Sales of vehicles in Morocco amounted to 131,637 cars during the first nine months of this year, increasing by 12.64% compared to the end of September 2019, according to the Monthly statistics issued by the Association of Car Importers in Morocco.
The number of new registrations for private cars amounted to 115,611 cars, representing an increase of 10.77%, while the number of light utility vehicles increased to 16,066 cars (+28.26%), according to the same source.
Dacia holds 28.32% of the market share, followed by Renault (13.43%), Hyundai (8.21%), Peugeot (6.98%), Opel (4.69%), Volkswagen (4.49%), Citroën (4.47%), Skoda (3.12%), Ford (3.06%) and then Toyota (3,03%) placing these brands in the top 10 of sales, according to Wandaloo’s website.
Kia continues to rise by recording an increase of + 151% in terms of sales (365 units sold) compared to September 2020, whereas, Renault dropped in sales with 1092 vehicles sold (-31.32%) despite the marketing of the new generation of its bestseller, the Clio 5 in September 2020 and the new generation of the Express in May 2021.
Peugeot is continuing its recovery by recording an increase of 55.66% in September 2021 compared to 32.13% recorded in August 2021 thanks to 1,004 units sold.
Volkswagen, on the other hand, since last year it recorded only 494 new registrations corresponding to a drop of 31.29%.
On the Premium market, Audi reached 100% annual growth thanks to the 316 vehicles sold in September 2021.
Porsche also increased by 102.7% thanks to 225 cars sold, and BMW sold as well 235 units, representing an increase of 7.80%.
While sales of Jaguar have decreased by 46.22 percent to 121 units, also Mercedes kept on decreasing by recording a drop of 42.98% (125 vehicles sold) compared to September 2020 (-25.15% in August 2021).
Recently, the American brand Tesla settled its headquarters in Tangier, the first in Africa, has set up as well its superchargers in Tangier and Casablanca, according to Tesla Club Morocco’s Facebook post.
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