Hyundai | 1,387 | 12.9% | 23.3% | 3 | 3,009 | 14.1% | 15.9% | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Peugeot | 710 | 6.6% | -46.7% | 6 | 1,101 | 5.2% | -46.1% | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Volkswagen | 530 | 4.9% | 13.0% | 4 | 1,128 | 5.3% | 10.5% | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Opel | 530 | 4.9% | -29.6% | 7 | 881 | 4.1% | -25.3% | 6 | 5 |
| 7 | Citroen | 455 | 4.2% | -29.2% | 14 | 663 | 3.1% | -38.0% | 8 | 6 |
| 8 | Toyota | 345 | 3.2% | -31.8% | 5 | 763 | 3.6% | -25.5% | 7 | 7 |
| 9 | Kia | 332 | 3.1% | -30.0% | 9 | 650 | 3.1% | -22.4% | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Skoda | 289 | 2.7% | 186.1% | 8 | 627 | 2.9% | 218.3% | 10 | n/a |
| 11 | Audi | 270 | 2.5% | -9.7% | 10 | 588 | 2.8% | -16.0% | 11 | n/a |
| 12 | Mercedes | 251 | 2.3% | 4.6% | 11 | 504 | 2.4% | 1.8% | 12 | n/a |
| 13 | BMW | 183 | 1.7% | -10.3% | 13 | 414 | 1.9% | 30.2% | 13 | n/a |
Source: AIVAM
