Best Selling Cars – Matt's blog

Lexus RX in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Picture by filchist, all rights reserved.

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3,050 new vehicles found a buyer in Hong Kong in April, bringing the year-to-date total to 15,487 units. Bit of reshuffle atop the models ranking: the Toyota Hiace is back in pole position for the third time in the last 7 months after last October and November thanks to 186 sales and 6.1% share, but this time it is followed by the Lexus RX, brilliantly up 7 spots on March to land in 2nd place at 127 units and 4.6% and the only other vehicle to sell more than 100 units in Hong Kong this month. Leader last month, the VW Golf is down to a still excellent third position with 94 sales and 3.1%.

Audi Q3. Picture by Teddy Leung, all rights reserved.

Other great performers this month in Hong Kong include the Mercedes C-Class up 16 ranks to #6, the Mercedes A-Class stable at an outstanding 7th spot, the Toyota Corolla up 18 to #8 and most impressive of all, the Audi Q3 up a whopping 104 spots on last month to land within the Hong Kong Top 10 for the very first time at #9 with 73 sales and 2.4%. It’s a good month for luxury SUVs: the Audi Q5 is up 14 ranks to #19, the BMW X3 is up 23 to #22 and the BMW X5 is up 40 spots to #24.

Previous month: Hong Kong (China) March 2013: VW Golf takes the lead!

Previous year: Hong Kong (China) Full Year 2012: Mercedes E-Class most popular

Full April 2013 Top 150 Ranking Table below.

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VW Golf

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5,525 new vehicles found a buyer in March in Hong Kong, bringing the year-to-date total to 12,436 after 3 months. Surprise on top: after flirting with the highest ranking last September (#2) and November (#3) and coinciding with the launch of the 7th generation, the VW Golf brilliantly snaps the pole position away from the BMW 5 Series this month thanks to 279 sales and 5% share vs. 261 and 4.7%. The 5 Series remains the most popular model in the territory year-to-date though at 733 units and 5.9% while the Golf is now back up to #5 which was also its Full Year 2012 ranking.

Exceptional performance of the Hyundai H1 rounding up the March podium with 238 sales and 4.3%, up 7 spots on last month. Other great performers this month include the Audi A4 up a massive 40 ranks to #4, the Audi A5 up 19 to #5, Mercedes A-Class up 86 to #7 thanks to the new generation and the Suzuki Solio up a further 2 spots to a best-ever #21.

Previous month: Hong Kong (China) February 2013: BMW 5 Series leads

Previous year: Hong Kong (China) Full Year 2012: Mercedes E-Class most popular

Full March 2013 Top 157 All-models Ranking Table below.

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BMW 5 Series. Picture by Daryl Chapman, all rights reserved.

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With 3,084 new vehicles sold in Hong Kong in February, the total market now stands at 6,877 units year-to-date. #2 last month and #3 over the Full Year 2012, the BMW 5 Series now takes the lead thanks to 203 sales and an excellent 6.6% market share, meaning it is now also in pole position year-to-date at 472 units and 6.9% given last month’s and last year’s leader, the Mercedes E-Class, is down to #7 in February. The Toyota Hiace is up 3 spots to #2 with 143 sales and 4.6% while the Honda Freed impresses, up a huge 39 ranks to land in third position at 133 units and 4.3%.

Honda Freed

Other great performers this month include the Lexus RX back up 27 spots to #4, the Nissan Serena up 6 to #5, Toyota Previa up 16 to #6, Mercedes C-Class up 21 to #9, Mercedes ML-Class solid at #11 vs. #38 over the FY2012, VW Jetta up 6 to #15, Toyota Corolla up to #18 vs. #83 in 2012, Suzuki Solio up 102 ranks on January to #23 and the Mazda6 up 78 to #39.

Previous month: Hong Kong January 2013:  Mercedes E-Class and BMW 5 Series above 7%

Previous year: Hong Kong (China) Full Year 2012: Mercedes E-Class most popular

Full February 2013 Top 150 All-models Ranking Table below.

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2013 Mercedes E-Class

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3,789 new vehicles found a buyer in Hong Kong in January, and the two premium German models that already topped the 2012 ranking are now in uncharted territory: this month they each hold over 7% of the market! The Mercedes E-Class is in the lead like in 2012 with 286 sales and 7.5% while the BMW 5 Series ranks #2 (vs. #3 in 2012) at 269 units and 7.1%. The Hyundai H1 is up 13 spots on December to brilliantly land in third place with 183 sales and 4.8%.

