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Global Car Market Performance 17 June 2010 GLOBAL CAR MARKET PERFORMANCE Europe vs. BRIC Top 20 best selling models around the world South Africa market share snapshot JATO Dynamics, the world’s leading provider of automotive research and intelligence, has released its latest analysis of global car sales, showing the impressive performance of BRIC markets. At the same time as Africa hosts the FIFA World Cup for the first time, emerging car markets are taking the spotlight in automotive sales. Month- by-month, Brazil, Russia, India and China have beaten the car sales figures of 27 European countries researched by JATO Dynamics. Vehicles sales‐ 2010 2.500.000 2.000.000 1.500.000 1.000.000 500.000 ‐ jan/10 feb/10 mar/10 apr/10 Europe 1.088.794 1.000.966 1.647.584 1.161.779 BRIC 1.783.769 1.442.021 1.938.791 1.534.037 Top 20 Best Selling Models in the World JATO Dynamics has prepared a special analysis of year-to-date total model volumes, across the world. In total volume, Wuling leads for its sales in China. The Chinese market accounts for four of the top five places, while Brazil reaches 11th place, through sales of Volkswagen Gol and India 17th, for sales of Maruti Alto. There are no European countries currently among the top 20. Ytd Country Make Model Jan-Apr/10 1º CHINA WULING RONGGUANG/SUNSHINE/HONGTU 409.547 2º CHINA CHANA STARS/STARLIGHT/SC 224.226 3º CHINA BYD F3 203.915 4º USA FORD F-SERIES 143.985 5º CHINA HYUNDAI ELANTRA 138.026 6º JAPAN TOYOTA PRIUS 104.390 7º USA CHEVROLET SILVERADO 102.098 8º USA HONDA ACCORD 94.890 9º USA TOYOTA CAMRY 93.082 10º USA TOYOTA COROLLA/MATRIX 91.672 11º BRAZIL VOLKSWAGEN GOL 85.396 12º CHINA VOLKSWAGEN LAVIDA 77.769 13º USA HONDA CIVIC 76.821 14º JAPAN SUZUKI WAGON R 75.789 15º JAPAN DAIHATSU TANTO 75.370 16º CHINA VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 74.992 17º INDIA MARUTI ALTO 73.752 18º CHINA BUICK EXCELLE 72.721 19º USA NISSAN ALTIMA 71.843 20º USA FORD FUSION 70.382 cars and light commercials ** the analysis refers to following countries: South Africa, Germany, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Korea, France, Spain, USA, Great Britain, The Netherlands, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Federation of Russia, Thailand and Turkey. World Cup – South Africa As South Africa prepares to host the World Cup, JATO has also developed a snapshot analysis of market share amongst the country’s key brands, year-to-date. Toyota has the greatest share, accounting for one in five of every car sold. MITSUBISHI 1% HONDA LAND ROVER Market Share of Brands 2% 1% Outros in South Africa RENAULT 7% 2% AUDI ISUZU 2% 2% TOYOTA MAZDA 21% 3% CHEVROLET 3% OPEL AMH&AAD 4% 13% Year to date Jan‐Apr/10 BMW MERCEDES VOLKSWAGEN 6% 6% FORD 13% 6% NISSAN 7% *cars and light commercials ** AMH&AAD Group imports Hyundai, Kia, SsangYong, Daihatsu, Proton and Tata vehicles The above data is provided by JATO Consult, the company’s bespoke consulting service which offers customers access to its unique intelligence and provides solutions and advice to meet a wide range of automotive business challenges. For more information visit www.jato.com/brazil, or email [email protected]. -Ends- If you do not want to receive these Press Releases in future, please e-mail [email protected] .
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