Toyota Innova * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Taiwanese car market is up 9% year-on-year in April to 28,616 units, bringing the year-to-date total to 124,407 registrations, down 6% on 2011. No surprise in pole position: the Toyota Corolla enjoys its 11th…
Toyota Prius & Prius Alpha * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Japanese vehicles sales continue on their amazing run in this start of the year, up a huge 72% year-on-year in March to 497,959 registrations (this exclude Kei cars), bringing the year-to-date total…
Toyota Aqua * See the Top 75 best-selling Japanese models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * Thanks to the hard work of Austin Rutherford, I can now share with you a more detailed models ranking for Japan in February 2012, including break downs into different variants.…
Toyota Aqua * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Boosted by subsidies on green cars, the Japanese market is up a massive 33% year-on-year in February and the Top 4 models see progressions of at least 48% year-on-year. The Toyota Prius beats its monthly…
Toyota Aqua * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Japanese car market is up a whopping 41% year-on-year in January to 263,267 registrations, the biggest rise on record for a month of January, albeit from a historically low base, thanks to the extension beyond…
Toyota Prius * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * NOW UPDATED with imports: The VW Golf now #24 overall! (See here for full details) 2011 was a very tough year for Japan. The deadly March 11 earthquake and tsunami paralysed the country for many…
Toyota Prius Alpha * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Japanese car market is up another 24% year-on-year this month after growing by 28% in October, a contrast to the tsunami-plagued first half of the year. The Toyota Prius continues to dominate the…
Toyota Prius MPV (US version) * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title of the article or 'Read more'! * Japanese new car sales are up an impressive 28% year-on-year vs. October 2010 when sales tanked on the first full month after government subsidies to replace cars…
Honda Fit Shuttle * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * For the first time since August 2010, the Japanese car market is up year-on-year, but at a very shy +1.7% and 313,790 registrations. The year-to-date total is still down 26%…
Toyota Prius * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * At 216,150 registrations August 2011 Japanese car sales are down 25% on August 2010 which was artificially boosted by government subsidies, but up 9% on August 2009... The Toyota Prius stays…
Nissan Livina * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Taiwanese car sales are weak in August at 23,140 units. The Toyota Corolla stays distant leader with 2,628 sales and 11.4% share, reinforcing its 2011 year-to-date top spot at 23,053 units…
Nissan Lafesta Highway Star * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * After dropping an 'encouraging' 23% in June, the Japanese car market is down 28% in July at 241,472 registrations, with Toyota at -37% and Honda at -33%... The Toyota…
Nissan March Japanese car sales are down 'only' 23% this month at 225,024 units, compared to -38% in May and -51% in April. In June, an average 10,228 cars were registered per day, up from 7,482 in May and 5,441 in April. Nissan even showed a 4% increase year-on-year while…
2012 Subaru Impreza Car sales in Japan are on the mend but still down 38% year-on-year at 142,154 units, the lowest May figure since 1968. Toyota drops 57%. The Honda Fit holds onto its pole position for the 3rd month in a row, down only 22% at 9,354 sales. The…
Honda Fit Bad news keep coming from Japan. As predicted, the new car market plunged even further in April, down 51% year-on-year to 108,824 units, the lowest monthly volume since records started in January 1968. Toyota is hit hardest at -69%. More details here. The models ranking is surprisingly stable…