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Japan by version September 2012: Nissan Note above Prius hatch

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Nissan Note

* See the Top 110 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin *

As usual, after exploring the Passenger car Top 30 and the Kei car Top 20 in Japan, we have a more detailed look at overall September sales split by version and with Light Commercial Vehicles added. This is to see how the Toyota Prius Alpha and Honda Fit Shuttle perform among other things. For the 8th month in a row (no interruption since last February!) the Toyota Aqua wins at this little game with 22,039 sales. It is now followed by the Suzuki Wagon R which has reclaimed the Kei car lead with 20,891 units while the Honda NBOX is down one spot to round up the podium.

Subaru XV

The big event this month is the arrival of the new generation Nissan Note at #4 with 18,355 sales. With the Toyota Prius/Prius Alpha split available, we can see that the Note is above the Prius hatchback at 14,340 units as the Alpha MPV version sold 7,751 units this month (#11). Notice also the Honda Fit Shuttle at #35 (3,212 sales). This ranking also why Impreza sales shoot up dramatically this month (#13 at 7,278 units): they also include the XV variant, just launched in Japan.

Passenger car post: Japan September 2012: Nissan Note hits highest volume ever

Keyi car post: Japan Kei cars September 2012: Suzuki Wagon R back to #1

Previous month: Japan by version August 2012: Mitsubishi Mirage and Toyota Auris up

One year ago: Japan September 2011: Toyota Prius and Honda Fit clear leaders

Full September 2012 Top 110 Ranking Table below.

Japan by version – September 2012:

