Best Selling Cars – Matt's blog

Lexus RX

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The Taiwanese new car market is up a healthy 12% year-on-year in August to 25,823 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 252,561 units. The Toyota Corolla is in pole position for the 15th time in a row with 2,314 sales and 9%, followed by the Toyota Wish up one spot to #2 at 1,232 units and 4.8% and the Toyota Camry down one to #3 at 1,107 sales and 4.3%. The Nissan Livina is #4 and Nissan Tiida #5, both at 4% market share.

Toyota Wish

Excellent showings for the Mitsubishi Veryca up 5 ranks to #7, the Toyota Innova up 7 to #8 and the Mitsubishi Delica up 8 to #11, but the most impressive performance by far in Taiwan in August is delivered by the Lexus RX, up 13 spots and doubling its market share compared to July to #13 with 507 units and 2%.

Previous month: Taiwan July 2012: Toyota Corolla at 12%, 4 Toyotas in Top 4

One year ago: Taiwan August 2011: Nissan Livina up to #2 for the first time

Full August 2012 Top 25 Ranking Table below.

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Toyota Camry

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Taiwanese new car sales are up a comfortable 6% year-on-year in July to 40,840 registrations, and it’s Toyota’s month: the Japanese carmaker places 4 models in the Top 4 and 6 in the Top 8 for the first time since last April. The Toyota Corolla leads the way for the 14th consecutive month with 4,903 sales and 12% share, its highest in the country since the 14.2% it reached last November. The Toyota Camry is up one spot to #2 at 2,013 units and 4.9%, ahead of the Toyota Wish at 4.7% and the Toyota Yaris at 4.1%.

Mazda5

The Nissan Tiida is down 3 spots to #5, followed by the Nissan Livina (-5) and Toyota Vios (+9). Excellent hold for the Toyota RAV4 at #8 and the Honda CR-V at #9 (+6) now in runout mode before the arrival of the new generation of the model. Other great performers this month include the Mazda5 up 9 spots on June to #13 and the Ford Escape back in the Top 25 at #18.

Previous month: Taiwan June 2012: New gen Honda Civic up to #11

One year ago: Taiwan July 2011: Toyota Corolla at 12.3%, Mitsubishi Delica back

Full July 2012 Top 25 Ranking Table below.

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Honda Civic

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Taiwanese car sales are down 7% year-on-year in June to 30,278 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 185,898 units, down 1% on 2011. The Toyota Corolla celebrates its 13th consecutive month atop the models ranking with 2,750 sales and 9.1% share, it is of course #1 year-to-date with 18,465 units and 9.9%. The Nissan Tiida is up 4 spots on May to #2 with 1,366 sales and 4.5% but is still only #4 year-to-date vs. #2 in 2011. The Toyota Camry rounds up the podium at 1,332 units and 4.4% and stays #2 year-to-date with 9,440 sales and 5.1%.

Solid month for the Toyota Wish at #4 and the Nissan Livina at #5, while the Mitsubishi Colt Plus is up 4 spots to #6 and the Mitsubishi Lancer Fortis is up 7 to #7 at 949 units and 3.1%. Thanks to the new generation, the Honda Civic is back up to #11 with 703 sales and 2.3%, whereas the Hyundai Elantra is up to a brilliant 13th place.

Previous month: Taiwan May 2012: Toyota Corolla and Camry on top

One year ago: Taiwan June 2011: Toyota Corolla back on track

Full June 2012 Top 25 Ranking Table below.

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Toyota Camry

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New car sales in Taiwan are up a massive 28% year-on-year in May to 31,213 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 155,620 units, down just 0.8% on 2011. The Toyota Corolla has now been in pole position for 12 straight months, selling 3,528 units in May for a 11.3% market share, its highest since last January. The Toyota Camry holds the 2nd spot for the third consecutive time thanks to 1,700 sales and 5.4% while the Toyota Wish rounds up the podium like last month at 1,228 units and 3.9%.

