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Isuzu D-Max

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As is the tradition on BSCB, we are following the evolution of 1-ton pick-up sales in Thailand, where most of them are manufactured for the rest of the world. 60,294 new pick-ups found a buyer in Thailand in February, bringing the year-to-date total to 159,781. For the third time in the last 5 months after December and February, the Isuzu D-Max is back to being the most popular vehicle in the country, passing the Toyota Hilux to sell 19,247 units for a mammoth 40.1% share of the pick-up market vs. 19,140 and 39.8% for the Hilux. These two models are the only ones to register a higher market share than their year-to-date levels…

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Full Top 8 models Ranking Table below.

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Mitsubishi Mirage

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Thanks to Falkonz who managed to get his hand on Thai car magazine Formula, I can share with you an exclusive Top 40 models ranking for Thailand over the first 2 months of 2013. Building on an astounding year in 2012 (up 81% to reach an unbelievable 1,436,335 registrations), sales over the period are up a further 51% to 255,727 registrations, however remember that at the same time last year most Honda models were out due to the floods. At this rate though, the 1.5 million units milestone will be easily passed over the Full Year 2013, with the Thai market also potentially breaching the 1.6 and 1.7 million bars for the first time… If that is the case, Thailand could become one of the 10 biggest car markets worldwide, passing South Korea, Canada and France!

Honda City

Atop the Thai models ranking we find two familiar faces: the Toyota Hilux #1 with 36,181 sales and 14.1% share and the Isuzu D-Max #2 at 34,860 units and 13.6%, however this contradicts the monthly pick-up data provided by Toyota Thailand that placed the D-Max in pole position. Strange. Big event in the Passenger Cars ranking: the Honda City passes the Toyota Vios to become the #1 in the segment and third most popular vehicle in Thailand overall thanks to 17,441 sales and 6.8% share vs. 16,699 and 6,5% for the Vios.

Honda Amaze

A lot of newcomers in the ranking, led by the locally-produced Mitsubishi Mirage shooting directly into 5th place at 10,534 units and 4.1%, while the Nissan Almera is up a very healthy 46% to #6 and 10,036 units. The Honda CR-V shines at #9, the Mazda2 is #11 vs. #17 over the Full Year 2012, the Honda Amaze lands at #19 with 4,146 sales, the Chevrolet Sonic at #23, Nissan Sylphy at #27 and Honda Brio at #29.

Previous post: Thailand Pick-ups March 2013: Toyota Hilux reclaims throne

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Full 2 months 2013 Top 40 Ranking Table below.

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Toyota Hilux

* See the Top 8 best-selling pick-ups by clicking on the title! *

As is the tradition on BSCB, we are following the evolution of 1-ton pick-up sales in Thailand, where most of them are manufactured for the rest of the world. 60,294 new pick-ups found a buyer in Thailand in February, bringing the year-to-date total to 159,781. After 4 months of intense fight that saw the Isuzu D-Max take the lead twice (in December and February), the Toyota Hilux frankly reclaim its throne in March, selling 22,595 units vs. 19,494 for the D-Max and also regaining the year-to-date lead at 57,592 sales (+2%) vs. 55,538 (+24%). The other great performer this month is the Nissan Navara, doubling its market share vs. February to 7.8% thanks to 4,727 units sold at #4.

Previous month: Thailand Pick-ups February 2013: Isuzu D-Max beats Toyota Hilux

One year ago: Thailand Pick-ups March 2012: Chevrolet Colorado and Mazda BT-50 up

Full March 2013 Top 8 Ranking Table below.

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Isuzu D-Max

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As is the tradition on BSCB, we are following the evolution of 1-ton pick-up sales in Thailand, where most of them are manufactured for the rest of the world. 49,811 new pick-ups found a buyer in Thailand in February, bringing the year-to-date total just under 100,000 units at 99,487. Big event this month: the Isuzu D-Max reiterates its performance from last December and beats the Toyota Hilux to become the best-selling pick-up in the country thanks to 18,230 sales and 36.6% share. More impressive: if in December its advantage over the Hilux was a mere 157 units, this month it is up to 1,184, enabling the D-Max to take the lead year-to-date with 36,044 sales and 36.2% share vs. 34,997 and 35.2% for the Hilux! The rest of the ranking is uneventful with positions 3 to 7 unchanged on January.

Previous month: Thailand Pick-ups January 2013: Isuzu D-Max 137 units off Hilux

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Full February 2013 Top 9 All-Pick-ups Ranking Table below.

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Isuzu D-Max

* See the Top 8 best-selling pick-ups by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin *

As is the tradition on BSCB, we are following the evolution of 1-ton pick-up sales in Thailand, where they are all manufactured for the rest of the world. After brilliantly taking the lead last month for the first time in years, the Isuzu D-Max is back down to #2 in January, but just: the Toyota Hilux is only 137 units above with 17,951 sales and 36.1% share vs. 17,814 and 35.9% compared to 39.3% and 31.8% respectively over the Full Year 2012. The Mitsubishi Triton is at its traditional third spot with a solid 10.3% share, ahead of the Chevrolet Colorado and Mazda BT-50.

