Toyota Prado and Corolla are the bestselling cars in Georgia, according to one of the leading auto dealership companies Matemotors and Toyota Centre Tbilisi . Among Mercedes models ML-Class is the most popular, Mercedes Centre Tbilisi claims.
“The bestseller of the year 2008/2009 is Toyota Prado. It’s a Japanese vehicle of the highest quality for which demand is constant. Such Japanese brands as Toyota Nissan and Mitsubishi are quite popular in Georgia today also,” Irakli Zaria, General Manager of Matemotors Ltd, told The FINANCIAL.
“As the auto market grows up the population has an increasing choice of brands and models. But the Japanese brands occupy a very special niche. Among these brands Toyota is the leader in sales. The popularity of Toyota among other brands can be explained very easily: incomparable quality, refined design and acceptable prices,” Zaria says.
“The most popular and bestselling cars for the year 2008/2009 in Georgia, according to the sales of our company is the Toyota Prado and Corolla. The popularity of these brands among Georgians are due to their quality, prices and brand. From the above mentioned favourite brands our company in 2008 sold 400 Prado and 350 Corolla. In the first quarter of 2009, we sold 90 Prado and 80 Corolla,” says Tina Revazishvili, representative of Toyota Center Tbilisi .
The total number of cars sold by Toyota Centre Tbilisi in 2008 was 3,773.
After the beginning of the global recession Toyota decreased prices on cars by 15%.
“The most popular and bestselling car for the year 2008/2009 in Georgia, according to the sales of our company is the ML-Class. Of the above mentioned favourite brand among Georgians, our company sold 35 cars in 2008 and in the first quarter of 2009 - 7,” says Lasha Lomidze, Sales Manager of Mercedes-Benz Georgia.
Mercedes-Benz has imported 138 passenger cars; 30 commercial vehicles in 2008 and 21 passenger cars and 1 commercial vehicle in 2009.
“In total in 2008 we sold 125 passenger cars and 16 commercial vehicles. In 2009 we sold 14 passenger cars and 2 commercial vehicles,” Lomidze says.
After the beginning of the global recession, Mercedes-Benz Georgia has decreased prices on cars by 10-20%.
“In the US and the West car producing companies started creating the hybrid-electric vehicle, which has an additional electric engine, economizing fuel consumption. As Lomidze, Mercedes-Benz notes, in Georgia the demand for such autos has not increased.
“These cars have a great future I think, as a new combined type of engine is a great saving of money on fuel and at the same tame it’s less polluting. The only minus is that it’s less powerful, but this problem is being worked on,” Zaria declares.
“Matemotors doesn’t sell hybrid-electric vehicles yet. The reason is that the new type of engine requires special service which is not available at the moment. The second reason is demand, which is still very low. The general part of the population is not informed enough about the advantages of this new generation of cars, and for the rest the price is just not realistic. However in a few years the hybrid engines will gradually overtake petrol engines,” Zaria notes.
After the beginning of the global recession we used to have sales of up to 15-20%.
“Now we offer our customers interest-free credit allowing purchasing of a vehicle by instalments without any percent charge. The credit duration is one year,” Zaria says.
According to information on the car sales web pages auto.ge and myauto.ge, the leading car makes for second hand cars are Mercedes-Benz and BMW.
According to the information of myauto.ge, the leading top ten car brands offered for sale on our web page are as follows: Mercedes-Benz, with a total number of 2,692, BMW - 2,264, Volkswagen - 1,304, Mitsubishi - 1,169, Honda - 890, Opel - 851, Toyota - 731, Audi - 651, Nissan - 411, Subaru - 407.
“On the web pages of auto.ge the biggest number of cars offered for sale are Mercedes-Benz and BMW: C180-104, E200-59, E320-45, 220-40, E230-36, ML 320-33, 190-32, C 230-32, 230-28. BMW: 318-104, 525-80, 528-67, 520-58, 316-55, 320-49, X5-46, 523-24, 728-13,” says Zaza Dzadzamia, founder and Director General of the web page auto.ge.
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Monday, June 22, 2009
Monday, June 8, 2009
May 2009 BMW Group Global Sales Drop 18%
In market conditions that remain difficult, the BMW Group sold 109,042 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brand automobiles worldwide in May, a decrease of 18.3%, the car maker said Monday.
This sales decrease was more moderate than in most of the previous months. A total of 487,906 (previous year: 618,734/-1.1%) vehicles were sold in the first five months of the year. Despite declining sales volumes, the BMW Group was able to gain market share against its competitors in the premium segment during this period.
Ian Robertson, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, responsible for Sales and Marketing: "Sales decreased much more slowly in May.than in recent months. Overall, I am cautiously optimistic that our global sales figures will continue to improve over the course of the year." Robertson continued: "We were able to increase our market share in the premium segment in major markets such as the U.S. and Japan over the previous month. That puts us right on track to maintain our position as the world's number one premium manufacturer in terms of sales volume in 2009."
