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.…
Honda NBOX * See the 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Kei car sales are up 25% year-on-year in February to 186,413 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 339,070 units, up 27%. The Daihatsu Mira continues to dominate the category, leading the way for the 5th consecutive…
Honda NBOX * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Sales of Kei cars are up a massive 29% year-on-year in January at 152,657 registrations, boosted by government incentives. The Daihatsu Mira is establishing itself as the new best-seller in the category, #1 for the fourth month…
Honda NBOX * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In December sales of Kei cars are up 18% year-on-year at 127,246 units, bringing the final 2011 total to 1,521,146 registrations, down 12% on 2010. Last month the Daihatsu Mira managed to hold the pole position for…
Daihatsu Mira E:S * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Boosted by the new E:S version, the Daihatsu Mira confirms its newly acquired pole position in the Kei car ranking, even improving on an already outstanding October to 20,052 sales, up a massive 284% on November…
Daihatsu Mira E:S * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to the E:S version just launched, the Daihatsu Mira, #2 last month, grabs the pole position in October with almost double the sales of the next best-selling Kei car in Japan! Its 19,918 sales…
Daihatsu Mira * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * While the Japanese passenger car market is up by 1.7% this month, the Kei cars market is still down year-on-year at -9%. The Suzuki Wagon R leads the way for the 7th consecutive…
Nissan Moco * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * At 113,328 units, the Kei cars market is down 16% year-on-year. The Top 5 best-sellers are unchanged vs. July: the Suzuki Wagon R leads the way at 12,933 sales (-4%), followed by the…
Suzuki Wagon R Like the passenger car market, sales of Kei cars are slowly back to normal, down 'only' 18% in June at 126,804 units compared to -25% in May and -45% in April. For the 4th month in a row, the Suzuki Wagon R is the best-selling Kei car in…
Suzuki WagonR After two months under the leadership of the Daihatsu Move, the Suzuki Wagon R reclaims its title of best selling Kei car for the first time this year with 17,290 sales. It is however still #2 year-to-date at 42,764 units vs. 47,215 for the Move. The next three models…
Suzuki Wagon R Stingray Kei comes from keijidōsha, light automobile, and corresponds to vehicles under 3.4m length (For more on Kei cars see here). Traditionally, the best-selling Kei cars in Japan outsell the passenger cars, but with the arrival of the new Prius this is not valid anymore. The Suzuki Wagon R,…
Suzuki Wagon R The Suzuki Wagon R has been the best selling Kei car in Japan since 2003 and managed to stay above 200,000 sales over the period: 221,066 in 2006, 226,725 in 2007, 205,354 in 2008 and 201,528 in 2009. The Daihatsu Move is #2 the whole time, constantly over 180,000…
Toyota Vitz * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * In 2000 the Toyota Corolla celebrates 32 consecutive years atop the Japanese passenger cars ranking with 162,870 sales, however it is only 2,000 units above a very successful newcomer: the Toyota…