Taiwan April 2012: Toyota Camry and Innova shine
Toyota Innova
* See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! *
The Taiwanese car market is up 9% year-on-year in April to 28,616 units, bringing the year-to-date total to 124,407 registrations, down 6% on 2011. No surprise in pole position: the Toyota Corolla enjoys its 11th consecutive month on top with 2,645 sales and 9.2%. The new gen Toyota Camry confirms its success and stays #2 with a solid 1,630 units and 5.7% while the Toyota Wish rounds up the podium, up 2 spots on last month.
Excellent performance of the newly refreshed Toyota Innova up to a best-ever 4th position with 1,081 sales and 3.8% share. The Nissan Tiida (3.6%) and Toyota Yaris (3%) follow. After a couple of Thailand flood-related months of disruption, Honda is back in the game, placing the Civic at #10 and the Fit at #11. Notice also the Hyundai Elantra up to #16 with 505 sales.
Previous month: Taiwan March 2012: New gen Toyota Camry up to #2
One year ago: Taiwan April 2011: 5 Toyotas in Top 5, Toyota Wish #2
Full April 2012 Top 25 Ranking Table below.
Taiwan April 2012:
| Pos | Model | Apr | % | Mar | 2012 | % | Pos | 2011 |
| 1 | Toyota Corolla | 2,645 | 9.2% | 1 | 12,187 | 9.8% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Toyota Camry | 1,630 | 5.7% | 2 | 6,408 | 5.2% | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Toyota Wish | 1,125 | 3.9% | 5 | 5,041 | 4.1% | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | Toyota Innova | 1,081 | 3.8% | 6 | 4,054 | 3.3% | 7 | 30 |
| 5 | Nissan Tiida | 1,028 | 3.6% | 4 | 5,418 | 4.4% | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | Toyota Yaris | 851 | 3.0% | 8 | 4,068 | 3.3% | 6 | 5 |
| 7 | Mitsubishi Veryca | 839 | 2.9% | 7 | 3,785 | 3.0% | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | Toyota Vios | 726 | 2.5% | 12 | 3,050 | 2.5% | 10 | 7 |
| 9 | Nissan Livina | 710 | 2.5% | 3 | 5,167 | 4.2% | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | Honda Civic | 640 | 2.2% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 21 |
| 11 | Honda Fit | 633 | 2.2% | 24 | 1,471 | 1.2% | 26 | 20 |
| 12 | Mitsubishi Lancer Fortis | 572 | 2.0% | 9 | 2,742 | 2.2% | 11 | 13 |
| 13 | Mitsubishi Delica | 563 | 2.0% | 15 | 2,279 | 1.8% | 16 | 28 |
| 14 | Toyota RAV4 | 562 | 2.0% | 17 | 3,207 | 2.6% | 9 | 8 |
| 15 | Mazda3 | 556 | 1.9% | 11 | 2,538 | 2.0% | 12 | 10 |
| 16 | Hyundai Elantra | 505 | 1.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 17 | Ford Focus | 466 | 1.6% | 13 | 2,449 | 2.0% | 13 | 14 |
| 18 | Mitsubishi Colt Plus | 453 | 1.6% | 18 | 2,390 | 1.9% | 14 | 11 |
| 19 | Nissan March | 417 | 1.5% | 28 | 2,318 | 1.9% | 15 | n/a |
| 20 | Hyundai ix35 | 404 | 1.4% | 22 | 1,726 | 1.4% | 22 | 17 |
| 21 | Mercedes C Class | 369 | 1.3% | 20 | 1,738 | 1.4% | 21 | 26 |
| 22 | Mitsubishi Zinger | 356 | 1.2% | 27 | 1,624 | 1.3% | 23 | 24 |
| 23 | Mitsubishi Outlander | 349 | 1.2% | 19 | 2,184 | 1.8% | 17 | 16 |
| 24 | Honda CR-V | 341 | 1.2% | 10 | 1,808 | 1.5% | 20 | 15 |
| 25 | Ford Escape | 334 | 1.2% | 21 | 1,620 | 1.3% | 24 | 18 |
| 26 | Mazda5 | 328 | 1.1% | 23 | 1,843 | 1.5% | 19 | n/a |
| 27 | VW Golf | 328 | 1.1% | 16 | 1,567 | 1.3% | 25 | 19 |
Source: tw.autos.yahoo.com, www.autonet.com.tw
It’s really great to see top 4 slots occupied by the Japan based Toyota Motors models namely Corolla, Camry, Wish and Innova, which clearly tells you about the level of popularity this brand has gained in the Taiwan market.
Since when are the Mercedes C Class and Volkswagen Golf Oriental cars?
… the brave Ford focus is the only European surviver among a wide choice of Oriental cars!