Previous month: Thailand Pick-ups December 2012: Isuzu D-Max takes the lead!

Full January 2013 Top 8 models Ranking Table below.

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Isuzu D-Max

* See the Top 8 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin *

As is the tradition on BSCB, we are following the evolution of pick-up sales in Thailand, where they are all manufactured. And after really impressing last month, the Isuzu D-Max brilliantly takes the lead in December and for the first time in at least one year and the launch of the new generation, thanks to 18,633 sales and 33.2% share. The Toyota Hilux is down to #2 at 18,476 units and 32.9%. These market shares are to be compared with 39.9% and 31.7% year-to-date for the Hilux and D-Max respectively. The Mitsubishi Triton regains some ground at 10.1% share thanks to 5,421 sales while the Chevrolet Colorado is back in 4th place at 2,986 units.

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Previous post: Thailand Full Year 2012: Nissan Almera and Mitsubishi Mirage in Top 10

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Full December 2012 Top 8 Ranking Table below.

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

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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.

Previous post: Thailand Full Year 2012: Nissan Almera and Mitsubishi Mirage in Top 10

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

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Nissan Almera

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Thanks to Austin I can share with you some preliminary data for the Thai new car market in the Full Year 2012, 2555 in the Thai calendar. After being disrupted by dramatic floods at the end of 2011, new car sales in Thailand are expected to be up by a whopping 81% in 2012 to reach an unbelievable 1,436,335 registrations. When you know that the Thai market never broke the 1 million annual sales barrier before and did so after just 9 months this year you can start to gage how outstanding this year’s performance is. No surprise atop the models ranking: the Toyota Hilux is the most popular vehicle in the country once again and passes the 200,000 annual units milestone for the first time in any country in the world at 214,917 sales.

Mitsubishi Mirage

It is followed by the Isuzu D-Max at 171,012 units, up 52% year-on-year. Another record is broken in third position: the Toyota Vios remains the best-selling Passenger Car in the country and thanks to sales up a mammoth 72% on 2011, it breaks the 100,000 annual units barrier for the first time for any Passenger Car in Thailand at 101,155 sales. Outstanding performance also for the Honda City, up 3 spots and 140% on last year to rank #4 at 66,589 units and kicking the Mitsubishi Triton down into 5th place with 54,679 sales, up just 2%.

Both the Toyota Hilux and Vios pass significant annual volume milestones in 2012.

There are two all-new models in this year’s Top 10 in Thailand: the Nissan Almera is an instant hit and manages to land directly in 6th place at 51,254 units and just under 4% share, while the Mitsubishi Mirage arrives at #10 with 32,638 sales and 2.5%. Notice also the Chevrolet Colorado increasing its sales 4-fold thanks to the new generation of the model, up to #8 at 34.471 units, and the Toyota Fortuner at a shiny 9th place with 33,224 sales.

Honda Brio

Other great performers further down the Thai ranking include the Mazda BT-50 increasing its sales 3-fold to #13 at 25,925 units, the Mitsubishi Pajero Sport at #14, the Honda Brio up to #16 at an estimated 21,000 sales for its first full year in market, the Ford Ranger doubling its sales to 17,161 at #20 and the Honda CR-V up 79% to 10,321 units.

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11 months 2012 Top 20 models Ranking Table below.

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Isuzu D-Max

* See the Top 8 best-selling pick-ups by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin *

As is the tradition on BSCB, we are following the evolution of pick-up sales in Thailand, where they are all manufactured. And this month the Isuzu D-Max really impresses: one year after the launch of the 2012 model, it sells 19,234 units for a 35.9% market share vs. 19,617 and 36.6% for the Toyota Hilux. This is the closest the D-Max has come from pole position so far this year. These market shares are to be compared with 39.9% and 31.7% year-to-date for the Hilux and D-Max respectively. The Mitsubishi Triton regains some ground at 10.1% share thanks to 5,421 sales while the Chevrolet Colorado is back in 4th place at 2,986 units.

Previous month: Thailand Pick-ups October 2012: Toyota Hilux still above the pack

Previous year: Thailand 2011: Toyota Hilux and Isuzu D-Max maintain stranglehold

Full November 2012 Pick-ups Ranking Table below.

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Toyota Hilux

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Pick-up sales in Thailand for October are now in, and it’s always interesting to see how they fare at home where they are all manufactured. The Toyota Hilux improves on an already outstanding month of September to 43.2% share thanks to 23,783 sales vs. 40.3% year-to-date while the Isuzu D-Max also betters its September score to 31.7% and 17,424 units vs. 31.2% year-to-date. The Mitsubishi Triton stays third but is down to 8.6% vs. 10.2% YTD and the Mazda BT-50 continues to impress at #4 with 3,115 sales and 5.7% vs. 4.8% YTD.

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Full October 2012 Top 9 Ranking Table below.

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