Japan November 2011: Toyota Prius boosted by Alpha version
Toyota Prius Alpha
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The Japanese car market is up another 24% year-on-year this month after growing by 28% in October, a contrast to the tsunami-plagued first half of the year. The Toyota Prius continues to dominate the models ranking head and shoulders, boosted by the success of its MPV version named α (Alpha) in Japan, with 34,164 sales in November, up a massive 60% on November 2010. Its year-to-date total stands at 229,530 units and will be shy of last year’s record 315,669 sales by the time the year ends.
In 2nd place, the Honda Fit takes a breather, down 2% year-on-year at 16,399 sales and 192,634 year-to-date, already ahead of its 2010 score of 185,439… The Toyota Vitz (aka Yaris) has an excellent month at #3 with 10,602 sales, up 56%, followed by the Nissan Serena (+211%!), Toyota Corolla (+18%) and Honda Freed (-1%), making the November Top 5 identical to the 2011 year-to-date ranking.
Other great performers this month include the Toyota Estima at #8 and +82%, the Toyota Crown at #12 and +75%, the Toyota Sienta at #16 and +286% and the Mazda Axela (aka Mazda3) at #27 and +89%.
Previous month: Japan October 2011 Toyota Prius and Honda Fit impress again
Full November 2011 Top 30 Ranking Table below.
Japan November 2011:
| Pos | Model | Nov | /10 | Oct | 2011 | Pos |
| 1 | Toyota Prius | 34,164 | 60% | 1 | 229,530 | 1 |
| 2 | Honda Fit | 16,399 | -2% | 2 | 192,634 | 2 |
| 3 | Toyota Vitz | 10,602 | 56% | 3 | 120,975 | 3 |
| 4 | Nissan Serena | 7,896 | 211% | 5 | 77,847 | 4 |
| 5 | Toyota Corolla | 6,810 | 18% | 4 | 65,987 | 5 |
| 6 | Honda Freed | 6,367 | -1% | 10 | 59,919 | 6 |
| 7 | Honda StepWGN | 5,586 | 38% | 7 | 44,451 | 11 |
| 8 | Toyota Estima | 5,419 | 82% | 11 | 28,688 | 20 |
| 9 | Toyota Ractis | 4,579 | 117% | 8 | 55,930 | 8 |
| 10 | Toyota Passo | 4,095 | -15% | 6 | 49,876 | 9 |
| 11 | Mazda Demio | 4,083 | 76% | 12 | 58,055 | 7 |
| 12 | Toyota Crown | 3,856 | 75% | 15 | 26,585 | 21 |
| 13 | Nissan Note | 3,755 | -2% | 16 | 42,819 | 13 |
| 14 | Toyota Voxy | 3,636 | -10% | 9 | 43,974 | 12 |
| 15 | Toyota Wish | 3,565 | -4% | 18 | 34,273 | 15 |
| 16 | Toyota Sienta | 3,392 | 286% | 14 | n/a | n/a |
| 17 | Nissan Juke | 3,124 | -18% | 24 | 31,582 | 18 |
| 18 | Nissan March | 3,074 | -28% | 17 | 48,547 | 10 |
| 19 | Suzuki Solio | 2,921 | new | 20 | 34,124 | 16 |
| 20 | Nissan Cube | 2,762 | 54% | 19 | 32,765 | 17 |
| 21 | Toyota Noah | 2,749 | -14% | 13 | 35,978 | 14 |
| 22 | Suzuki Swift | 2,655 | -18% | 21 | 28,711 | 19 |
| 23 | Nissan Tiida | 2,117 | 2% | 26 | 25,252 | 22 |
| 24 | Toyota Isis | 2,052 | 51% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 25 | Nissan X-Trail | 2,025 | 19% | n/a | 23,237 | 24 |
| 26 | Toyota Mark X | 2,014 | -2% | 25 | 21,584 | 25 |
| 27 | Mazda Axela | 1,896 | 89% | 23 | n/a | n/a |
| 28 | Nissan Elgrand | 1,864 | -6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 29 | Toyota Vellfire | 1,799 | -67% | 22 | 24,538 | 23 |
| 30 | Toyota Vanguard | 1,699 | -31% | 29 | n/a | n/a |
Source: www.jada.or.jp, www.cnbc.com
