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Thailand 2012: Top 40 best-selling models now available!

January 29th, 2013 Leave a comment Go to comments

The Brio has pushed Honda to #1 Passenger Car brand in Thailand in October.

* See the Top 40 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! *

Thanks to my dear friend Henrik who sent me the Thai magazine Formula from Bangkok, I can share with you more detail on the best-selling models in Thailand in 2012. Only thing is, for now only 10 months 2012 figures are available. Over the period, 1,125,283 new vehicles found a buyer in the country, a huge 58% year-on-year increase. In October sales are up an even more impressive 213% year-on-year to 134,336 units and the most striking event of the month in Thailand is the first place of Honda in the Passenger Cars category with 18,951 sales and 29.3% share, ahead of traditional leader Toyota at 18,765 units and 29%, potentially due to the Honda Brio’s success.

Mazda2 Sedan

Over the first 10 months of 2012, the Top 10 best-selling models are familiar, however we now have access to their year-on-year evolution. Notice the Toyota Hilux up faster than the market at +69%, the Honda City up 103% to #4, the Nissan Almera almost all-new at #7 and the Toyota Fortuner up 144% to #9. Note also that with added sales from its sedan version the Mazda2 is now #10, while the Mitsubishi Mirage is still #12 – about to get up to the Top 10 by end of November and the Honda Brio up 356% at #23. The Chevrolet Sonic (#35) and Nissan Sylphy (#37) make their first appearance in the Thai ranking.

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Full January-October 2012 Top 40 models and Top 20 brands Ranking Tables below.

Thailand January-October 2012 – models:

Pos Model 2012 % /11 2011 % Pos
1 Toyota Hilux 195,298 17.4% 69% 115,883 16.2% 1
2 Isuzu D-Max 151,778 13.5% 45% 104,576 14.6% 2
3 Toyota Vios 90,662 8.1% 55% 58,377 8.2% 3
4 Honda City 54,761 4.9% 103% 26,936 3.8% 6
5 Mitsubishi Triton 49,258 4.4% n/a n/a n/a n/a
6 Toyota Corolla 45,421 4.0% 23% 36,858 5.2% 4
7 Nissan Almera 41,175 3.7% 6055% 669 0.1% n/a
8 Chevrolet Colorado 30,776 2.7% n/a n/a n/a n/a
9 Toyota Fortuner 29,108 2.6% 144% 11,927 1.7% 12
10 Mazda2 28,474 2.5% 28% 22,231 3.1% 7
11 Nissan March 26,662 2.4% -10% 29,689 4.2% 5
12 Mitsubishi Mirage 25,438 2.3% new 0 0.0%  -
13 Honda Jazz 24,848 2.2% 31% 18,987 2.7% 8
14 Mitsubishi Pajero Sport 22,366 2.0% 45% 15,379 2.2% 10
15 Ford Fiesta 22,177 2.0% 44% 15,374 2.2% 11
16 Mazda BT-50 19,308 1.7% n/a n/a n/a n/a
17 Honda Civic 19,176 1.7% 8% 17,766 2.5% 9
18 Toyota Camry 18,097 1.6% 52% 11,924 1.7% 13
19 Ford Ranger 15,477 1.4% n/a n/a n/a n/a
20 Nissan Navara 15,208 1.4% n/a n/a n/a n/a
21 Toyota Yaris 14,989 1.3% 100% 7,513 1.1% 14
22 Chevrolet Captiva/Trailblazer 13,280 1.2% 272% 3,566 0.5% 24
23 Honda Brio 13,157 1.2% 356% 2,884 0.4% 26
24 Suzuki Swift 11,799 1.0% 313% 2,854 0.4% 27
25 Chevrolet Cruze 7,580 0.7% 22% 6,224 0.9% 18
26 Nissan Teana 5,580 0.5% 22% 4,589 0.6% 21
27 Suzuki Carry Pro 5,437 0.5% n/a n/a n/a n/a
28 Toyota Prius 4,919 0.4% -31% 7,181 1.0% 15
29 Honda CR-V 4,527 0.4% -17% 5,453 0.8% 20
30 Mazda3 4,367 0.4% -4% 4,566 0.6% 22
31 Chevrolet Aveo 4,175 0.4% -37% 6,586 0.9% 16
32 Honda Accord 4,077 0.4% -28% 5,698 0.8% 19
33 Tata Xenon 3,984 0.4% n/a n/a n/a n/a
34 Ford Focus 3,877 0.3% 128% 1,704 0.2% 30
35 Chevrolet Sonic 3,835 0.3% new 0 0.0%  -
36 Isuzu MU-7 3,564 0.3% -43% 6,280 0.9% 17
37 Nissan Sylphy 2,866 0.3% new 0 0.0%  -
38 Mitsubishi Lancer EX 2,058 0.2% -19% 2,535 0.4% 28
39 DongFeng Pick-up 1,379 0.1% n/a n/a n/a n/a
40 Mitsubishi New Lancer 1,107 0.1% -63% 3,017 0.4% 25

Thailand January-October 2012 – brands:

Pos Brands 2012 % /11 2011 % Pos
1 Toyota 429,195 38.1% 59% 270,714 37.9% 1
2 Isuzu 170,173 15.1% 40% 121,361 17.0% 2
3 Honda 127,709 11.3% 62% 78,592 11.0% 3
4 Mitsubishi 101,645 9.0% 79% 56,929 8.0% 5
5 Nissan 92,737 8.2% 59% 58,487 8.2% 4
6 Chevrolet 59,650 5.3% 140% 24,889 3.5% 8
7 Mazda 52,170 4.6% 49% 35,131 4.9% 6
8 Ford 42,433 3.8% 70% 24,966 3.5% 7
9 Suzuki 18,264 1.6% 153% 7,214 1.0% 10
10 Hino 13,534 1.2% 62% 8,352 1.2% 9
11 Tata 4,007 0.4% -7% 4,296 0.6% 12
12 Hyundai 3,811 0.3% 4% 3,659 0.5% 14
13 Proton 2,995 0.3% -37% 4,732 0.7% 11
14 DongFeng 1,676 0.1% 32% 1,271 0.2% 17
15 Volvo 1,601 0.1% 10% 1,460 0.2% 16
16 Kia 1,196 0.1% 71% 701 0.1% 19
17 Lexus 611 0.1% 21% 504 0.1% 21
18 Volkswagen 562 0.0% 0% 564 0.1% 20
19 Wuling 352 0.0% -10% 391 0.1% 22
20 SsangYong 232 0.0% 19% 195 0.0% 24

Note: BMW, Mercedes and Porsche stopped reporting Thai sales figures in 2012.

Source: Formula magazine, many thanks to Henrik for sending across the magazine!

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  1. Sonico
    January 31st, 2013 at 09:21 | #1
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    No Hyundai or Kia?

  2. eddy
    January 30th, 2013 at 21:26 | #2
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    not sure why those like innova and avanza is not in the list even though their sales are in thousands.

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