According to car companies in the UAE, crossover vehicles, especially fuel-saving ones, and small engines have captured the largest share of car sales in the local market since the beginning of this year, accounting for about 60% of the total sales.

Officials at these companies told Emirates Today, on the sidelines of the Dubai International Motor Show, that this category of cars is currently the most prominent trend for companies in the UAE market, pointing out that the increased demand for crossover cars has raised The intensity of competition between companies, which forced some to introduce a number of similar models to keep pace with demand.

High demand

Salah Yamout, Managing Director of Marketing at Arabian Automobiles Company, said that the sales of crossover cars (medium-sized cars ranging from saloon to large SUVs) have seen high consumer demand this year compared to cars. He pointed out that the company's «crossover» cars have accounted for 60% of the total sales of cars since the beginning of the year.

He explained that there are several reasons to increase the demand for these types of cars, especially fuel-saving, most notably that these cars allow consumers to get high-priced family vehicles from the land at low prices, close to the prices of ordinary saloon cars, in addition to providing fuel, especially equipped with an engine. 1600 CC.

Competition

Hassan Farajallah Faraj, head of sales at Al Habtoor Motors, said that the crossover, which operates mostly on a front-wheel drive rather than a four-wheel drive system, is one of the major categories of sales in the UAE market, especially for individuals and not for companies. This has intensified the competition between companies, to attract dealers to similar models of cars, and at the same time pushed companies to compete with all-new cars of this type.

He added that crossover cars accounted for 45% of the company's total sales since the beginning of this year, especially fuel-saving models of small engines, pointing out that the company has a growing demand for these types of cars.

Faraj expected that there will be a continuous trend in the local markets to this category of cars, as a type that meets the requirements of consumers in obtaining high-family cars, such as land-based SUVs, in addition to being fuel-efficient, it also offers advanced technologies At low prices.

«Trend»

Marta Regeni, Chevrolet's product marketing manager at GM, said fuel-saving crossovers have captured the biggest growth shares of car sales in local markets recently, noting that this has been marked by an increase in demand for Different models of this category, which prompted the company to launch new cars «crossover».

Regini said that the crossover, which comes with a small engine and a large structure, is currently the most prominent orientation of companies in the UAE market, pointing out that they are sold at economical prices, and provide sophisticated technologies similar to those of other high-priced cars, as well as they suit the atmosphere The state, especially for large families, is also a fuel-saving vehicle, a feature many consumers have become very interested in before buying.

She added that with the increase in demand for this category of cars, which has become a «trend» popular in the local market, intensified competition between companies, whether through special offers, or through the introduction of new models of «crossover».

• «Crossover» is one of the high family cars, which is characterized by saving fuel.