The Nissan Livina is up 2 spots to #4, ahead of the Toyota Yaris (+2), Nissan Tiida (-1) and Toyota Innova (-4). The Mitsubishi Colt Plus is up 8 ranks to reintegrate the Top 10 at #11 and the VW Golf is up a huge 16 spots on April to #11, its highest ever ranking in Taiwan (it reached #11 once before in December 2011). Notice also the Ford Fiesta up to #23.

Previous month: Taiwan April 2012: Toyota Camry and Innova shine

One year ago: Taiwan May 2011: Nissan Tiida and Mitsubishi Colt Plus on top

Full May 2012 Top 30 Ranking Table below.

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Toyota Innova

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The Taiwanese car market is up 9% year-on-year in April to 28,616 units, bringing the year-to-date total to 124,407 registrations, down 6% on 2011. No surprise in pole position: the Toyota Corolla enjoys its 11th consecutive month on top with 2,645 sales and 9.2%. The new gen Toyota Camry confirms its success and stays #2 with a solid 1,630 units and 5.7% while the Toyota Wish rounds up the podium, up 2 spots on last month.

Excellent performance of the newly refreshed Toyota Innova up to a best-ever 4th position with 1,081 sales and 3.8% share. The Nissan Tiida (3.6%) and Toyota Yaris (3%) follow. After a couple of Thailand flood-related months of disruption, Honda is back in the game, placing the Civic at #10 and the Fit at #11. Notice also the Hyundai Elantra up to #16 with 505 sales.

Previous month: Taiwan March 2012: New gen Toyota Camry up to #2

One year ago: Taiwan April 2011: 5 Toyotas in Top 5, Toyota Wish #2

Full April 2012 Top 25 Ranking Table below.

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Toyota Camry

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New car sales in Taiwan are down 7% year-on-year in March at 32,981 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 95,791 units, down 10% on 2011. The Toyota Corolla leads the way for the 10th consecutive month with 2,871 sales and 8.7% share. The new generation Toyota Camry is an instant hit with Taiwanese consumers: up to #2 in March at 1,983 units and 6% share, and now also #2 year-to-date with 4,778 sales and 5%.

The Nissan Livina rounds up the podium at 4.3%, just above the Nissan Tiida, making the March Top 4 identical to the 2012 year-to-date ranking. The Toyota Wish is up one spot to #5 ahead of the Toyota Innova, extremely solid again at #6 and 1,254 sales. The Mitsubishi Lancer Fortis (#9) and Honda CR-V (#10) are back in the game, while the Hyundai i30 is up 7 spots to #14 and the VW Golf is up 6 to #16.

Previous month: Taiwan February 2012: Toyota Innova up to #5

One year ago: Taiwan March 2011: Toyota Corolla back to #1, RAV4 #3

Full March 2012 Top 30 Ranking Table below.

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Toyota Innova

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Excellent month for the Taiwanese car market up 27% year-on-year to 22,027 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 62,810 units, down 11%. The Top 2 best-selling models are no surprise: the Toyota Corolla is in pole position for the 9th month in a row with 1,852 sales and 8.4% followed by the Nissan Tiida at 1,126 units and 5.1%. The Toyota Camry rounds up the podium with 1,032 sales and 4.7%.

Below the Nissan Livina solid at #4 and 4.3% share, we find the best performer of the month: thanks to the facelifted model just launched, the Toyota Innova is up 8 spots on January to a fantastic 5th place at 771 units and 3.5%, compared to #30 over the Full Year 2011. Other great performers this month include the Ford Focus up to #9, Hyundai ix35 up to #12, Mercedes C-Class up to #18 and Hyundai i30 up to #21.

Previous month: Taiwan January 2012: Corolla leads, Nissan March in Top 10

One year ago: Taiwan February 2011: Nissan Tiida #1, Livina #3

Full February 2012 Top 30 Ranking Table below.

