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Toyota RAV4

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Good news for new car sales in Puerto Rico this month: frankly back in positive territory at +11% year-on-year to 7,638 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 32,276 units, up 5% on 2012. Very impressive showing from Toyota this month: the Japanese manufacturer monopolises the models podium by placing the Corolla at #1 with 598 sales and 7.8%, the Yaris at #2 with 403 units and 5.3% and the RAV4 up 2 spots to #3 with 369 sales and 4.8%!

Jeep Wrangler

Another great performer this month is the Jeep Wrangler, up 3 spots on March to land in 5th place at 249 units and 3.3%, the only non-Asian model in the Top 20 with the Ford Edge up 11 ranks to #20. Notice also the Jeep Patriot up 18 spots to #22, the Ford Explorer up 10 to #26, the Chevrolet Sonic up a further 3 ranks to #29 and the Kia Sorento up 15 to #35.

Previous month: Puerto Rico (USA) March 2013: Toyota RAV4 up to #5

Previous year: Puerto Rico Full Year 2012: Toyota Yaris and Corolla on top

Full April 2013 Top 196 All-models Ranking Table below.

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Toyota RAV4

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Puerto Rican new car sales are down 7% year-on-year in March to 8,364 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 24,638 units, up 3% on 2012. The March Top 4 models is identical to the year-to-date one and Toyota monopolises the Top 2 spots: the Corolla leads the way with 594 sales and 7.1% followed by the Yaris at 463 units and 5.5% while the Mitsubishi Lancer rounds up the podium with 443 sales and 5.3% and the Hyundai Accent ranks 4th at 387 units and 4.6%.

Excellent performance of the Toyota RAV4, boosted by the generation and up to #5 with 354 sales and 4.2% and now up to #6 year-to-date vs. #12 in 2012. The Mitsubishi ASX is back up 13 ranks on February to #6 and is now #7 so far in 2013 vs. #13 last year. Other great performers this month include the Kia Forte up 20 spots to #12 and the Chevrolet Sonic up 19 to #32. There is only one non-Asian model in the Top 25: the Jeep Wrangler at #9!

Previous month: Puerto Rico (USA) February 2013: Corolla and Lancer on top

Previous year: Puerto Rico Full Year 2012: Toyota Yaris and Corolla on top

Full March 2013 Top 200 Ranking Table below.

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Mitsubishi Lancer

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The Puerto Rican new car market is stable in February at 8,005 registrations (just 3 more than in February 2012!), bringing the year-to-date total to 16,269 units, up 9% on 2012. The Toyota Corolla takes the lead both this month with 574 sales and 7.2% and year-to-date at 1,144 units and 7%. It is followed by the Mitsubishi Lancer #2 at 495 units and 6.2% vs. #121 in the USA (!) and the Toyota Yaris with 466 sales and 5.8%.

Nissan Sentra

Excellent hold of the Nissan Sentra, up 2 spots on January to #5 at 294 units and 3.7% vs. #22 in 2012, while the Toyota Tacoma resists at #8 vs. #11 in 2012, the Toyota RAV4 is up 12 ranks to #9, Ford Econoline up 29 to #12, Hyundai Tucson up 15 to #14, Toyota Prius C up 17 to #15 and Nissan Pathfinder solid again thanks to the new generation at #16 vs. #62 in 2012. Notice also the Hyundai Santa Fe up to #38 vs. #91 last year, the Chevrolet Cruze at #42 vs. #94 and the Mazda6 at #60 vs. #155.

Previous month: Puerto Rico: Mitsubishi Lancer and Toyota Tacoma up

Previous year: Puerto Rico Full Year 2012: Toyota Yaris and Corolla on top

Full February 2013 Top 187 All-models Ranking Table below.

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Toyota Tacoma

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The Puerto Rican new car market is on fire in this start of 2013, up 19% to 8,125 registrations. The Top 2 most popular models stay unchanged and both improve their market share vs. FY 2012: the Toyota Yaris is up to 8.1% thanks to 658 sales and the Toyota Corolla is up to 7% at 570 units. Excellent month for the Mitsubishi Lancer up to third position with 320 sales and 3.9%, followed by the Hyundai Accent at 3.7%.

The Toyota Tacoma also excels, up 8 spots on December to #5 at 218 units and 3.7% while the Nissan Sentra stays at very high levels thanks to the new model: it ranks #7 this month vs. #22 in 2012. Notice also the Kia Soul up 10 ranks to #9, the Mitsubishi ASX up 23 to #11, Honda Accord up 12 to #12, the Nissan Pathfinder up a huge 118 spots on last month to #14,

Previous post: Puerto Rico Full Year 2012: Toyota Yaris and Corolla on top

Full January 2013 Top 170 models Ranking Table below.

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Toyota Yaris

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Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the Caribbean Sea and car sales are counted separately. New car sales are up 8% year-on-year in December to 12,432 registrations, bringing the Full Year 2012 total to 102,550 units, up 9% on 2011. December highlights include the Nissan Sentra solid at #8, Jeep Grand Cherokee up to #11, Mitsubishi Outlander up 29 spots to #12, Ford Econoline up 20 to #14, Hyundai Sonata up 18 to #15 and the Dodge Caravan up to #16 vs. #55 in the Full Year, on which this post will focus.