In May, sales of the BMW brand were down 18.1% on the previous year (110,707) at 90,643 units. For the year to the end of May, deliveries to customers decreased 20.9% to 408,370 vehicles (prev.yr.: 515,989). The new BMW Z4 is off to an excellent start - it has already been delivered to 2,365 customers since its launch on May 9. The BMW 7 Series also remained on its growth track: 3,370 (prev.yr.: 3,321/+1.5%) vehicles were sold worldwide in May. In its important domestic market, Germany, the brand's flagship was the clear market leader in the luxury sedan segment with 801 new registrations in May. The BMW X6 also made further gains in the month under review, with 3,625 units (prev.yr.: 1,734/+109.1%) delivered.
Sales of the MINI brand were 19.1% lower in May than the same month last year (22,685) at 18,348 units; for the year to the end of May, 79,260 MINI (prev.yr.: 102,364/ -22.6%) vehicles were delivered to customers. In Germany, MINI increased sales volume by 11.8% (3,569/prev.yr.: 3,193) in the month under review. The brand made gains in countries such as China (350/ +48.9%), New Zealand (26/+30,9%), Malaysia (20/+33.3%) and Switzerland (447/+0.2%).
The Rolls-Royce brand reported a decline in sales of 53.6% (51 units / prev.yr.: 110) in May. For the year to the end of May, 276 vehicles were delivered to customers around the world (prev.yr.: 381/-27.6%). At the manufacturing facility in Goodwood in the U.K., preparations are currently underway for the production of the new, smaller Rolls-Royce model series which will be brought onto the market in 2010 under the name of "Ghost." Ian Robertson: "The response to the new model has been extremely positive. Over the medium term, we aim to use this model series to double our overall Rolls-Royce sales volume to more than 2,000 units per year." More than 150 new jobs have already been created at Goodwood in connection with the production of the new Rolls-Royce Ghost. By the end of the year, almost 400 new jobs will have been created within less than two years. This will increase the total workforce at the Goodwood site to 900.
BMW Motorrad reported sales of 10,172 units (prev.yr.: 11,580) in May, down 12.2% compared to the previous year. For the year to the end of May 2009, 37,572 motorcycles were delivered to customers worldwide (prev.yr.: 45,032/-16.6%).
This sales decrease was more moderate than in most of the previous months. A total of 487,906 (previous year: 618,734/-1.1%) vehicles were sold in the first five months of the year. Despite declining sales volumes, the BMW Group was able to gain market share against its competitors in the premium segment during this period.
Ian Robertson, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, responsible for Sales and Marketing: "Sales decreased much more slowly in May.than in recent months. Overall, I am cautiously optimistic that our global sales figures will continue to improve over the course of the year." Robertson continued: "We were able to increase our market share in the premium segment in major markets such as the U.S. and Japan over the previous month. That puts us right on track to maintain our position as the world's number one premium manufacturer in terms of sales volume in 2009."
In May, sales of the BMW brand were down 18.1% on the previous year (110,707) at 90,643 units. For the year to the end of May, deliveries to customers decreased 20.9% to 408,370 vehicles (prev.yr.: 515,989). The new BMW Z4 is off to an excellent start - it has already been delivered to 2,365 customers since its launch on May 9. The BMW 7 Series also remained on its growth track: 3,370 (prev.yr.: 3,321/+1.5%) vehicles were sold worldwide in May. In its important domestic market, Germany, the brand's flagship was the clear market leader in the luxury sedan segment with 801 new registrations in May. The BMW X6 also made further gains in the month under review, with 3,625 units (prev.yr.: 1,734/+109.1%) delivered.
Sales of the MINI brand were 19.1% lower in May than the same month last year (22,685) at 18,348 units; for the year to the end of May, 79,260 MINI (prev.yr.: 102,364/ -22.6%) vehicles were delivered to customers. In Germany, MINI increased sales volume by 11.8% (3,569/prev.yr.: 3,193) in the month under review. The brand made gains in countries such as China (350/ +48.9%), New Zealand (26/+30,9%), Malaysia (20/+33.3%) and Switzerland (447/+0.2%).
The Rolls-Royce brand reported a decline in sales of 53.6% (51 units / prev.yr.: 110) in May. For the year to the end of May, 276 vehicles were delivered to customers around the world (prev.yr.: 381/-27.6%). At the manufacturing facility in Goodwood in the U.K., preparations are currently underway for the production of the new, smaller Rolls-Royce model series which will be brought onto the market in 2010 under the name of "Ghost." Ian Robertson: "The response to the new model has been extremely positive. Over the medium term, we aim to use this model series to double our overall Rolls-Royce sales volume to more than 2,000 units per year." More than 150 new jobs have already been created at Goodwood in connection with the production of the new Rolls-Royce Ghost. By the end of the year, almost 400 new jobs will have been created within less than two years. This will increase the total workforce at the Goodwood site to 900.
BMW Motorrad reported sales of 10,172 units (prev.yr.: 11,580) in May, down 12.2% compared to the previous year. For the year to the end of May 2009, 37,572 motorcycles were delivered to customers worldwide (prev.yr.: 45,032/-16.6%).
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