- Saudi light vehicle market is expected to reach 780,000 units in 2013 (+ 12.5% compared to 2012), and constantly grow to one million units in 2017, a level comparable to the Spanish market. This is an emerging market with great potential, arriving just  behind the BRIC.

- In 2013, passenger car sales are expected to reach 610,000 units , up 15 %, and light commercial vehicles to 170,000 units, up 5%. The total market would therefore reach 780,000 units.

- This market is dominated by Toyota , which achieved 41.5 % of sales, followed by Hyundai-Kia (17.5% market share) and Ford (6.0% market share). These three companies account for two thirds of the market.

- The country could also become a major regional production place over the next few years, if demand continues to grow. Representatives of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry met with representatives of GM , Ford and Chrysler, to discuss conditions of setting up local production sites.

- Until now , the only plant located in Saudi Arabia is the Isuzu truck plant , whose annual production capacity is 25,000 units. The Tata Motors Group , via Jaguar/Land Rover is also planning to build a production plant (with a  50 000 units per year capacity).

  

- The European passenger car market is in steady decline since 2007 (it has lost nearly 25% in six years, which represents a loss of 3.5 million units), but some manufacturers have defended their positions better than others.

- Three manufacturers have actually managed to increase their market share in Europe since 2000: the Volkswagen Group, BMW and Hyundai-Kia.

- The Volkswagen group has the best performance of all manufacturers present in Europe rising from 18% to 25% market share in three years, representing a gain of 7 points. It stands out from all other manufacturers for the years 2004-2005.

- The BMW Group has doubled its market share from 3.5% to 7% in thirteen years, a gain of 3.5 points.

- The Hyundai-Kia group has tripled its market share from 2% to 6% in three years, a gain of 4 points.

- All other manufacturers saw their market share decline or stagnate.

- Thus, Toyota and Daimler have seen their market share stagnate (4% for Toyota, and 6% for Daimler).

- The largest falls were observed for GM Europe (loss of 4 points), Fiat (loss of 4 points), Ford Europe (loss of 3 points). PSA (loss of 2 points) and Renault-Nissan (loss of 1 point) experienced smaller declines.