Thailand June 2017: Honda up 29%, places four nameplates in Top 10

The Honda Jazz leaps to 5th place overall in Thailand in June. 

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The Thai new vehicle market is up 5.7% year-on-year in June to 69.798, leading to a First Half 2017 tally up a solid 11.2% to 409.980 units. Leader Toyota is in difficulty this month with sales plunging 16% on June 2016 to 25.6% share vs. 27.4% YTD. In contrast, Honda surges 29% to snap the 2nd spot off Isuzu at 18.5% share vs. 15% YTD while Isuzu is down 0.3% to 16% vs. 18.8% YTD. The next four manufacturers all frankly beat the market, posting double-digit gains: Mitsubishi is up 36%, Nissan up 37%, Ford up 18% and Mazda up 27%%, with Chevrolet up 18% in 9th place. Further down, notice Chinese MG continuing to climb higher at +36%, BMW up 25%, Hyundai up 28%, Dongfeng up 21% and Volkswagen up a staggering 880%.

The Isuzu D-Max now has a 12.000-sales advantage over the Toyota Hilux… 

Model-wise, the Isuzu D-Max has now established itself as the uncontested market leader, having held the top spot five of the past six months including June when it commands a 12.8% share thanks to a limited 2% drop vs. 11.6% and -24% for the Toyota Hilux. Year-to-date, the D-Max has a 12.000 unit-advantage over the Hilux, compared to 7.000 a year ago when the HIlux manages to edge past the D-Max during the last days of the year, ending 2016 with a 400-unit advantage. However at the same time in 2016, the Hilux had already begun to catchup on the D-Max, ranking #1 both in May and June, and for the rest of the year. The situation is quite different this year, with the Hilux not able to snatch a convincing win: its only #1 ranking happened in February for just 114 units. This time it seems almost certain: the Hilux is about to lose its “home” market after 11 straight annual wins.

The Honda CR-V is up 724% on the old model. Picture incarsmagazine.com 

The Toyota Yaris dominates the passenger cars market, up one spot on May to land on the podium, knocking the Ford Ranger (+41%) down to #4. The Honda Jazz soars by a spectacular 71% year-on-year and 9 spots on May thanks to its facelift, landing in 5th place overall and 2nd best-selling passenger car. In fact, Honda places no less than four nameplates in side the June Thai Top 10 (Toyota has just two), along with the City (+26%), Civic (-18%) and CR-V up 8-fold thanks to the new generation. Other great performers include the Mitsubishi Triton up 32%, the Chevrolet Colorado up 29%, Mitsubishi Attrage up 50%, Mitsubishi Pajero Sport up 31%, Isuzu MU-X up 26%, Mitsubishi Mirage up 39% and Nissan March up 143%.

Previous month: Thailand May 2017: Market slows growth at +0.7%

One year ago: Thailand June 2016: Hilux drops 17% but leads, Civic stays strong

Full June 2017 Top 30 All-brands and Top 70 models below.