Vietnam March 2012: Toyota Corolla and Fortuner on top
Toyota Fortuner
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After a 2 month hiatus, Vietnamese car sales are available again and it’s not a good look: down 21% year-on-year in March at 7,525 registrations and at a worrying -37% over the first 3 months of the year at 17,891 units. After losing the models pole position to the Kia Morning in 2011, Toyota has regained control, monopolising the March podium and the 2012 year-to-date Top 4. The Corolla rules this month with 450 sales and 6% share but it’s the new generation Fortuner, #2 in March at 5.7%, that leads in the year-to-date ranking at 1,250 units and 7%.
The Toyota Vios round up the podium at 5.3% in March and 5.6% year-to-date while the Innova, a former best-seller in Vietnam, is #4 in 2012 at 4.8% share. The Kia Morning is #4 in March, the Toyota Camry is up #7 and the Hilux is back in the Top 10 after ranking #16 over the Full Year 2011. An excellent month also for the new Chevrolet Aveo at #13 as well as the Kia Sorento at #20.
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One year ago: Vietnam March 2011: Toyota Innova and Vios on top
Full March 2012 Top 20 Ranking Table below.
Vietnam March 2012:
| Pos | Model | Mar | % | Dec | 2012 | % | Pos | 2011 |
| 1 | Toyota Corolla Altis | 450 | 6.0% | 2 | 1,149 | 6.4% | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Toyota Fortuner | 428 | 5.7% | 7 | 1,250 | 7.0% | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Toyota Vios | 402 | 5.3% | 6 | 999 | 5.6% | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Kia Morning | 391 | 5.2% | 1 | 795 | 4.4% | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | Toyota Innova | 314 | 4.2% | 3 | 854 | 4.8% | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | Chevrolet Spark | 240 | 3.2% | 4 | 651 | 3.6% | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Toyota Camry | 237 | 3.1% | 8 | 636 | 3.6% | 7 | 10 |
| 8 | Kia Forte/Koup | 167 | 2.2% | 5 | 495 | 2.8% | 8 | 7 |
| 9 | Chevrolet Cruze | 126 | 1.7% | 14 | 353 | 2.0% | 9 | 8 |
| 10 | Toyota Hilux | 117 | 1.6% | n/a | 257 | 1.4% | 12 | 16 |
| 11 | Kia Carens | 104 | 1.4% | 9 | 346 | 1.9% | 10 | 9 |
| 12 | Chevrolet Lacetti | 96 | 1.3% | 15 | 286 | 1.6% | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | Chevrolet Aveo | 95 | 1.3% | 28 | 218 | 1.2% | 13 | 26 |
| 14 | Ford Everest | 66 | 0.9% | 11 | 160 | 0.9% | 15 | 11 |
| 15 | Toyota Hiace | 58 | 0.8% | 25 | 185 | 1.0% | 14 | 18 |
| 16 | Honda CR-V | 53 | 0.7% | 23 | 53 | 0.3% | 28 | 20 |
| 17 | Ford Fiesta | 51 | 0.7% | 10 | 124 | 0.7% | 16 | 13 |
| 18 | Ford Focus | 48 | 0.6% | 12 | 100 | 0.6% | 18 | 14 |
| 19 | Ford Ranger | 41 | 0.5% | 17 | 93 | 0.5% | 20 | 17 |
| 20 | Kia Sorento | 39 | 0.5% | 22 | 86 | 0.5% | 22 | 31 |
Source: www.vietnamcar.com
It’s really great that the new Corolla Altis and Fortuner are leading the sales with 1st and 2nd positions respectively as per recent data.
Congratulations to Ford… 4 models in the first 20 places in a typical Asian country! Bravo!!