Hyundai Accent

The Toyota Yaris is the best-selling car in Puerto Rico in 2012 thanks to 8,768 sales and 8.5% share and Toyota delivers a 1-2 with the Corolla taking the second spot at 6,634 units and 6.5%. The Hyundai Accent rounds up the podium with 4,309 sales and 4.2%, followed by the Nissan Versa at 3,946 units and 3.8% and the Mitsubishi Lancer with 3,196 sales and 3.1%. Yes that’s right, 5 Japanese/Korean models in the Top 5. But wait there’s more: 9 in the Top 10 and 13 in the Top 15… Not particularly fans of American cars, Puerto Rican consumers? It would seem so…

Chevrolet Sonic

The only yankies to survive are the Jeep Wrangler at #6 and 2,884 units and the Ford Fiesta at #14 with 1,805 sales. Pretty meagre. Unless you count the Ford Escape at #16, Ford Edge at #19 and Jeep Grand Cherokee at #20. USA’s all categories winner (at home) the Ford F-Series, is only #31 and the best-selling Chevrolet, the Sonic, is…#78! Back to the Top 10 and let’s salute the great performances of the Kia Rio at #7, Suzuki SX4 at #8 and Nissan Rogue at #10.

Toyota Tacoma

Further down, amazingly the Toyota Tacoma is the most popular pick-up in the territory at #11, beating all US models, the Mitsubishi ASX (sold as Outlander Sport in the US) ranks #13, the Toyota Prius C is #17 and already the best-seller in the Prius family, the Suzuki Grand Vitara is #25 and the Hyundai Veloster is #32.

Previous month: Puerto Rico November 2012: Toyota Corolla #1, Jeep Wrangler and Nissan Sentra shine

Full Year 2012 Top 250 and December Top 208 all-models Ranking Tables below.

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Jeep Wrangler

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Thanks to Roberto it looks like the Puerto Rican models ranking will now be a monthly fixture on BSCB! Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the Caribbean Sea. Puerto Rican new car sales are down an uncharacteristic 4% year-on-year in November to 8,994 registrations, however the year-to-date total is clearly in positive territory at 90,118 units, up 10% on 2011. The particularity of the Puerto Rican car landscape is the relative weakness of most American manufacturers with the exception of Ford and Jeep, and the strength of Japanese and Korean carmakers. The Toyota Corolla is #1 this month thanks to 679 sales and 7.5% but stays #2 year-to-date below its lil sis the Toyota Yaris, down to #2 in November at 660 units and 7.3%.

Nissan Sentra

Excellent month for the Jeep Wrangler, jumping onto the podium at #3 with 390 sales and 4.3% vs. 2.9% year-to-date, ahead of the Hyundai Accent and Nissan Versa both at 3.6% and the Mitsubishi Lancer at 3.1%. Thanks to the new model, the Nissan Sentra delivers an outstanding month, up 39 spots on September to #8 with 230 units and 2.6% vs. #26 and 1.1% year-to-date. Notice also the Ford Escape at #7, Toyota Tacoma at #9, Ford Focus at #10 and the Dodge Caravan at #24.

Previous post: Puerto Rico (USA) September 2012: Toyota dominates, US brands low

Full November 2012 Top 200 Ranking Table below.

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Toyota Yaris

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Thanks to Roberto we are now adding a 169th country/territory to BestSellingCarsBlog’s list: Puerto Rico which is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the Caribbean Sea and home to 3.7 million inhabitants. The Puerto Rican new car market is very dynamic with 93,687 registrations over the Full Year 2011 (+1%), 8,300 in September 2012 alone (+9%) and 72,781 over the first 9 months of 2012, (+13%). One of the particularities of the car landscape in Puerto Rico is the weakness of most American manufacturers (Chrysler, Dodge, Buick, Chevrolet, GMC, Lincoln) with the exception of Ford and Jeep, and the strength of Japanese and Korean carmakers.

Mitsubishi Lancer

The Toyota Yaris is the most popular car in Puerto Rico by far, both in September with 698 sales and 8.4% share and year-to-date at 6,592 units and 9.1%. It is followed also in both rankings by the Toyota Corolla with 491 sales and 5.9% this month and 4,500 and 6.2% year-to-date. Contrary to mainland USA where it is stuck around #150, the Mitsubishi Lancer is extremely strong in Puerto Rico, ranking #3 in September at 423 units and 5.1%, ahead of the Hyundai Accent (vs. #78 in the USA) and Jeep Wrangler (vs. #29).

Suzuki SX4

Another model selling poorly in the States (#169 in September) but amazingly well here is the Suzuki SX4, mainly in its sedan version, at #6 this month with 192 sales and 2.3%. The Toyota Prius C is also much more popular here than in the US, up to a fantastic 8th position in September at 186 units and 2.2%. The Kia Rio and Nissan Rogue round up this month’s Top 10.

Toyota Prius c

Other great performers on the island include the Ford Fiesta at #15 (vs. #85), Kia Sportage at #18 (vs. #109), Suzuki Grand Vitara at #24 (vs. #225), Hyundai Veloster at #25 (vs. #104), Mitsubishi Outlander at #30 (vs. #196), Ford Ranger at #48 (vs. #244) and Scion iQ at #53 (vs. #189). Finally, notice the Mitsubishi ASX (sold as Outlander Sport on the mainland), ranking #12 with 1,494 sales and 1.2% year-to-date, which would seem to indicate that Puerto Rican sales are counted separately and not included in the monthly US sales data…

Mitsubishi ASX

Reversely, some strong sellers in the US don’t hit the mark here: the Honda Accord is #23 (vs. #4), Toyota Camry #27 (vs. #3), Ford F-Series #33 (vs. #1) and Chevrolet Silverado #152 (vs. #2). Finally, notice the Dodge Dart enjoying its very first month of sales on the island in September at 13 units, and available sales figures for prestige brands such as Maserati (8 sales year-to-date), Lotus (7) and Ferrari (6).

Did you enjoy reading this update as much as I did writing it? Then make sure you comment on here if you have access to US sales data by state, I would love to update you all on what the most popular models in California or New York are…

Full September 2012 Top 200 and 9 months 2012 Top 238 Ranking Tables below.

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