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Taiwan December 2012: Toyota Yaris and Honda CR-V impress

January 9th, 2013 Leave a comment Go to comments

Honda CR-V

* See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 6 brands by clicking on the title! *

* See the Full Year 2012 post here *

The Taiwanese new car market is up 12% year-on-year in December to 34,508 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 365,871 units, down 3% on 2011. The Toyota Corolla is still unbeatable: it ranks #1 for the 19th consecutive month in Taiwan with 3,589 sales and 10.4% share and logically finishes the year in pole position at 36,342 units and 9.9%. For the first time since last August and the 5th time this year, Toyota monopolises the Taiwanese models podium this month with the Yaris up 6 spots on November to #2 and the Wish up 3 to #3 .

The new generation Honda CR-V is a definite hit with Taiwanese consumers: it ranks #4 like last month thanks to 1,312 sales and 3.8% and finishes the year at #10. Other great performers this month include the Toyota Vios up 5 ranks to #6, the Honda Civic up 6 to #10, Honda Fit up 10 to #12, Ford Escape up 4 to #18 and the Lexus RX also up 4 to #15.

Full Year post: Taiwan Full Year 2012: Toyota Corolla and Camry on top

Previous month: Taiwan November 2012: Honda CR-V improves further to #4

One year ago: Taiwan Full Year 2011: Toyota Corolla #1, Toyota Wish and Nissan Livina up

Full December 2012 Top 50 models and Top 6 brands Ranking Tables below.

Taiwan December 2012 – brands:

Pos Brand Dec % Nov 2012 % Pos
1 Toyota, Lexus 11,668 33.8% 1 123,740 33.8% 1
2 Mitsubishi, CMC 3,512 10.2% 2 48,407 13.2% 2
3 Honda 2,839 8.2% 5 18,794 5.1% 4
4 Nissan, Infiniti 2,826 8.2% 3 40,902 11.2% 3
5 Ford 2,063 6.0% 4 18,449 5.0% 5
6 Hyundai 1,479 4.3% 6 15,938 4.4% 6

Taiwan December 2012 – models:

Pos Model Dec % Nov 2012 % Pos 2011
1 Toyota Corolla 3,589 10.4% 1 36,342 9.9% 1 1
2 Toyota Yaris 1,642 4.8% 8 12,905 3.5% 6 5
3 Toyota Wish 1,348 3.9% 6 14,382 3.9% 4 3
4 Honda CR-V 1,312 3.8% 4 8,562 2.3% 10 15
5 Toyota Camry 1,275 3.7% 3 17,064 4.7% 2 6
6 Toyota Vios 1,261 3.7% 11 9,427 2.6% 8 7
7 Nissan Tiida 1,247 3.6% 2 15,477 4.2% 3 2
8 Nissan Livina 964 2.8% 7 13,931 3.8% 5 4
9 Mitsubishi Canter 888 2.6% 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a
10 Honda Civic 746 2.2% 16 4,351 1.2% 25 21
11 Ford Focus 732 2.1% 15 5,522 1.5% 17 14
12 Honda Fit 713 2.1% 22 5,182 1.4% 20 20
13 Hyundai Elantra 692 2.0% 12 5,718 1.6% 16 n/a
14 Ford Escape 688 2.0% 18 n/a n/a n/a n/a
15 Lexus RX 583 1.7% 19 4,265 1.2% 27 29
16 Mitsubishi Veryca 569 1.6% 9 9,661 2.6% 7 9
17 Mazda5 497 1.4% 17 5,409 1.5% 18 n/a
18 Mitsubishi Colt Plus 477 1.4% 29 6,928 1.9% 12 11
19 Toyota Innova 469 1.4% 13 8,850 2.4% 9 30
20 Mercedes C Class 467 1.4% 21 4,934 1.3% 21 26
21 Mitsubishi Delica 443 1.3% 14 6,402 1.7% 14 28
22 BMW 5 Series 429 1.2% 20 3,913 1.1% 29 27
23 Mazda3 428 1.2% 23 6,336 1.7% 15 10
24 VW Golf 426 1.2% 39 4,238 1.2% 28 19
25 Hyundai ix35 407 1.2% 25 4,593 1.3% 22 17
26 Mercedes E Class 379 1.1% 26 n/a n/a n/a n/a
27 Mitsubishi Outlander 374 1.1% 24 5,238 1.4% 19 16
28 Mitsubishi Lancer Fortis 353 1.0% 28 6,742 1.8% 13 13
29 VW Tiguan 348 1.0% 30 2,674 0.7% 31 n/a
30 Lexus ES 326 0.9% 31 n/a n/a n/a n/a
31 Mitsubishi Zinger 323 0.9% 32 4,401 1.2% 24 24
32 Lexus CT 317 0.9% 38 2,759 0.8% 30 n/a
33 BMW 3 Series 314 0.9% 33 n/a n/a n/a n/a
34 Luxgen 7 SUV 298 0.9% 37 4,299 1.2% 26 12
35 Toyota Previa 271 0.8% 34 n/a n/a n/a n/a
36 Volvo S60 251 0.7% 41 n/a n/a n/a n/a
37 Ford Fiesta 249 0.7% 27 n/a n/a n/a n/a
38 Luxgen 7 MPV 221 0.6% 40 n/a n/a n/a n/a
39 Luxgen 5 Sedan 206 0.6% 35 n/a n/a n/a  -
40 Ford Mondeo 194 0.6% 46 n/a n/a n/a n/a
41 Hyundai Santa Fe 184 0.5% 45 n/a n/a n/a n/a
42 BMW 1 Series 174 0.5% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
43 Nissan March 166 0.5% 42 4,515 1.2% 23 n/a
44 Nissan Teana 157 0.5% 43 n/a n/a n/a n/a
45 Ford Econovan 144 0.4% 36 n/a n/a n/a n/a
46 Toyota Prius C 134 0.4% 44 n/a n/a n/a  -
47 Nissan Rogue 127 0.4% 48 n/a n/a n/a n/a
48 Mercedes A Class 125 0.4% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
49 Porsche Cayenne 124 0.4% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
50 BMW X5 121 0.4% 50 n/a n/a n/a n/a

Source: news.u-car.com.tw, www.autonet.com.tw

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