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Vietnam July-August 2012: Toyota Fortuner leads, Ford strong

September 20th, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

Ford Fiesta

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The Vietnamese new car market is having a year off in 2012: sales are down 33% year-on-year in August to 6,448 units, bringing the year-to-date total to 48,910, down 32% on 2011. The fall is even more severe for Passenger Cars: down 41% to 14,945 units vs. -25% for Commercial Vehicles at 23,373 and -37% for SUV, MPV and crossovers at 9,388. The Toyota Fortuner looks set to follow the Kia Morning as the best-selling vehicle in Vietnam in 2012: it ranks first for the 4th consecutive month in August 495 sales and 7.7% with its year-to-date total standing at 3,426 units and 7%.

Ford Everest

For the second month in a row Toyota monopolises the Top 4 Vietnamese models ranking, and in August the Top 5 is identical to the 2012 year-to-date order. The Toyota Corolla Altis is #2 with 347 sales and 5.4%, followed by the Toyota Vios at 345 units and 5.4% also, the Toyota Innova with 316 sales and 4.9% and the Kia Morning at 262 units and 4.1%. The Toyota Camry is up 2 spots on July to #6 while the Kia Forte resists at #7 and a strong 2.8% share.

Ford has a very robust month, placing no less than 5 models in the Top 20 (only Toyota does better with 6), all at higher market shares than their 2012 ytd levels. The Fiesta leads the charge at #12 with 1.3%, ahead of the Everest at #13 and 1.3%, the Focus at #14 and 1.2%, the Escape at #18 and 0.9% and the Ranger at #19 and 0.9% also. Notice also the Nissan Grand Livina (#9), Mitsubishi Pajero Sport (#13) and Chery QQ (#18) making a rare appearance in the Top 20 in July.

Previous post: Vietnam June 2012: Ford Fiesta back in Top 10

One year ago: Vietnam August 2011: Kia Morning on its way to #1 over Full Year

Full July and August 2012 Top 20 Ranking Tables below.

Vietnam July 2012:

Pos Model July % Jun
1 Toyota Fortuner 456 6.8% 1
2 Toyota Corolla Altis 339 5.0% 4
3 Toyota Innova 324 4.8% 5
4 Toyota Vios 315 4.7% 2
5 Kia Morning 280 4.2% 3
6 Chevrolet Spark 271 4.0% 7
7 Kia Forte/Koup 196 2.9% 8
8 Toyota Camry 160 2.4% 6
9 Nissan Grand Livina 127 1.9% n/a
10 Honda CR-V 118 1.8% 21
11 Ford Fiesta 106 1.6% 10
12 Kia Carens 102 1.5% 14
13 Mitsubishi Pajero Sport 87 1.3% n/a
14 Ford Focus 85 1.3% 11
15 Ford Everest 74 1.1% 12
16 Toyota Hilux 72 1.1% 9
17 Ford Ranger 60 0.9% 22
18 Chery QQ 60 0.9% n/a
19 Mitsubishi Triton 57 0.8% n/a
20 Kia Rio 56 0.8% 17

Vietnam August 2012:

Pos Model August % Jul Jun 2012 % Pos 2011
1 Toyota Fortuner 495 7.7% 1 1 3,426 7.0% 1 4
2 Toyota Corolla Altis 347 5.4% 2 4 2,683 5.5% 2 2
3 Toyota Vios 345 5.4% 4 2 2,603 5.3% 3 5
4 Toyota Innova 316 4.9% 3 5 2,347 4.8% 4 3
5 Kia Morning 262 4.1% 5 3 2,142 4.4% 5 1
6 Toyota Camry 213 3.3% 8 6 1,496 3.1% 7 10
7 Kia Forte/Koup 181 2.8% 7 8 1,222 2.5% 8 7
8 Chevrolet Spark 166 2.6% 6 7 1,572 3.2% 6 6
9 Kia Carens 99 1.5% 12 14 753 1.5% 9 9
10 Chevrolet Cruze 96 1.5% 28 15 726 1.5% 10 8
11 Toyota Hilux 93 1.4% 16 9 722 1.5% 11 16
12 Ford Fiesta 87 1.3% 11 10 513 1.0% 14 13
13 Ford Everest 83 1.3% 15 12 515 1.1% 13 11
14 Ford Focus 76 1.2% 14 11 447 0.9% 15 14
15 Toyota Yaris 61 0.9% 23 19 340 0.7% 20 18
16 Honda Civic 60 0.9% 26 13 371 0.8% 17 15
17 Honda CR-V 57 0.9% 10 21 356 0.7% 18 20
18 Ford Escape 56 0.9% 22 18 260 0.5% 24 n/a
19 Ford Ranger 55 0.9% 17 22 280 0.6% 22 17
20 Kia Sorento 53 0.8% 24 16 351 0.7% 19 31

Source: VAMA, www.vietnamcar.com

Note: the actual best-sellers in Vietnam are heavy commercial vehicles like the Kia K3000, but these are not included in this ranking.

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