Suzuki Spacia * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Kei car ranking is for once relatively eventful this month in Japan. For the first time since last September and only the third time in the last 19 months the Suzuki Wagon R, which led the…
Nissan Note * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * As is now the tradition, after exploring the Passenger car Top 30 and the Kei car Top 25 in Japan, we have a more thorough look at overall January sales split by version (sedan,…
Suzuki Wagon R * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Sales of new Kei cars are up 7% year-on-year in September to 158,208, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,571,616 units, up 41% on 2011. For the first time since September 2011, the Suzuki Wagon R,…
Toyota Aqua * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * Once again thanks to Austin Rutherford I can share with you the detail of Japanese models sales by variant, including Kei cars. And for the third month in a row the…
Daihatsu Mira Cocoa * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In line with the Passenger Car market, Kei car sales in Japan are up 60% year-on-year in March to 253,929 units. The Daihatsu Mira reaches what has to be its best monthly figure ever at…
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…
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…
Subaru Stella The Japanese Kei car market is down 45% this month with 76,849 registrations, due to repercussions from the March 11 quake. On May 8, Subaru announced it would stop producing Kei cars with best-seller Stella being halted as early as the end of the month. Stock-clearing rebates could…
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,…