Japan 1997: Corolla and March on top, Honda StepWGN up to #5
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1997 is the 29th consecutive time the Toyota Corolla is the favourite model in Japan, with sales up 7% to 238,098. In second place the Nissan March is back up one spot and 9% year-on-year to 143,965 units, followed by the Toyota Mark II, up 10% to 126,658 sales. The Toyota Starlet stays #4 at -4% while the Honda StepWGN is up a massive 33% to land 5th for its first full year in the country with 109,893 units.
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Below the Toyota Crown down 20% to #6, the Toyota Ipsum also does very well for its first full year of sales, up 5% and 4 spots on 1996 to #7 and 92,822 units. Notice also the Mazda Demio up 208% to #9, the all-new Honda SM-X directly #12 with 69,910 sales, the Honda Logo up 265% to #13, the Toyota Town Ace up 97% to #15, the Toyota Camry up 41% to #16 and the Mitsubishi Legnum up 240% to #19.
You can check out every monthly Top 30 for 1997 here.
Previous year: Japan 1996: Toyota Crown and Starlet up, Honda CR-V impresses
Next year: Japan 1998: Toyota Corolla, Nissan Cube and Suzuki Wagon R favourites
Full Year 1997 Top 30 Ranking Table below.
Japan 1997:
| Pos | Model | 1997 | /96 | 1996 | Pos |
| 1 | Toyota Corolla | 238,098 | 7% | 223,244 | 1 |
| 2 | Nissan March | 143,965 | 9% | 131,830 | 3 |
| 3 | Toyota Mark II | 126,658 | 10% | 114,726 | 5 |
| 4 | Toyota Starlet | 117,182 | -4% | 121,749 | 4 |
| 5 | Honda StepWGN | 109,893 | 33% | 82,315 | 13 |
| 6 | Toyota Crown | 109,711 | -20% | 137,676 | 2 |
| 7 | Toyota Ipsum | 92,822 | 5% | 88,765 | 11 |
| 8 | Toyota Estima | 89,739 | -12% | 102,184 | 8 |
| 9 | Mazda Demio | 88,293 | 208% | 28,629 | n/a |
| 10 | Honda Odyssey | 82,350 | -25% | 110,274 | 6 |
| 11 | Nissan Sunny | 71,384 | -24% | 93,722 | 9 |
| 12 | Honda SM-X | 69,910 | new | 0 | - |
| 13 | Honda Logo | 68,002 | 265% | 18,615 | n/a |
| 14 | Subaru Legacy | 66,576 | -27% | 91,478 | 10 |
| 15 | Toyota Town Ace Noah | 63,957 | 97% | 32,498 | n/a |
| 16 | Toyota Camry | 63,242 | 41% | 44,956 | 27 |
| 17 | Toyota Carina | 59,884 | -18% | 73,224 | 15 |
| 18 | Nissan Pulsar | 58,788 | -12% | 66,517 | 18 |
| 19 | Mitsubishi Legnum | 58,304 | 240% | 17,148 | n/a |
| 20 | Toyota Corona | 57,323 | -34% | 86,530 | 12 |
| 21 | Toyota Caldina W | 54,999 | -20% | 68,347 | 17 |
| 22 | Nissan Cefiro | 51,098 | 11% | 46,208 | 26 |
| 23 | Honda Civic | 50,531 | -37% | 79,560 | 14 |
| 24 | Toyota Sprinter | 50,020 | -28% | 69,123 | 16 |
| 25 | Toyota Light Ace Noah | 49,477 | 94% | 25,543 | n/a |
| 26 | Nissan Stagea | 48,347 | 168% | 18,006 | n/a |
| 27 | Toyota Chaser | 47,492 | 13% | 41,843 | 30 |
| 28 | Nissan Elgrand | 45,179 | new | 0 | - |
| 29 | Honda CR-V | 44,651 | -57% | 102,828 | 7 |
| 30 | Toyota Land Cruiser W | 44,307 | -6% | 47,095 | 23 |
Source: jada.or.jp
