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Mitsubishi Montero Sport

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The Filipino new car market is up 10% year-on-year in September to 14,743 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 133,344 units, up 8% on 2011. The Toyota Vios keeps the lead with 1,250 sales and 8.5%, the Mitsubishi Montero Sport has another outstanding month at #2 with 1,078 units and 7.3%, passing the Toyota Innova, down to #3 at 1,021 sales and 6.9% but still #2 year-to-date at 9,967 units and 7.5%.

Honda Pilot

Below the Toyota Fortuner at #4 and 5%, the Hyundai Accent is up 6 spots on August to #5 with 3.4% share thanks to 502 sales. Other great performers this month in the Philippines include the Honda CR-V up 9 ranks to #15, the Hyundai Eon at #18, the Ford Ranger at #25 vs. #48 year-to-date and the Ford Explorer up 42 to #28. Two models break into the Filipino Top 50 for their very first month of sales in the country: the Honda Pilot lands at #32 with 79 units and the Ford Mustang is #44 at 40.

Previous month: Philippines August 2012: Isuzu Crosswind and Mitsubishi Lancer shine

Previous year: Philippines Full Year 2011: Stable ranking in solid market

Full September 2012 Top 50 Ranking Table below.

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Mitsubishi Lancer

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New car sales are down slightly year-on-year in August in the Philippines at -1% to 13,140 units, bringing the year-to-date total to 117,907 registrations, up 9% on 2011. If the Toyota Vios unsurprisingly stays atop the Filipino models ranking thanks to 1,304 sales and just under 10% market share, the rest of the Top 5 is rearranged this month to match the 2012 year-to-date ranking. The Toyota Innova ranks 2nd at 973 units and 7.4%, ahead of the Mitsubishi Montero Sport with 943 sales and 7.2%, the Toyota Fortuner at 5.4% and the Toyota Avanza at 3.6%, making it 4 Toyotas in the Top 5.

Hyundai Eon

But it’s below that a few great performers are noticed. The Isuzu Crosswind is up 3 spots on July to #6 with 470 sales and 3.6%, the Toyota Hiace is up 4 to #7 at 460 units and 3.5%, the Mitsubishi Lancer EX, whose 1.6L version was recently released in the country, is up a huge 14 ranks to #12 with 319 sales and 2.4%, the Hyundai Eon progresses further to a record #13 at 282 units and 3.1% and the Ford Everest is up 15 spots to #14 with 264 sales and 2%.

Ford Ranger

Further down, the Ford Ranger, now boosted by the new generation on sale in the country, is up 61 ranks on last month to #25 with 168 sales and 1.3% vs. #58 and 0.2% year-to-date, the Subaru XV is up 4 to #34 vs. #51 year-to-date, the Mazda CX-5 is up 6 to #35 vs. #54 year-to-date and the Honda Odyssey enjoys its very first month of sales in the country, landing directly in 46th position with 35 units sold.

Previous month: Philippines July 2012: Hyundai Eon up to #15

Previous year: Philippines Full Year 2011: Stable ranking in solid market

Full August 2012 Top 113 All-models Ranking Table below.

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Hyundai Eon

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Thanks to myk, it looks like Philippines will now have a monthly update on BSCB! In July, new car sales are up a massive 25% year-on-year to 16,721 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 105,394 registrations, up 10% on 2011. The Toyota Vios reinforces its leadership over the models ranking with 1,751 sales and 10.5% market share this month, well ahead of its 2012 year-to-date level at 9%. In second place for the 2nd consecutive month, the Mitsubishi Montero Sport improves further to a shiny 7.7% share thanks to 1,289 units sold. It is however still #3 year-to-date at 7.5% vs. 7.6% for the Toyota Innova, down to #4 in August.

Mitsubishi Montero Sport

The Toyota Fortuner is up one spot to #3 with 1,224 sales and 7.3% vs. 6.4% year-to-date, the Toyota Hilux is up 4 spots to #5 at 640 units and 3.8% vs. #10 and 2.6% year-to-date and the Honda City is up 3 to #6 with at 3.8% also vs. 3.1% year-to-date. Already under the spotlight last month, the Hyundai Eon gets even better in July, up 9 ranks to #15 and more than doubling its market share to 1.7% thanks to 291 sales. It is now #38 year-to-date.

