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Taiwan January 2012: Corolla leads, Nissan March in Top 10

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Nissan March

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This month Taiwanese car sales are down 24% year-on-year but January 2011 was exceptionally high. The Toyota Corolla impresses again, lodging its 6th month above 11% market share in the last 6 months and its highest volume in one year at 4,819 units and 11.8%. The Nissan Tiida ranks #2 with 1,857 sales and 4.6%, just above the Nissan Livina at 1,843 units and 4.5% and the Toyota Wish at 1,804 sales and 4.4%.

The Toyota Camry is back above its 2011 level at #5 and 4.3%, the Toyota Yaris is up 3 spots on December to #6, the Toyota RAV4 is down one rank but still way above its traditional level at 3.9% market share this month. A newcomer lands directly in the Top 10: it’s the Nissan March at #9 with 1,229 sales and 3% share. Other good performers this month include the Toyota Innova at #13, Mazda5 at #18, Lexus RX at #22 and Lexus CT at #26.

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Full January 2012 Top 30 Ranking Table below.

Taiwan January 2012:

Pos Model Jan % Dec 2011 % Pos
1 Toyota Corolla 4,819 11.8% 1 37,571 9.9% 1
2 Nissan Tiida 1,857 4.6% 2 18,151 4.8% 2
3 Nissan Livina 1,843 4.5% 4 15,876 4.2% 4
4 Toyota Wish 1,804 4.4% 3 15,886 4.2% 3
5 Toyota Camry 1,763 4.3% 18 13,888 3.7% 6
6 Toyota Yaris 1,640 4.0% 9 15,536 4.1% 5
7 Toyota RAV4 1,580 3.9% 6 11,150 2.9% 8
8 Mitsubishi Veryca 1,276 3.1% 10 10,665 2.8% 9
9 Nissan March 1,229 3.0% n/a n/a n/a n/a
10 Toyota Vios 1,208 3.0% 19 11,585 3.1% 7
11 Mitsubishi Lancer Fortis 1,037 2.5% 7 8,059 2.1% 13
12 Mitsubishi Colt Plus 1,003 2.5% 16 9,176 2.4% 11
13 Toyota Innova 948 2.3% 14 3,003 0.8% 30
14 Mitsubishi Outlander 937 2.3% 15 7,186 1.9% 16
15 Luxgen 7 SUV 904 2.2% 23 8,619 2.3% 12
16 Mazda3 878 2.2% 5 10,403 2.7% 10
17 Ford Focus 809 2.0% 8 7,911 2.1% 14
18 Mazda5 715 1.8% 13 n/a n/a n/a
19 Mitsubishi Delica 666 1.6% 20 3,103 0.8% 28
20 Mitsubishi Zinger 594 1.5% 22 4,365 1.2% 24
21 Luxgen 7 MPV 585 1.4% 29 4,425 1.2% 23
22 Lexus RX 543 1.3% n/a 3,069 0.8% 29
23 Ford Escape 505 1.2% 17 5,858 1.5% 18
24 Mercedes C Class 489 1.2% 21 4,241 1.1% 26
25 Lexus CT 478 1.2% 31 2,262 0.6% n/a
26 Nissan Teana 453 1.1% 28 4,280 1.1% 25
27 Hyundai ix35 421 1.0% 12 6,586 1.7% 17
28 Mercedes E Class 382 0.9% 24 4,686 1.2% 22
29 Honda CR-V 374 0.9% n/a 7,475 2.0% 15
30 VW Golf 327 0.8% 11 5,553 1.5% 19

Source: tw.autos.yahoo.com, www.autonet.com.tw

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