Tesla holds 6.7% of the Israeli market vs. 2.2% year-to-date.
Data by our local partner cartube.co.il shows an Israeli new car market up 20.7% year-on-year in August to 24,727 units. The year-to-date tally is now up 10.6% to 222,487. Hyundai (+13.9%) is a solid leader once again this month, distancing Kia (-0.2%) and Toyota (+16.2%) as it is also the case in the year-to-date order. Tesla is up 50 spots on July to land in 4th place with 6.7% share vs. 2.2% so far this year and vs. zero sales in August 2022. It pushes Skoda (+31.5%) down to #5 despite a splendid year-on-year gain. Newcomer Chinese BYD is also down one spot on July to #6 and is slightly below its YTD level at 5% vs. 5.5%. Mitsubishi (+34.6%) also beats the market in the remainder of the Top 10 at #8 while Chery is down two ranks to #10. Geely (-26.7%) climbs back up six spots on last month to #11 but sinks year-on-year. Below, MG (+216.9%) and Peugeot (+139.4%) stand out.
Previous month: Israel July 2023: Toyota teases Hyundai for #1, sales up 7.1%
One year ago: Israel August 2022: Geely up to #6 in market down -22.8%
Full August 2023 Top 66 All brands below.
Israel August 2023 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | Aug-23 | % | /22 | Jul | 2023 | % | /22 | Pos | FY22 |
| 1 | Hyundai | 3,426 | 13.9% | 13.9% | 1 | 36,459 | 16.4% | -3.1% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Kia | 3,029 | 12.2% | -0.2% | 3 | 27,399 | 12.3% | -1.3% | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Toyota | 3,029 | 12.2% | 16.2% | 2 | 23,483 | 10.6% | -18.9% | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Tesla | 1,647 | 6.7% | n/a | 54 | 4,948 | 2.2% | 144.6% | 13 | 10 |
| 5 | Skoda | 1,516 | 6.1% | 31.5% | 4 | 11,731 | 5.3% | 18.9% | 6 | 5 |
| 6 | BYD | 1,239 | 5.0% | new | 5 | 12,169 | 5.5% | new | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | Mazda | 1,044 | 4.2% | -29.4% | 7 | 12,158 | 5.5% | -11.2% | 5 | 4 |
| 8 | Mitsubishi | 1,007 | 4.1% | 34.6% | 6 | 8,475 | 3.8% | -9.2% | 8 | 6 |
| 9 | Suzuki | 888 | 3.6% | 12.1% | 9 | 7,040 | 3.2% | 25.2% | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | Chery | 801 | 3.2% | new | 8 | 9,820 | 4.4% | new | 7 | 32 |
| 11 | Geely | 734 | 3.0% | -26.7% | 17 | 5,581 | 2.5% | 49.5% | 12 | 9 |
| 12 | MG | 561 | 2.3% | 216.9% | 11 | 3,826 | 1.7% | 4.3% | 16 | 13 |
| 13 | Peugeot | 517 | 2.1% | 139.4% | 14 | 6,065 | 2.7% | 22.3% | 10 | 11 |
| 14 | Citroen | 509 | 2.1% | 2.4% | 12 | 5,790 | 2.6% | -15.1% | 11 | 8 |
| 15 | Volkswagen | 487 | 2.0% | 28.8% | 16 | 3,221 | 1.4% | 22.6% | 19 | 19 |
| 16 | Seat | 469 | 1.9% | -35.8% | 10 | 4,722 | 2.1% | 0.4% | 14 | 12 |
| 17 | Renault | 324 | 1.3% | -38.3% | 13 | 3,923 | 1.8% | 69.8% | 15 | 17 |
| 18 | Chevrolet | 311 | 1.3% | -45.0% | 15 | 2,766 | 1.2% | -30.0% | 20 | 15 |
| 19 | Subaru | 285 | 1.2% | -33.4% | 19 | 3,778 | 1.7% | 16.7% | 17 | 16 |
| 20 | Mercedes | 279 | 1.1% | -30.3% | 18 | 3,681 | 1.7% | -10.1% | 18 | 14 |
| 21 | BMW | 208 | 0.8% | -16.8% | 21 | 2,041 | 0.9% | -32.3% | 23 | 21 |
| 22 | Nissan | 203 | 0.8% | 103.0% | 20 | 2,249 | 1.0% | -21.3% | 22 | 20 |
| 23 | Ford | 203 | 0.8% | 95.2% | 29 | 1,114 | 0.5% | -11.1% | 29 | 30 |
