Japan April 2012: Toyota Aqua, Vellfire, Alphard and 86 all impress
Toyota 86
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Japanese car sales are up a record 92% year-on-year in April to 208,977 however this is to be compared with the record low of April last year when the market was devastated by the after-effects of the tsunami. Note April 2012 is still below April 2010. In this positive context Toyota fares much better than any other manufacturer, with sales up 188% to 102,550 units or nearly 50% of the market and more than 3 times the amount of the #2, Honda up 61% to 30,561 units.
Toyota Aqua
The Toyota Prius enjoys its 11th consecutive month in pole position in Japan with 21,906 units, up a fantastic 349% year-on-year. It is however being threatened by its little hybrid sister the Toyota Aqua, up one further spot on March to reach #2 with 18,481 sales at its 4th full month of sales in the country. The Aqua is already the best-selling variant on the market and could become the #1 seller overall in Japan as early as next month…
Toyota Vellfire
There are a few other great performers in the ranking in April and almost all of them are Toyotas! The Toyota Vellfire is up 5 spots on March and a huge 879% year-on-year thanks to its facelift to #7 and 4,730 units while its twin the Alphard does almost as well, up 11 and 772% to #9 with 3,865 sales. The Suzuki Swift is up 13 to #8 and the Suzuki Solio is up 8 to #15.
Toyota Alphard
But most interestingly two recently launched models make sparks in the ranking this month: the sporty Toyota 86 lands directly in 17th position with 2,760 sales for its first full month of sales in Japan, and the Mazda CX-5 is up 10 spots to #19 with 2,427 units sold. This is however not the CX-5′s best position in the world: it could reach #11 in Australia and #6 in New Zealand, both rankins still to be confirmed.
Previous month: Japan March 2012: Toyota Prius, Aqua and Honda Fit all beat records
One year ago: Japan April 2011: Quake brings market down to lowest level
Full April 2012 Top 30 Ranking Table below.
Japan April 2012:
| Pos | Model | Apr | /11 | Mar | 2012 | Pos | 2011 |
| 1 | Toyota Prius | 21,906 | 349% | 1 | 132,385 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Toyota Aqua | 18,481 | new | 3 | 83,073 | 3 | - |
| 3 | Honda Fit | 16,160 | 88% | 2 | 96,743 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Honda Freed | 7,828 | 108% | 5 | 51,420 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Toyota Vitz | 6,619 | 42% | 4 | 44,974 | 5 | 3 |
| 6 | Nissan Serena | 5,218 | 122% | 6 | 37,432 | 6 | 4 |
| 7 | Toyota Vellfire | 4,730 | 879% | 12 | 27,217 | 7 | 23 |
| 8 | Suzuki Swift | 4,105 | 112% | 21 | 15,825 | 20 | 20 |
| 9 | Toyota Alphard | 3,865 | 772% | 20 | 18,220 | 16 | n/a |
| 10 | Mazda Demio | 3,692 | 42% | 10 | 24,048 | 10 | 7 |
| 11 | Toyota Passo | 3,674 | 58% | 11 | 23,179 | 12 | 9 |
| 12 | Honda StepWGN | 3,541 | 15% | 15 | 21,819 | 13 | 11 |
| 13 | Nissan Note | 3,359 | 51% | 7 | 25,501 | 8 | 13 |
| 14 | Toyota Corolla | 3,331 | 2% | 8 | 25,458 | 9 | 5 |
| 15 | Suzuki Solio | 3,168 | 75% | 23 | 15,733 | 21 | 15 |
| 16 | Toyota Ractis | 2,800 | 56% | 9 | 21,689 | 14 | 8 |
| 17 | Toyota 86 | 2,760 | new | n/a | n/a | n/a | - |
| 18 | Toyota Voxy | 2,592 | 36% | 13 | 23,473 | 11 | 12 |
| 19 | Mazda CX-5 | 2,427 | new | 29 | 7,067 | n/a | - |
| 20 | Toyota Wish | 2,298 | 54% | 22 | 14,408 | 23 | 16 |
| 21 | Toyota Noah | 2,218 | 63% | 19 | 16,395 | 19 | 14 |
| 22 | Nissan Juke | 2,117 | 82% | 18 | 16,823 | 18 | 18 |
| 23 | Nissan March | 1,933 | -30% | 16 | 17,791 | 17 | 10 |
| 24 | Toyota Crown | 1,925 | 126% | 28 | 12,636 | 26 | 21 |
| 25 | Nissan Tiida | 1,920 | 36% | 24 | 12,816 | 25 | 22 |
| 26 | Nissan Cube | 1,892 | 5% | 14 | 18,988 | 15 | 17 |
| 27 | Toyota Sienta | 1,845 | n/a | 27 | 12,198 | 27 | 29 |
| 28 | Subaru Impreza | 1,780 | 48% | 17 | 15,516 | 22 | 28 |
| 29 | Toyota Estima | 1,711 | 84% | 25 | 13,677 | 24 | 19 |
| 30 | Toyota Camry | 1,519 | n/a | n/a | 7,266 | n/a | n/a |
Source: www.jada.or.jp
aqua driving is just great it looks so confort
CX5 seems to be a very good car.
I hope the Toyota Aqua / Yaris Hybrid will also a big hit here in europe.
Also the CX5 and the Toyota 86
@MFabio83
Thta´s right Fabio! The CX5 is been a huge success since its launch.
@Miguel
also for the CX-5… the second best sell model by Mazda after Demio
Fine perfomance for the beauty Toyota 8-6!!