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2021-07-08T08:32:02.528Z


The unimaginable number of cars that hit the roads in the first six months of the year is a barrel of explosives. The data from the first median show the average Israeli as a professional addict and sucker, which allows car importers and the state to run amok and make a profit at his own expense. However, the dismal situation does not seem to be changing anytime soon


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Rushing to disaster: 190,000 new cars have congested Israeli roads since the beginning of the year

The unimaginable number of cars that hit the roads in the first six months of the year is a barrel of explosives.

The data from the first median show the average Israeli as a professional addict and sucker, which allows car importers and the state to run amok and make a profit at his own expense.

However, the dismal situation does not seem to be changing anytime soon

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Keenan Cohen

Thursday, 08 July 2021, 07:31

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The huge, inconceivable number of new cars that hit the roads in the first six months of 2021 is Israel's barrel of explosives and the next transportation disaster. Those 189,870 new vehicles are going to join the dismal, day-to-day parade of rows of cars trapped in the country’s limbo traffic jams.



Two entities are smiling at the sight of these numbers - car importers and the state. For the first time it is difficult to make claims, they obey the first and main law of economics - meeting demand, and it breaks records in the country, contrary to any economic or public logic. The second beneficiary of the raging tide is the state, which is estimated to generate NIS 40 billion a year from transportation. This is a number that includes the direct income from vehicle taxation (which, after deducting tax benefits for electric vehicles, is among the highest in the world), income from interchanges, treatments, licensing fees and fuel.



These two are fueled by the severe, narcotic addiction of Israelis to the new cars, as well as the fact that this whole business puts a lot of money into the state coffers, probably during a period of economic deficit.

However, this is a very small consolation when one realizes the real price of feeding the roads in cars, at a level that has not matched their capacity for years.

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189,870 new vehicles join Israeli roads in 2021 so far (Photo: Reuven Castro)

According to an OECD report on transportation in Israel, Israel is one of the countries where the ratio of road kilometers per capita is lower than average, but in those few kilometers the crowded cars cover more space. Similar data emerge from the latest report published by the Knesset Research and Information Center in 2019.



It is easy to understand and hard to blame those who repeatedly choose the private car. Credit and financing are generously provided by banks, low interest rates, money burned in the pocket after the annual vacation has been canceled and mortgages have been frozen for six months. Public transport is a dubious pleasure. Wheels, one of the immediate solutions to the transport horror, and day by day the number of casualties on two-wheelers is increasing due to infrastructure deficiencies, ineffective enforcement and the atmosphere of promiscuity on the roads.



The basis of the lack of understanding of how to reduce traffic congestion is in the basic DNA of planning residential neighborhoods in Israel - these deploy residential neighborhoods only, detached from local shopping centers, which only exacerbates dependence on the private car to travel to the supermarket.

The same neighborhoods drained to entry and exit roads do not provide and congest them in the morning.

On the one hand, employers who give their employees car-linked benefits set up huge parking lots in offices, and on the other hand, employees who pay large sums and do not see the logic in "putting up" a car that burns them money, whether it is in traffic or in-house parking.

Drainage neighborhoods to inadequate entry and exit roads.

Traffic jam at the Hatikva to Morasha interchange (Photo: Reuven Castro)

The result of the situation is reflected in the numbers we are now seeing of new vehicle dedication.

Even if this trend is not maintained for the rest of the year, and it is not (due to the chip crisis, due to the slowdown in purchases in the last quarter of the year and other factors), we are already at a point that is well after the 90th minute.



The satisfied smile of new car buyers smelling of nylons will be erased very quickly as they join the long line of vehicles that will burn them time, money and health.

Your vehicle is not the solution - it is the problem.

Summary of the first median dedication of a new car in Israel

Here are six insights into the local car market that will sadden you most of all, in light of the data for the first half of 2021. This time, too, the data comes from Amir Weinstock, founder of the Carzon website and data wizard in everything related to real car market numbers.

1. What goes up and what goes down

Since the beginning of the year, 189,870 cars have been sold in Israel, an increase of 54% compared to 2020.

However, 2020 was a problematic year due to the corona plague.

In 2019, about 158,000 vehicles were sold in the first half of the year, still a jump of about 17 percent relative to it.

The optimists will say that there is a chance of reaching more than 300,000 new cars in Israel this year.

By the way, here is a number that only you can hear with us: in front of those 190,000 new vehicles, about 50,000 vehicles were deducted from the vehicle situation in Israel, or more precisely - 51,384 cars.

2. Tesla: Do not be blinded

The poster girl of the Israeli car market in the first half of 2020 is without a doubt Tesla.

The American manufacturer went into a storm in February 2021 with a completely different sales model, from on-site ordering, price transparency, performance at a market-breaking price and of course hysterical hype that covers birth cords and quality and service issues.

Still, with nearly 1,900 cars, it is the best-selling car in June ahead of the Toyota Corolla and Hyundai Ionic.

However, things need to be taken in proportion - Tesla arrives in "beats", and alongside such a month there are months with no supply of cars at all.

In the semi-annual summary, with 2,912 vehicles, it is still one of the surprises of the year, but is in 19th place overall in the model rankings.

3. We become green

The percentage of sales of electric vehicles is usually the lowest of the types of vehicles sold, but in June this year it topped the percentage of sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles and stood at 7.1% of total sales.

Gasoline engines still lead the way with almost 57% of dedication, but competition will intensify in the next month or two with the introduction of new and promising electric models like the Hyundai Ionic 5. The leasing market is also not expected to stay out of the celebration.

The best-selling car in June.

Tesla car (Photo: Robert Freudman)

4. Everyone enjoys the aliyah

As we have seen in the past, parallel and tiny imports are on a steady upward trend.

About 5,300 vehicles have been sold on this channel since the beginning of the year, and these importers are expected to exceed the number of sales in total this month in 2020: a more significant growth rate than official imports to Israel.

The average price (in terms of price list) is still high and stands at over NIS 310,000, compared to "only" 166,000 in official imports to Israel.

Although keep in mind that a large portion of these vehicles belong to luxury brands.



Toyota leads the sales in parallel imports with over 2,300 vehicles in the first half of the year, in second place Mercedes with almost 1,050 vehicles and in third place Jeep with over 500 vehicles.

In fourth place joins a relatively new in parallel imports: Skoda, with almost 260 dedications since the beginning of the year, and this happens not only with versions that the official importer does not import like Superb and Octavia plug-in, but also with models that have not yet arrived like the electric Haniak.

5. No discounts

When demand is rampant, and worldwide there are huge shortages of vehicles as a result of the chip crisis - there is no reason why anyone should not make a profit from it.

The motivation of importers to give discounts or go on promotions is disappearing.

Not only is the number of discounts published small, the average discounts on zero-kilometer vehicles are also averaging almost NIS 16,700 in January this year, at least NIS 15,200 in June - a decrease of about 9% in the average discounts.

6. The double surprise of Toyota

The "transparent" taxi market usually provides an interesting insight into this median.

After years of dominance between Skoda and Mercedes, there is a new player that is gaining momentum - Toyota.

The Japanese manufacturer's models screw up to second place in the number of vehicles that hit the road like taxis.

And another interesting statistic - almost 70% of them came in parallel imports and only about 30% through official imports.

The leading importer is Autopoint with about 210 dedications in the first half year, compared to about 120 of the official importer.

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