Hong Kong (China) December 2012: Toyota Crown Taxi shines

Toyota Crown LPG Taxi. Picture by neeravbhatt, all rights reserved.

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A round 4,000 new vehicles found a buyer in Hong Kong this month, bringing the Full Year 2012 total to 43,358 registrations. Passed by the Toyota Hiace for the last 2 months, the Mercedes E-Class reclaims its traditional pole position in December thanks to 186 sales for a 4.7% market share, kicking the Hiace down to #2 at 162 units and 4.1%. Potentially boosted by end-of-year deliveries, the good old Toyota Crown LPG Taxi is up a huge 41 spots on November to brilliantly land on the third step of the podium with 158 sales and 4%. It is followed by the BMW 5 Series stable at #4 with 151 units and 3.8%.

Nissan Serena. Picture by swat_hk, all rights reserved.

The Toyota Noah confirms it is in great shape, up a further rank on last month to #5 with 116 sales and 2.9%, while the Nissan Serena is up a massive 27 spots to #6 at 106 units and 2.7%. Other great performers this month include the Toyota Previa up 5 to #10, the Audi A6 up 41 to #11, Porsche Cayenne up 28 to a fantastic 14th place, VW Scirocco up 38 to #21, Nissan Urvan up 130 to #23, Audi A1 up 33 to #24, Toyota 86 up 16 to #39 and the Nissan Sunny slicing its ranking by 2 for its 2nd month in market at #49.

Full Year post: Hong Kong (China) Full Year 2012: Mercedes E-Class #1, BMW 5 Series on podium

Previous month: Hong Kong (China) November 2012: Toyota Hiace holds the fort

Full December 2012 Top 156 All-models Ranking Table below.