Taiwan February 2025: CMC J Space cracks podium

The CMC J Space is up to a record third place in Taiwan in February.

New car sales in Taiwan edge up 4.8% year-on-year in February to 27,515 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -12% to 62,579. Toyota (+4.7%) matches the market to a more reasonable 28.8% share vs. a record 36.4% in January. It is followed once again by Lexus (+31.3%) at 9% vs. 10.2% last month while CMC (+53.2%) soars past Mercedes (+29.3%) to close out the podium. Kia (+77.5%) jumps from outside the January Top 10 directly to 6th place with 4% share, just as Tesla (+11887.5%) posts a surreal gain to land at #10. BMW (+50.5%) and Ford (+13.6%) also beat the market. 

Model-wise, the Toyota Corolla Cross (+42.2%) leaps up to 8.8% share, with the Toyota RAV4 (+0.4%) stable at #2. The new CMC J Space leaps to #3, its first ever podium finish at home. The Toyota Yaris Cross (+15.1%) is knocked down to #3 while the Toyota Town Ace (-20.1%) repeats at #5. The Tesla Model Y is up 17 spots on January to #6, followed by the Lexus NX (-9.9%), Honda CR-V (-1.8%) and Toyota Corolla Altis (-13.9%) all underperforming. The Kia Carnival (+584%) breaks into the Top 10 for the first time at #10.

Previous month: Taiwan January 2025: Toyota and Lexus at all time high

One year ago: Taiwan February 2024: MG up to record third place, sales off -20% on Lunar New Year

Full February 2025 Top 13 brands and Top 50 models below.