Middle East

Yemen Light Vehicle Market collapsed in the 2014 hit by devastating civil war with several dealership closed. Current situation is not improving and the 2015 market is foreseen heavily down. Toyota led in spite of sales fallen over 60%.

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Syria Vehicles Market 2016 kept falling down losing an additional 44 percent and landing at a volume lower than one tenth compared with the 2010. In the harsh environment, just Koreans manufacturers survive.

UAE Vehicles Market hit All-Time record in 2014 with Sales above 400k, first time ever, and joining the Top 25 Global Car Markets Club. This was the year of BMW booming sales 83%.

Emirates Auto Sales 2016 dropped down more than any other Top market in the World, hit by weak demand both from real internal demand and trading sector. All manufacturers fell down, but Infiniti and Jaguar.

Yemeni vehicle market in 2022 toted 8,274 sales, a 2.3% loss from the previous year. December grows for the second month in a row, with 223 new registrations (+236.8%). Hyundai posted the best performance (+94.9%).

Bahrain Auto Sales interrupted the recent years' negative trend in 2018 with 38.872 units sold (+1.7%). Toyota, the market leader, fell down 6.3% while Nissan and Honda scored an impressive performance, improving over 20%. The introduction of VAT in January 2019 should penalize the start of the new year.

Syrian Vehicle Market dropped to 22.000 units in the 2014 losing over three-quarter respect the golden age just few years ago. It is dominated by Koreans that kept over 86% of market share. Hyundai Elantra is the best-selling model.

Jordan vehicles sales in 2014 benefit from the low oil price, positive economic environment and increased demand by both fleet and private customers. Koreans dominate together with Toyota.

Lebanon Cars Market in 2017 was almost positive fueled by strong demand on light commercial vehicles, albeit the country is again inside a full of risks politic crisis, after Prime Minister Hariri resignation. The market is dominated by Koreans.