Ford clinches sector double
Ford trumped its rivals to lead the market for new commercials in January after having the number-one model and being the best-selling marque.
The blue oval’s Ranger, pictured, topped the sales charts on 688 units for a 24.8 per cent share of the market. That was a 24.9 per cent increase from 551 units in the same month of last year.
Ford also came top of the marques’ ladder with 775 registrations, which represented a year-on-year increase of 21.1 per cent from 640 sales in January 2025, and a 28 per cent market share.
There were 2,769 new commercials registered in total last month, which was down 0.8 per cent from 2,790 in January last year.
Nissan’s Navara came second on the models’ table. It sold 405 units – up 141.4 per cent from 168 – and clinched a 14.6 per cent share of the market.
The Toyota Hiace was third with 9.2 per cent. It sold 255 units, which was an increase of 114.3 per cent from 119.
Completing the top five was the Mitsubishi Triton on 234 sales and Toyota’s Hilux with 217, which was down 64.6 per cent from 613.
Toyota was the second-placed light-commercial marque in January with 485 sales for a market share of 17.5 per cent. This was down by 36.3 per cent from 761 in the same month of last year.
Nissan was third on 405 units, Mitsubishi fourth with 234 and Isuzu completed last month’s top five on 168.
Used market grows
There were 389 used-imported commercials registered for the first time last month, which was 5.7 per cent more than the 368 units in January last year.
Toyota was the number-one marque with 174 registrations for a market share of 44.7 per cent despite its sales falling 3.3 per cent from 180 units in the same month of 2025.
Its Hiace was the leading model with 34.7 per cent of January’s market thanks to 135 sales, which was down from 147.
Nissan was runner-up on the marques’ ladder last month with 73 sales for an 18.8 per cent share of the market. LDV on 22 units, Ford with 21 and Isuzu on 20 completed the top five.
The Nissan NV200 was the second best-selling model with 25 units, and the marque’s NV350 was third with 22 sales during January.