8 x Hyundai Eon

Other great performers this month in the Philippines include the Mitsubishi Lancer EX up 36 spots to #26, the Subaru XV at #37 vs. #54 year-to-date, the Mazda CX-5 at #40 vs. #59, the Lexus RX350 up 31 spots to #55 vs. #82, the Chrysler 300C up to #73 vs. #95 and the Chevrolet Suburban up to #79 vs. #93.

Previous month: Philippines June 2012: Hyundai Accent and Eon impress

Previous year: Philippines Full Year 2011: Stable ranking in solid market

Full July 2012 Top 100 Ranking Table below.

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Hyundai Eon

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Thanks to myk we have access to a Filipino monthly models ranking for the first time on BSCB! In June the new car market in the Philippines is up a very healthy 20% year-on-year to 16,609 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 88,673 units, up 8% on 2011.  No surprises in pole position: the Toyota Vios stays on top with 1,438 sales and 7,763 year-to-date for a 8.8% share. The Mitsubishi Montero delivers an excellent month in June and manages to climb into 2nd place with 1,201 units, above the Toyota Innova at 1,122. It stays #3 year-to-date though at 6.9% vs. 7.9%.

Hyundai Eon with some colourful locals

Below the Toyota Fortuner at 973 units, the Hyundai Accent impresses: up to #5 with 607 sales vs. #8 year-to-date. The other great performers this month are either Korean or models that had been handicapped by the Thai floods and are now catching on: the Toyota Hilux is up to #9 (vs. #12 year-to-date), the Hyundai Grand Starex is up to #11 (vs. #21), the Kia Rio at #12 (vs. #20), the Honda CR-V up to #19 (vs. #25) and the Toyota Camry is up to #22 (vs. #37).

Clearly the locals are having heaps of fun with the Eon!

Three newcomers are starting to make their mark in the Philippines: the most successful of them so far is the Hyundai Eon imported from India, up to a brilliant 24th place with 114 sales in June vs. #59 year-to-date. The Mazda CX-5 is up to #35 with 68 units this month (vs. #63) and the Subaru XV is up to #38 with 58 sales vs. #57 in the 2012 year-to-date ranking.

Previous month: Philippines May 2012: Toyota and Mitsubishi most popular

Full June 2012 Top 100 Ranking Table below.

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Toyota Vios

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New car sales in the Philippines are up 5% year-on-year over the first 5 months of 2012 to 63,769 registrations. Like it has been the case since 2008, the Toyota Vios is the favourite car in the country with 6,325 sales and a very solid 9.9% market share. The Toyota Innova is catching up however thanks to its facelift, at #2 with 5,848 units and 9.2%. Excellent score as well for the Mitsubishi Montero Sport (aka Challenger) at #3 with 4,916 sales and 7.7%.

Mitsubishi Adventure

The third Toyota in the Filipino Top 4 is the Toyota Fortuner at #4 with 4,560 unit and an excellent 7.2% share. The Philippines is Mitsubishi’s best country in the world: the brand ranks #2 behind Toyota and places 4 models in the Top 12. The locally-built Mitsubishi Adventure ranks 5th with 2,773 sales and 4.3% ahead of the Toyota Avanza at 4.2%.

Isuzu Crosswind

The Isuzu Crosswind, also manufactured in the Philippines, is #7 with a strong 4.1% markets share, while the Hyundai Accent is now the 2nd best-selling passenger car after the Toyota Vios at #8, passing the Honda City down to #9. Notice also the Toyota Hiace at #10 and the Mitsubishi Strada (aka L200 or Triton) at #12.

Previous year: Philippines Full Year 2011: Stable ranking in solid market

Full 5 months Top 75 Ranking Table below.

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Mitsubishi Montero Sport

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The Philippines is the 86th country to get official Full Year 2011 sales data on the site thanks to myk. The market is down 3% on a record 2010 year to 165,056 registrations and the models ranking podium stays unchanged. The Toyota Vios is the best-selling car in the country for the fourth consecutive year with 14,979 sales and a stable 9.1% share. It is followed by the Toyota Innova, down 6% to 7.2% and the Mitsubishi Montero Sport (aka Challenger) rounds up the podium.

Previous year: Philippines 2011: Toyota Vios and Mitsubishi Montero shine

Full Year 2011 Top 3 Ranking Table below.