| 24 | Audi | 197 | 0.8% | -10.9% | 22 | 2,582 | 1.2% | 7.1% | 21 | 22 |
| 25 | Lexus | 160 | 0.6% | -5.9% | 24 | 1,273 | 0.6% | -5.2% | 27 | 27 |
| 26 | Fiat | 157 | 0.6% | 2142.9% | 28 | 626 | 0.3% | 39.4% | 35 | 40 |
| 27 | Cupra | 146 | 0.6% | -37.1% | 26 | 1,584 | 0.7% | -13.2% | 25 | 23 |
| 28 | Ora | 143 | 0.6% | new | 32 | 710 | 0.3% | new | 33 | – |
| 29 | Dacia | 128 | 0.5% | -9.9% | 25 | 1,121 | 0.5% | -8.5% | 28 | 26 |
| 30 | Opel | 126 | 0.5% | 1.6% | 23 | 1,886 | 0.8% | 3.4% | 24 | 25 |
| 31 | Volvo | 93 | 0.4% | -52.1% | 27 | 1,429 | 0.6% | 15.0% | 26 | 28 |
| 32 | Jeep | 89 | 0.4% | -47.3% | 30 | 937 | 0.4% | -54.2% | 30 | 24 |
| 33 | EVeasy | 75 | 0.3% | n/a | 43 | 179 | 0.1% | 8850.0% | 50 | 63 |
| 34 | Genesis | 72 | 0.3% | 30.9% | 33 | 711 | 0.3% | 33.4% | 32 | 36 |
| 35 | Lynk & Co | 72 | 0.3% | n/a | 40 | 335 | 0.2% | 16650.0% | 43 | 57 |
| 36 | Isuzu | 62 | 0.3% | -27.1% | 31 | 862 | 0.4% | -32.7% | 31 | 29 |
| 37 | Leapmotor | 51 | 0.2% | new | 37 | 408 | 0.2% | new | 39 | 51 |
| 38 | Polestar | 49 | 0.2% | 600.0% | 36 | 193 | 0.1% | 2657.1% | 49 | 48 |
| 39 | Skywell | 41 | 0.2% | -61.7% | 46 | 540 | 0.2% | 21.3% | 36 | 33 |
| 40 | Cadillac | 39 | 0.2% | -73.3% | 35 | 482 | 0.2% | -10.1% | 38 | 35 |
| 41 | Seres | 37 | 0.1% | 1133.3% | 41 | 629 | 0.3% | 40.4% | 34 | 34 |
| 42 | Honda | 35 | 0.1% | -63.9% | 34 | 504 | 0.2% | 53.7% | 37 | 42 |
| 43 | WEY | 28 | 0.1% | new | 39 | 337 | 0.2% | new | 42 | – |
| 44 | Maxus | 28 | 0.1% | -34.9% | 49 | 228 | 0.1% | 2.7% | 46 | 39 |
| 45 | Land Rover | 25 | 0.1% | -66.7% | 38 | 399 | 0.2% | -20.2% | 40 | 38 |
| 46 | JAC | 25 | 0.1% | 25.0% | 47 | 140 | 0.1% | 26.1% | 51 | 46 |
| 47 | SsangYong | 22 | 0.1% | -73.8% | 50 | 269 | 0.1% | -40.6% | 44 | 37 |
| 48 | Mini | 22 | 0.1% | -50.0% | 42 | 221 | 0.1% | -41.8% | 47 | 41 |
| 49 | Porsche | 17 | 0.1% | -39.3% | 48 | 217 | 0.1% | 4.3% | 48 | 44 |
| 50 | Infiniti | 17 | 0.1% | -10.5% | 44 | 112 | 0.1% | 27.3% | 53 | 47 |
| 51 | Alfa Romeo | 12 | 0.0% | -65.7% | 45 | 266 | 0.1% | 12.2% | 45 | 43 |
| 52 | Voyah | 11 | 0.0% | new | 51 | 118 | 0.1% | new | 52 | 61 |
| 53 | DS | 8 | 0.0% | -33.3% | 52 | 96 | 0.0% | -23.8% | 54 | 45 |
| 54 | Abarth | 7 | 0.0% | 40.0% | 53 | 68 | 0.0% | -10.5% | 56 | 49 |
| 55 | Maserati | 4 | 0.0% | 33.3% | 56 | 41 | 0.0% | -4.7% | 57 | 52 |
| 56 | Bentley | 4 | 0.0% | n/a | 57 | 15 | 0.0% | -25.0% | 61 | 55 |
| 57 | Jaguar | 3 | 0.0% | -25.0% | 55 | 19 | 0.0% | -56.8% | 60 | 53 |
| 58 | Aston Martin | 2 | 0.0% | 100.0% | – | 5 | 0.0% | -50.0% | 63 | 58 |
| 59 | Aiways | 1 | 0.0% | -99.3% | – | 369 | 0.2% | -30.1% | 41 | 31 |
| 60 | Ferrari | 1 | 0.0% | -66.7% | 59 | 19 | 0.0% | 18.8% | 59 | 56 |
| 61 | Weltmeister | 1 | 0.0% | new | – | 4 | 0.0% | new | 64 | – |
| 62 | Alpine | 1 | 0.0% | new | 60 | 2 | 0.0% | new | 66 | – |
| 63 | Hongqi | 0 | 0.0% | -100.0% | 58 | 80 | 0.0% | 77.8% | 55 | 50 |
| 64 | LEVC | 0 | 0.0% | -100.0% | – | 22 | 0.0% | -21.4% | 58 | 54 |
| 65 | Forthing | 0 | 0.0% | new | – | 8 | 0.0% | new | 62 | – |
| 66 | MAN | 0 | 0.0% | n/a | – | 2 | 0.0% | -60.0% | 65 | 59 |
Source: cartube.co.il