It is followed by the BMW1 Series up 9 ranks to #4, Toyota Hiace down 3 to #5, Mercedes ML-Class up a whopping 52 spots to #6 and the BMW X1 up 23 to #7… Other great performers this month in Hong Kong include the Audi A1 up to #13 vs. #65 in 2012, Mercedes B-Class up 17 ranks to #14, BMW X3 up 13 to #15, VW Tiguan up 15 to #19 and Toyota Auris up 22 to #23.

Previous post: Hong Kong (China) Full Year 2012: Mercedes E-Class most popular

Full January 2013 Top 153 All-models Ranking Table below.

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Mercedes E-Class

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43,358 new vehicles found a buyer in 2012 in Hong Kong, and the striking element atop the models ranking in this region is the presence of prestige cars: the Mercedes E-Class is the most popular vehicle in Hong Kong with an extremely impressive 2,327 sales and 5.4% share while the BMW 5 Series ranks #3 at 1,895 units and 4.4%. They are separated by the Toyota Hiace at #2 with 1,950 sales and 4.5%, even topping the ranking in October and November.

BMW 5 Series

The Lexus RX is another expensive model shining in Hong Kong at #4 with 1,352 units and 3.1%, with the BMW 1 Series at #6, the Mercedes C-Class at #11 and the BMW 3 Series at #12 also very strong. The VW Golf is at an excellent 5th place with 3.1% share, and the Nissan Serena (#9) and Toyota Noah (#10) round up the Top 10. Notice also the Honda Stepwagon at #13, Toyota Alphard at #15, Toyota Wish at #17, Mini Countryman at #19, Lexus GS at #23 and Porsche Cayenne at #32.

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

Full Year 2012 Top 213 All-models Ranking Table below.

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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.

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Toyota Hiace Hong Kong Police. Picture by swat_hk, all rights reserved.

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4,167 new vehicles were registered in Hong Kong in November, bringing the year-to-date total to 39,079 units. Toyota continues to dominate the market with an excellent 21.2% share this month thanks to 884 sales, ahead of BMW very solid at 631 units and 15.1% vs. 13% year-to-date, Mercedes with 510 sales and 12.2% and Volkswagen at 456 units and 10.9% vs. 9.1% year-to-date. The Toyota Hiace is the most popular vehicle in Hong Kong for the 2nd month running, improving on an already outstanding October performance to 251 sales and 6% and now ranking #2 year-to-date at 1,788 units and 4.6%.

Mercedes E-Class

The Mercedes E-Class is stable at stratospheric (and world-best) levels at #2 with 225 sales and 5.4% and remains the top seller in Hong Kong year-to-date by far at 2,141 units and 5.5%. Excellent month for the VW Golf benefitting from strong sales of its Station Wagon variant and up 2 spots on October to #3 with 203 sales and 4.9% vs. 3.2% year-to-date. The BMW 5 Series is down 2 to #4 and the BMW 1 Series is up 8 to #5 at 140 units and 3.4% while the Toyota Noah is up one to #6.

Nissan Note

Further down, notice the Mini Countryman up 9 ranks to #11, the Hyundai H1 up 18 to #12, the Kia Morning back in the ranking at #13, the Mini up 39 to #20, the Mercedes S-Class up 18 to #25, the all-new Nissan Note landing directly at #29 with 43 sales, the VW CC at an excellent #37 vs. #74 year-to-date, the Nissan Juke up 44 to #39 and the Suzuki Solio and Nissan Sunny both making their first appearance in the HK ranking at #49 and #98 respectively.

Previous month: Hong Kong (October) China October 2012: Toyota Hiace in pole position

Full November 2012 Top 150 All-models and Top 5 Brands Ranking Tables below.

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Toyota Hiace in Hong Kong. Picture by Jeremy, all rights reserved.

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In October 3,712 new vehicles found a buyer in Hong Kong, bringing the year-to-date total to 35,145. Surprise on top: this month the Toyota Hiace is the favourite car in the territory thanks to 218 sales and 5.9% share but stays #3 year-to-date at 1,537 units and 3.8%. The Mercedes E-Class keeps the year-to-date pole position with 1,916 sales and 5% and ranks #2 this month at 176 units and 4.7% ahead of the BMW 5 Series with 150 sales and 4%.

Toyota Noah Hong Kong Taxi. Picture by Daryl Chapman, all rights reserved.

Excellent month for the Mercedes C-Class, up 9 spots on September to #4 at 108 units and 2.9% while the VW Golf is back down to #5 with 104 sales and 2.8%. Other great performers include the Honda Stepwagon up 3 ranks to #6, the Toyota Noah up 17 to #7, BMW 3 Series at #8 vs. #14 YTD…

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

… Honda Jazz at #12 vs. #26, the VW Jetta up a huge 51 spots to #16, Mercedes Sprinter up 33 to #19, Mercedes ML-Class up 14 to #26, Audi Q3 at #28 vs #51 YTD, the Toyota 86 up a further 13 ranks to #41 and the BMW 6 Series up 19 to #49. Finally notice the Toyota Crown LPG Taxi solid at #35 with 29 sales vs. #56 YTD.

