Taiwan April 2016: RAV4 teases Corolla, Lexus RX just outside Top 10

The Lexus RX misses out on a Top 10 ranking in Taiwan by just 150 sales this month.

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The Taiwanese new car market is up 3% year-on-year in April to 34.953 registrations, lifting the year-to-date total up 0.7% to 141.580 units. Toyota drops 9% to 25.4% share vs. 27.5% year-to-date, followed by Mitsubishi/CMC (+12%), Nissan/Infiniti (+16%), Mazda (+50%) and Mercedes (+1%), with local fare Luxgen holding its head inside the Top 10 at #10 with 1.051 sals and 3% market share (+10%). Model-wise, the Toyota Corolla (8.1%) is for once teased for pole position by the Toyota RAV4 (6.6%) with the Wish rounding up a podium 100% Toyota. The Mazda3 posts a stunning 4th place with 1.286 sales, up 9 spots on March, the CMC Veryca stays at very high levels in 5th place, the Lexus RX is up 9 spots to an outstanding 11th rank an the Mazda CX-3 is up 17 spots on last month to #28.

Previous month: Taiwan March 2016: Toyota Corolla leads, CMC Veryca on podium

One year ago: Taiwan April 2015: Mazda3 improves again to #7

Full April 2016 Top 10 brands and Top 65 models below.