Japan Kei cars May 2011: Suzuki Wagon R & Daihatsu Move lead

Daihatsu Move

After dropping by 45% last month, the Kei car market is on the mend like the passenger cars, down 18% in May at 58,307 units. The Suzuki Wagon R is the best-seller in the category for the third month in a row at 11,185 sales, down 23% and bringing its 5-month total to 61,868 units.

#2 again but up 7% year-on-year with 9,402 sales, the Daihatsu Move manages to stay atop the 2011 year-to-date ranking with 64,085 units. The Daihatsu Tanto is stable at #3 at 9,267 sales, ahead of the Suzuki Alto and Honda Life. The Suzuki MR Wagon is back in the Top 10 with 2,222 units changing hands, up 110% year-on-year.

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