Taiwan October 2012: Luxgen5 Sedan lands at #10
* UPDATED with the Top 60 best-selling models - click on title to see! Many thanks to Larry *
The Taiwanese new car market is down 10% year-on-year in October to 28,092 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 302,637 units, down 4% on 2011. The Toyota Corolla tops the models ranking for the 17th month in a row with 2,503 sales and 8.9% while the Nissan Tiida ranks #2 for the third time in the last 5 months at 1,226 units and 4.4%, just above the Toyota Camry with 1,185 sales and the Toyota Yaris at 1,174 units, both models grabbing a 4.2% share.
With the new generation of the model now in Taiwanese dealerships, the Honda CR-V is up to a fantastic 5th place thanks to 1,137 sales and 4%, but the big event this month is the arrival of the local Luxgen5 Sedan directly in 10th position with 730 units and 2.6%. Luxgen’s other two models are the Luxgen7 SUV, #25 year-to-date in 2012, #12 over the Full Year 2011 and with a personal best of #5 in October 2010, and the Luxgen7 MPV, #20 in 2010 and #23 in 2011.
Previous month: Taiwan September 2012: Nissan Tiida up to #2
One year ago: Taiwan October 2012: Toyota Camry excels
Full October 2012 Top 30 Ranking Table below.
Taiwan October 2012:
| Pos | Model | Oct | % | Sep | 2012 | % | Pos | 2011 |
| 1 | Toyota Corolla | 2,503 | 8.9% | 1 | 29,846 | 9.9% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Nissan Tiida | 1,226 | 4.4% | 2 | 12,932 | 4.3% | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Toyota Camry | 1,185 | 4.2% | 4 | 14,535 | 4.8% | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Toyota Yaris | 1,174 | 4.2% | 6 | 10,444 | 3.5% | 6 | 5 |
| 5 | Honda CR-V | 1,136 | 4.0% | n/a | 6,048 | 2.0% | 13 | 15 |
| 6 | Nissan Livina | 973 | 3.5% | 3 | 12,035 | 4.0% | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | Mitsubishi Veryca | 754 | 2.7% | 5 | 8,377 | 2.8% | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | Toyota Wish | 752 | 2.7% | 7 | 12,026 | 4.0% | 5 | 3 |
| 9 | Toyota Vios | 742 | 2.6% | 12 | 7,526 | 2.5% | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | Luxgen 5 Sedan | 730 | 2.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | - |
| 11 | Toyota RAV4 | 692 | 2.5% | 11 | 7,325 | 2.4% | 10 | 8 |
| 12 | Mitsubishi Canter | 647 | 2.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 13 | Hyundai Elantra | 559 | 2.0% | 9 | 4,459 | 1.5% | 18 | n/a |
| 14 | Ford Escape | 514 | 1.8% | 13 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 15 | Mitsubishi Delica | 478 | 1.7% | 8 | 5,467 | 1.8% | 14 | 28 |
| 16 | Honda Civic | 468 | 1.7% | 10 | 3,118 | 1.0% | 29 | 21 |
| 17 | Lexus RX | 433 | 1.5% | 30 | 3,296 | 1.1% | 27 | 29 |
| 18 | Mazda3 | 422 | 1.5% | 16 | 5,558 | 1.8% | 13 | 10 |
| 19 | Toyota Innova | 421 | 1.5% | n/a | 7,889 | 2.6% | 8 | 30 |
| 20 | Mazda5 | 409 | 1.5% | 25 | 4,431 | 1.5% | 19 | n/a |
| 21 | Mercedes C Class | 383 | 1.4% | 19 | 4,099 | 1.4% | 22 | 26 |
| 22 | Honda Fit | 377 | 1.3% | 17 | 4,116 | 1.4% | 21 | 20 |
| 23 | Hyundai ix35 | 376 | 1.3% | 18 | 3,873 | 1.3% | 23 | 17 |
| 24 | BMW 5 Series | 359 | 1.3% | 14 | 3,115 | 1.0% | 28 | 27 |
| 25 | Mercedes E Class | 330 | 1.2% | 23 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 26 | Ford Fiesta | 306 | 1.1% | 20 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 27 | Mitsubishi Colt Plus | 305 | 1.1% | 22 | 6,161 | 2.0% | 11 | 11 |
| 28 | Toyota Previa | 300 | 1.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 29 | Mitsubishi Lancer Fortis | 294 | 1.0% | 26 | 6,098 | 2.0% | 12 | 13 |
| 30 | VW Golf | 289 | 1.0% | 15 | 3,614 | 1.2% | 26 | 19 |
| 31 | Mitsubishi Zinger | 284 | 1.0% | n/a | 3,824 | 1.3% | 24 | 24 |
| 32 | Lexus ES | 273 | 1.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 33 | Luxgen 7 SUV | 224 | 0.8% | 21 | 3,788 | 1.3% | 25 | 12 |
| 34 | Mitsubishi Outlander | 220 | 0.8% | 28 | 4,531 | 1.5% | 16 | 16 |
| 35 | Lexus CT | 208 | 0.7% | n/a | 2,239 | 0.7% | n/a | n/a |
| 36 | BMW 3 Series | 192 | 0.7% | 24 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 37 | Nissan March | 184 | 0.7% | n/a | 4,175 | 1.4% | 20 | n/a |
| 38 | Porsche Cayenne | 179 | 0.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 39 | VW Tiguan | 174 | 0.6% | n/a | 2,058 | 0.7% | n/a | n/a |
| 40 | Luxgen 7 MPV | 169 | 0.6% | |||||
| 41 | Hyundai Santa Fe | 153 | 0.5% | |||||
| 42 | Nissan Teana | 151 | 0.5% | |||||
| 43 | Ford Econovan | 145 | 0.5% | |||||
| 44 | Hyundai i30 | 141 | 0.5% | |||||
| 45 | VW Polo | 131 | 0.5% | |||||
| 46 | Volvo XC60 | 123 | 0.4% | |||||
| 47 | Volvo S60 | 116 | 0.4% | |||||
| 48 | BMW 1 Series | 109 | 0.4% | |||||
| 49 | Suzuki Swift | 106 | 0.4% | |||||
| 50 | Mazda CX-5 | 104 | 0.4% | |||||
| 51 | Toyota Prius | 103 | 0.4% | |||||
| 52 | Skoda Yeti | 102 | 0.4% | |||||
| 53 | BMW X3 | 99 | 0.4% | |||||
| 54 | BMW 7 Series | 96 | 0.3% | |||||
| 55 | Nissan Rogue | 95 | 0.3% | |||||
| 56 | Ford Mondeo | 93 | 0.3% | |||||
| 57 | Nissan Bluebird Sylphy | 92 | 0.3% | |||||
| 58 | Mercedes B Class | 91 | 0.3% | |||||
| 59 | VW Touran | 86 | 0.3% | |||||
| 60 | Mercedes S Class | 84 | 0.3% |
Source: tw.autos.yahoo.com, www.autonet.com.tw, news.u-car.com.tw. Many thanks to Larry for the tip!











http://www.ttvma.org/information/automobiles/A04E.xls
This will be the latest news for October.
http://www.ttvma.org/information.php
As the link in above, you may find the local production data about Taiwan’s manufacture. Just for your reference.
Many thanks Larry!
cheers
Matt
Hello,
I think you may find more detail about Taiwan market by the following link as below,
http://news.u-car.com.tw/17328.html