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Nissan March

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This month Taiwanese car sales are down 24% year-on-year but January 2011 was exceptionally high. The Toyota Corolla impresses again, lodging its 6th month above 11% market share in the last 6 months and its highest volume in one year at 4,819 units and 11.8%. The Nissan Tiida ranks #2 with 1,857 sales and 4.6%, just above the Nissan Livina at 1,843 units and 4.5% and the Toyota Wish at 1,804 sales and 4.4%.

The Toyota Camry is back above its 2011 level at #5 and 4.3%, the Toyota Yaris is up 3 spots on December to #6, the Toyota RAV4 is down one rank but still way above its traditional level at 3.9% market share this month. A newcomer lands directly in the Top 10: it’s the Nissan March at #9 with 1,229 sales and 3% share. Other good performers this month include the Toyota Innova at #13, Mazda5 at #18, Lexus RX at #22 and Lexus CT at #26.

Previous post: Taiwan Full Year 2011: Corolla #1, Toyota Wish and Nissan Livina up

One year ago: Taiwan January 2011: Corolla at 10%, Luxgen 7 SUV at best ever

Full January 2012 Top 30 Ranking Table below.

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The Toyota Wish is at its best year-end ranking in Taiwan since 2005

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The Taiwanese car market is up a very healthy 15% in 2011 at 378,291 registrations. As it has been the case for at least the last 6 years, the Toyota Corolla is the best-selling car in the country, even improving an impressive 34% on 2010 this year with 37,571 sales and just under 10% market share. The Nissan Tiida stays 2nd with sales up 12% to 18,151 units and 4.8% share. Rare feat, the Tiida was even #1 twice, in February and May.

2011 was the Nissan Livina’s best year ever in Taiwan

The fight for the third position was intense and turned in favour of the Toyota Wish for only 10 units! The Wish peaked at #2 in April and is at 15,886 sales, up 14% vs. 15,876 for the Nissan Livina, up 32% and peaking at #2 in August. Both models hold 4.2% of the market and are followed by the Toyota Yaris (+8%) and Camry (-3%) both also peaking at #2, in November for the first and October for the latter.

Taiwanese brand Luxgen places the 7 SUV at #12 and will launch a sedan in 2012

The Mitsubishi Veryca is the newcomer in the Top 10, up 2 spots to #9. Other great 2011 performers include the local Luxgen 7 SUV up 34% and 7 spots to #12 with 8,619 sales and 2.3%, peaking at a best-ever #6 and 4.2% in January, the Ford Focus up 22% to #14, Hyundai ix35 up 100% to #17 and VW Golf up 42% to #19.

Mazda has an excellent month of December, placing the Mazda3 at #5 with 1,046 sales and 3.4% and the Mazda5 at #13 with 718 units and 2.3%. The Mitsubishi Lancer Fortis is up to #7, Ford Focus up to #8, VW Golf up to #11, Hyundai ix35 up to #12, Toyota Innova up to #14 and Ford i-Max up to #26.

Previous month: Taiwan November 2011: Toyota Corolla and Lexus CT shine

Previous year: Taiwan Full Year 2010: Toyota Corolla leads ahead of Nissan Tiida and Toyota Yaris

Full Year and December 2011 Top 30 Ranking Tables below.

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Lexus CT

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Car sales continue on their strong run in Taiwan with 32,445 registrations in November. The Toyota Corolla delivers one of its best months ever in the country, if not the best, at a massive 14.2% market share thanks to 4,621 sales. It is at 10.1% year-to-date at 34,918 units.

In fact Toyota places 6 models in the Taiwanese Top 8 this month, with the Yaris also in excellent form at #2 with 1,911 sales and 5.9%, its strongest market share so far this year. The Nissan Tiida stays put at #3 with 4.8%, followed by the Toyota Wish and Nissan Livina.

Ford i-Max

Further down the ranking, notice the excellent performance of the Lexus CT, up 8 spots on October to a best-ever 16th place with 480 sales and 1.5% share. The Ford i-Max, exclusive to Taiwan, makes a rare appearance in the Top 30 at #30 with 257 sales and 0.8%.

Previous month: Taiwan October 2011 Toyota Camry excels

Full November 2011 Top 30 Ranking Table below.

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