Renault Symbol. Picture by Alp Emre Goksel, all rights reserved.
* See the Top 6 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Austin Rutherford *
Algerian car sales data is getting rarer these days but I am able to share with you now the best-selling models in the country over the first 3 months of 2012. Confirming the pole position it has been holding for at least 3 years, the Renault Symbol is the most popular vehicle in the country over the period with 8,831 sales. It is followed by the Toyota Hilux at 6,400 units and the Peugeot 207 with 5,681 sales.
After an exceptional end of year in 2011, the Hyundai Accent falls back to 4th place in the 2012 year-to-date ranking at 5,334 units, ahead of the Dacia Logan with 4,822 sales and the Chevrolet Sail imported from China confirming its strong career start at #6 with 2,978 units sold in 3 months and 1,097 in March alone.
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Full Q1 2012 Top 6 Ranking Table below.
Algeria Q1 2012:
| Pos | Model | 3m 2012 | 2011 | % | Pos | 2010 |
| 1 | Renault Symbol | 8,831 | 28,171 | 9.7% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Toyota Hilux | 6,400 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 3 | Peugeot 207 | 5,681 | 15,445 | 5.3% | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | Hyundai Accent | 5,334 | 18,596 | 6.4% | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Dacia Logan | 4,822 | 13,567 | 4.7% | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | Chevrolet Sail | 2,978 | 8,027 | 2.8% | 8 | - |
| Renault Clio Campus | 2,203 | 5,008 | 1.7% | 10 | 11 | |
| Renault Master | 1,853 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| Hyundai Atos | 1,759 | 19,531 | 6.7% | 2 | 3 | |
| Nissan Pick-up | 1,639 | |||||
| Peugeot Partner | 1,561 | |||||
| Chevrolet Spark Lite | 1,532 | |||||
| Peugeot 308 | 1,439 | |||||
| Renault Kangoo | 1,228 | |||||
| Toyota Yaris sedan | 1,053 | |||||
| Nissan Micra | 986 | |||||
| Toyota Yaris | 823 | |||||
| Citroen Berlingo | 536 | |||||
| Citroen C3 | 481 |
Source: El Watan, many thanks to Austin Rutherford for the tip!