Philippines August 2013: Toyota Vios breaks record

Toyota Vios (Thai model shown)

* UPDATE #2 with the Top 15 best-selling brands! Click on title to see – Thanks Myk & Rico *

* UPDATE #1 with the Top 145 best-selling models! Click on title to see – Thanks to Myk *

In August, new car sales in the Philippines are up a mammoth 22% year-on-year to 16,046 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to a record 136,448 units, up 16% on 2012. Thanks to the new model, the Toyota Vios broke its monthly sales record at 2,125 units in August, with its previous best being 1,760 sales last December. Toyota grabbed 43.8% of the market this month at 6,007 units vs. 40.3% year-to-date. We now have access to an almost complete Top 145 models ranking with shows the Mitsubishi Montero Sport now in 2nd place year-to-date at 9,515 units, above the Toyota Innova at 9,489 and the Toyota Fortuner at 8,187. The Mitsubishi Mirage saves its 5th place for just 5 sales at 5,305 vs. 5,300 for the Honda City , while the Mitsubishi Adventure is starting to threaten the Isuzu Crosswind and the Toyota Hilux is teasing the Toyota Avanza to gain a spot in the year-to-date Top 10…

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Full Top 15 brands and Top 145 models Ranking Table below.