Previous month: Hong Kong (China) September 2012: VW Golf shoots up to #2

Full October 2012 Top 150 All-models Ranking Table below.

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VW Golf

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Thanks to a tip from Austin, I can already share with you September figures for Hong Kong (China). 3,773 new vehicles were sold in Hong Kong in September, bringing the year-to-date total to 31,444 units. The Mercedes E-Class keeps the pole position this month with 199 sales and 5.3%, reinforcing its 2012 year-to-date leadership at 1,740 units and 5.5%. The best performer this month is the VW Golf, up a huge 19 spots on August to land in 2nd place with 188 sales and 5% share. It is #6 year-to-date at 929 units and 3%.

Mini Countryman

The Toyota Hiace rounds up the podium like in the ytd ranking at 4.7%. Below, we find the BMW 5 Series at #4 (-1), the Lexus RX at #5 (-3) and the BMW 1 Series at #6 (-2). Other great performers this month in the Hong Kong Top 10 include the Honda Stepwagon at #9 vs. #13 year-to-date, the Mini Countryman up 21 ranks to #10.

Audi A5

Further down, the Honda Jazz is up to #12 vs. #34 ytd, the Audi A5 up 11 to #16, the VW Tiguan up to #20 vs. #30 ytd, the Audi Q3 up 38 to #21 and the BMW X5 up 19 to #22. Notice also the Suzuki Swift up 52 spots to #38, the Porsche Boxster up 33 to #48, the Toyota 86 at #53 and the McLaren MP4-12C at #90 with 6 sales.

Previous month: Hong Kong (China) August 2012: Mercedes E-Class and Lexus RX lead

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

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Mercedes E-Class

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Although part of China, Hong Kong has a dedicated section on BSCB because its car market is radically different from the mainland – with absolutely no Chinese brands on sale in the territory for example… And for the very first time on BSCB thanks to Richard I can share with you a Top 160 models ranking for August 2012 and a Top 200 for 8 months 2012, that’s absolutely all models sold in Hong Kong!

Lexus RX

3,966 new vehicles were sold in Hong Kong in August, adding up to 27,671 year-to-date. Let’s start by quickly set up the car landscape in Hong Kong with a Top 5 manufacturers ranking: Toyota leads the charge with 14.9% share in August and 14.5% year-to-date, but BMW is not far at 13.2% followed by Mercedes at 12.1%. Note Mercedes is ahead of BMW year-to-date due to its LCV range. Lexus ranks #4 ytd with just under 6% above Audi at 5.6%.

BMW 5 Series

The Hong Kong models ranking is like no other in the world. It is the only territory to crown the Mercedes E-Class, #1 both in August with 167 sales and 4.2% share and year-to-date at 1,541 units and 5.6%. The Lexus RX is here too at its world best in 2nd position this month with 156 sales and 3.9% and #4 ytd at 4%. The BMW 5 Series rounds up the podium at 150 units and 3.8% but is #2 ytd with 1,249 sales and 4.5% share…

BMW 3 Series

In fact there are no less than 3 BMWs in the August Top 5! The 1 Series is up to #4 at 135 units and 3.4% and the 3 Series up to #5 with one less unit vs. #15 ytd… The Toyota Hiace and Hyundai H1 follow while the Honda Stepwagon has a fantastic month at #8 with 118 sales and 3% vs. #14 ytd. Notice also the Mercedes B-Class up to #14 and the Honda Jazz up to #18 vs. #45 ytd.

Ferrari 458. Picture by Raphael Belly, all rights reserved.

Outside the Top 20, two models make their first appearance in the Hong Kong ranking: the new gen VW Beetle lands directly at #22 with 46 sales while the Renault Fluence ranks #43 at 24 units. Notice also the VW Tiguan up to #21 vs. #33 ytd, the VW Scirocco up to #30 vs. #47, the Ford S-Max up to #34 vs. #84 and the BMW 6 Series up to #51 vs. #95.

McLaren MP4-12C. Picture by Tom Wolf, all rights reserved.

Two recent Toyota launches are met with full success: the all-new Toyota Auris is already #19 wit 56 sales and 1.4% while the Toyota 86 ranks #52 at 18 units. Only in Hong Kong: the Ferrari 458 is #58 with 15 sales and the McLaren MP4-12C at an astounding 74th place with 12 units sold this month and 40 year-to-date!

Previous post: Hong Kong (China) May 2012: Mercedes E-Class and BMW 5 Series excel

Full August 2012 Top 160 and 8 months 2012 Top 200 Ranking Tables below.

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