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1995 Toyota Tamaraw FX

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Thanks to myk, I am now able to share with you Philippines Historical Data for the last 15 years! After hitting a high of 162,000 units in 1996, car sales in the Philippines were hit full frontal by the financial crisis and had to wait until 2007 to pass the 100,000 mark again. The Filipino market is fascinating in the way models virtually unknown anywhere else are top sellers there…

1998 Mitsubishi Adventure

For example, the Toyota Tamaraw FX was #2 in 1995 and 1997, the Toyota Revo topped the ranking for 6 consecutive years between 1998 and 2004, peaking at 15.3% share in 1999 and passing the relay to the Toyota Innova in 2005. Mitsubishi has been the 2nd best-selling brand in the Philippines for the last 15 years (except in 1998 when it ranked #1!): the Mitsubishi Adventure launched in 1998, ranked 2nd in 2000 and 2001 and is still in the Top 10 nowadays…

Toyota Revo

The Isuzu Crosswind peaked at #2 as well in 2002 and has been one of the Top 10 best-selling vehicles in the Philippines for the last 10 years… Other successful (albeit more familiar) models in the country over the last 15 years include the Toyota Corolla, Vios & Fortuner, the Honda Civic, City & CR-V, the Mitsubishi Lancer and Nissan Sentra.

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Toyota Vios

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Finally 2010 sales figures in the Philippines are available, and it is a record year with 168,490 registrations, up 27% and beating the 1996 record of 162,056 units. The Toyota Vios is the best-selling model in the country for the third year in a row with 15,391 sales and 9.1% share, up 28%.

Mitsubishi Montero Sport

The Toyota Innova stays 2nd but sees its market share slip from 7.8% in 2009 to 7.5% this year at 12,608 units, up 22%. The Mitsubishi Montero Sport (aka Challenger) is the best-performing model in the Top 10, up 51% to 12,247 sales and 7.3% share. The Honda City at 5.3% and Toyota Fortuner at 4.5%, up 29%, follow while the Mitsubishi L300 breaks into the yearly Top 10.

Previous post: Philippines 6 months 2010 Toyota Vios and Innova on top 

Full Year 2010 Top 10 Ranking Table below.

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In a very dynamic market (up 37% on ’09 with 82,147 registrations), Toyota dominates at 32% market share, and places the Vios (aka Yaris sedan) in the lead with 1,502 sales in June, ahead of the Toyota Innova at 1,154.

Mitsubishi is also very strong at 19% market share (one of its best markets in the world, if not the best) and should see the Fuzion (aka Zinger), Adventure (built in the country) and Montero (aka Challenger) hold very high positions in the rankings. The Hyundai Tucson new gen is a hit: 819 sales in March only! The Isuzu Crosswind should also be in the Top 10.

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Toyota Vios

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Car sales in the Philippines are now firmly on the way up: at +6% both year with 124,449 registrations in 2008 and 132,444 in 2009. After 3 years of Toyota Innova domination, the Toyota Vios takes the relay and is the fist passenger car to hold the Filipino pole position since the Toyota Corolla in 1998… It sells 12,020 units in ’08 for a best-ever 9.7% market share and 11,990 in ’09 at 9.1%. The Innova is #2 both years at 8% in ’08 and 7.8% in ’09.

Toyota Fortuner

Toyota manages the incredible feat of placing 4 models in the Top 4 in ’08: the Fortuner is #3 with 5,588 sales and 4.5% and the Avanza is #4 at 5,515 units and 4.4%. The Isuzu Crosswind is the first non-Toyota model that year at #5 with 5,264 units and 4.2%, followed by the Honda Civic (4.2%) and Mitsubishi Adventure (4.1%).

Honda City

The ranking is greatly reshuffled in ’09 with the new generation Honda City rocketing up to third place with 8,882 sales and 6.7% ahead of the Mitsubishi Montero Sport, new to the Top 10 and directly #4 at 8,092 units and 6.1%, and the Toyota Fortuner at 4.4%. With the Avanza at #7, the Hilux at #9 and the Corolla at #10, Toyota places an unprecedented 6 models in the Top 10…

Previous post: Philippines 2005-2007: Toyota Innova takes the lead

Full Year 2008-2009 Top 10 Ranking Tables below.

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