Pos Model Sept August Pos Jul Jun
1 Toyota Aqua 22,039 19,076 1 1 1
2 Suzuki Wagon R 20,891 14,645 4 5 3
3 Honda NBOX 19,914 17,308 2 2 2
4 Nissan Note 18,355 n/a n/a n/a 34
5 Toyota Prius 14,340 15,670 3 3 4
6 Daihatsu Tanto/Exe 13,558 12,629 5 6 5
7 Daihatsu Mira 9,592 9,037 10 7 7
8 Honda Fit 9,298 12,249 6 4 6
9 Suzuki Alto/Capin 9,127 9,810 9 11 10
10 Nissan Serena 8,865 9,872 8 15 14
11 Toyota Prius Alpha 7,751 8,158 11 12 13
12 Daihatsu Move 7,470 6,739 12 13 12
13 Subaru Impreza/XV 7,278 3,142 30 27 49
14 Suzuki Every 6,861 10,733 7 10 8
15 Honda Freed 6,230 5,633 15 14 11
16 Daihatsu Mira Cocoa 6,169 5,291 16 17 16
17 Toyota Vitz 5,990 6,274 14 8 9
18 Mazda CX-5 5,530 3,576 24 35 27
19 Toyota Spade 5,513 4,670 18 53 n/a
20 Toyota Corolla 5,500 6,410 13 9 17
21 Daihatsu Hijet Truck 5,153 4,245 23 23 22
22 Daihatsu Hijet Cargo 4,936 3,360 25 28 19
23 Toyota Porte 4,874 4,883 17 n/a n/a
24 Honda StepWGN 4,826 4,300 21 16 15
25 Suzuki Carry 4,506 n/a n/a n/a n/a
26 Mitsubishi Mirage 4,483 1,392 56 105  -
27 Suzuki Palette 4,211 4,582 20 20 23
28 Mazda Demio 4,112 4,277 22 19 21
29 Nissan Moco 3,782 4,620 19 18 18
30 Daihatsu Move Conte 3,770 2,694 38 39 37
31 Suzuki Swift 3,608 3,308 26 41 25
32 Honda Life 3,599 2,735 37 42 50
33 Toyota Passo 3,345 3,209 28 26 24
34 Toyota Estima 3,325 3,235 27 25 31
35 Honda Fit Shuttle 3,213 3,014 32 21 26
36 Suzuki Solio 3,176 2,882 36 34 38
37 Toyota Voxy 3,032 3,027 31 31 29
38 Toyota Vellfire 2,925 2,883 35 24 20
39 Toyota 86 2,818 2,430 42 46 46
40 Suzuki MR Wagon 2,808 2,969 33 37 40
41 Nissan March 2,753 2,692 39 22 42
42 Nissan Roox 2,646 2,942 34 29 32
43 Toyota Pixis Space/Epoch 2,492 3,196 29 30 33
44 Subaru Legacy/Outback 2,480 2,024 49 45 47
45 Nissan Cube 2,375 2,475 41 33 36
46 Toyota Ractis 2,357 2,520 40 38 35
47 Nissan X-Trail 2,337 2,029 48 50 45
48 Toyota Noah 2,292 2,144 45 40 41
49 Toyota Crown 2,267 1,818 52 51 52
50 Nissan Juke 2,265 2,170 44 44 48
51 Toyota Wish 2,188 2,178 43 32 30
52 Mazda AZ Wagon 2,112 1,490 54 54 56
53 Toyota Sienta 2,065 2,108 47 43 43
54 Nissan NV100/Clipper Van 2,062 1,459 55 56 n/a
55 Toyota Mark X 2,000 960 65 60 n/a
56 Mitsubishi eK 1,979 1,377 57 52 54
57 Honda Acty Truck 1,919 1,723 53 55 59
58 Toyota Alphard 1,896 2,113 46 36 28
59 Subaru Stella 1,884 1,866 51 49 55
60 Nissan Tiida 1,800 n/a n/a 48 39
61 Mitsubishi Minicab van 1,323 1,050 61 58 n/a
62 Toyoace 1,319 1,171 58 n/a n/a
63 Toyota Camry 1,303 975 64 57 57
64 Toyota TownAce 1,252 1,091 60 61 68
65 Mitsubishi Delica D5 1,197 n/a n/a n/a n/a
66 Mitsubishi Minicab truck 1,177 876 67 62 n/a
67 Suzuki Alto Van 1,095 n/a n/a n/a n/a
68 Toyota Vanguard 1,055 1,050 62 59 60
69 Suzuki Jimny 1,011 1,002 63 63 63
70 Toyota Prado/Land Cruiser 1,006 931 66 64 n/a
71 Mitsubishi Delica D2 991 n/a n/a n/a n/a
72 Subaru Sambar Truck 935 599 75 69 61
73 Nissan Otti 841 595 76 82 n/a
74 Nissan NT100/Clipper Truck 823 677 73 76 n/a
75 Subaru Pleo 823 718 69 70 71
76 Daihatsu Mira Van 816 n/a n/a n/a n/a
77 Nissan Wingroad 741 708 71 68 n/a
78 Honda Insight 715 601 74 67 69
79 Mazda Scrum Van 702 504 79 80 64
80 Mazda Flair Wagon 657 745 68 65 n/a
81 Honda Acty Van 637 567 77 73 n/a
82 Mazda Carol 632 682 72 66 67
83 Subaru Sambar Van 614 420 83 83 77
84 Mazda Verisa 613 382 85 93 n/a
85 Honda Vamos 542 490 80 74 58
86 Mitsubishi Pajero mini 528 434 82 78 62
87 Subaru BRZ 504 311 89 85 72
88 Toyota Pixis Van 491 416 84 79 n/a
89 Subaru Trezia 490 234 94 98 n/a
90 Toyota Rumion 472 441 81 75 73
91 Toyota Pixis Truck 416 365 87 86 n/a
92 Mitsubishi Toppo 404 378 86 77 79
93 Mitsubishi RVR 388 n/a n/a n/a n/a
94 Honda Zest 381 250 93 90 78
95 Mazda Scrum Truck 352 252 92 94 n/a
96 Toyota Coaster 327 324 88 n/a n/a
97 Nissan Atlas 316 n/a n/a n/a n/a
98 Subaru Lucra 307 303 90 87 n/a
99 Suzuki SX4 252 n/a n/a 97 n/a
100 Mazda Scrum Wagon 217 155 97 96 n/a
101 Mitsubishi i-MiEV 212 86 101 99 n/a
102 Mitsubishi Minicab – MiEV 197 107 99 95 n/a
103 Nissan Z 195 184 95 n/a n/a
104 Mitsubishi i 189 157 96 88 80
105 Suzuki Splash 182 n/a n/a n/a n/a
106 Honda CR-Z 181 146 98 92 n/a
107 Honda Vamos Pro 181 n/a n/a n/a n/a
108 Mitsubishi Pajero 171 n/a n/a n/a n/a
109 Mitsubishi Lancer Cargo 170 n/a n/a n/a n/a
110 Mitsubishi Outlander 149 n/a n/a n/a n/a

Source: Manufacturers, many thanks to Austin for helping compile the data!

Note: This ranking only features models with available sales figures and is therefore incomplete (Lexus and Toyota Auris sales were not available for example).

Categories: Japan
  1. eddy
    November 1st, 2012 at 13:57 | #1
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    hi Matt,
    Is it possible for you to include import models as average from the July-Sept 2012 as well?

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