Thailand vehicle sales went up by 40% in March 2016

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Total vehicle sales figures in Thailand has been compiled by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) and presented courtesy of Headlight Magazine. The sales figures shown dates up to the end of March 2016. In general, numbers for March were better for most automakers compared to sales in January and February.

A total of 72,647 units were sold in March, a 40.1% increase compared to February. Sorted by brand, Toyota led total sales in March 2016 with 21,101 units moved. Isuzu took second place with 13,198 units, Honda in third with 11,352, Mitsubishi in fourth with 6,963 vehicle sold, Nissan gained fifth with 4,848 vehicles and Mazda with 3,871 units sold.

At the bottom, Peugeot only sold two vehicles, while Volkswagen and Proton came in at a tie with each selling 16 units in March. Compared to March 2015, most automakers saw a general increase in sales, except for Toyota which declined by 23.1%, Nissan by 19.3%, Suzuki by 4% and Chevrolet by 5.8%.

In Thailand’s Eco Car class, the Toyota Yaris was ranked number one (3,084 units sold), the Nissan Almera second (1,340), Mitsubishi Attrage third (863), Suzuki Swift fourth (859) and the Ciaz in fifth (808). Least successful was the Honda Brio Amaze, with just 41 units sold.

As for B-segment cars, the Honda City took first place (3,093), while the Jazz came in second (2,165). The Mazda 2 in sedan and hatchback forms placed third with 1,982 units sold, and the MG 3 and MG 5 took fourth (371) and fifth place (77), respectively.

In the C-segment category, the Toyota Corolla Altis lead the way (1,610). Second, was the newly-launched tenth-gen Honda Civic (1,547), though deliveries only began halfway through the month. The Mazda 3 took third with 394 units sold, while the Nissan Sylphy came in fourth (153). At the bottom of the chart is the Proton Preve, with just 10 units sold throughout the month.

The best-selling D-segment sedan was the Toyota Camry with 810 units sold. The Honda Accord was the second best-performing car with 659 units, while the Nissan Teana came in third place with 314 units sold.

Elsewhere, the best-selling mini-MPV in March was the Toyota Avanza (251), while the Honda Mobilio ranked second (99), the Suzuki Ertiga in third (94) and the Proton Exora in fourth place with six units sold.

In the subcompact SUV category, the Honda BR-V ranked first (1,885), the Honda HR-V was in second (1,424) and the Mazda CX-3 in third (531). As for the compact SUV segment, the Nissan X-Trail took the top spot (591), with the Honda CR-V in second place (395), the Mazda CX-5 in third (357) and the Subaru XV in fourth (102).

Meanwhile, in the PPV segment (body-on-frame SUV), the Toyota Fortuner ranked first (4,195), the Mitsubishi Pajero Sport was second (2,938), while Ford Everest ended up third (585). The Isuzu MU-X was in fourth with 188 units sold.

The most popular pick-up truck for March was the Isuzu D-Max with 11,647 units sold. In second place was the Toyota Hilux Revo (10,525), while the Ford Ranger took third (2,598). The Mitsubishi Triton gained fourth (2,489) and the Nissan NP300 Navara came in fifth place with 1,768 units.

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Having spent a number of years as a journalist for a local paper, a marketing executive for a popular German automotive brand and a copywriter, Graham, a true-blue Sarawakian, knew he had to take the leap back into the motoring scene - and so he did. To him, nothing's better than cruising for hours along a scenic route, in a car that's designed and built for that purpose.

 

Comments

  • Gua guarantee Malaysia can hit 40% increase in April, next year! Sokong la PM

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    • WT Fuchhh on Apr 28, 2016 at 7:50 pm

      Malaysian all waiting for BN’s promise of 30% price reduction before purchasing. No increase in sales until 2018 May.

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      • Muniandy Periasamy on Apr 29, 2016 at 8:26 am

        Even our own neighbour Thailand and Singapore have low regard for our Protons. You see in UK for example, you can see so many French cars like Peugeot and Renault.

        Why? Because it is neighbour’s car and cheap to buy.

        But in Thailand, even the Thais are so shy to buy Proton. Buying a Proton is so so so malu for them because the car is so low quality.

        In Singapore, Proton sold just 1 car last year. But Proton Malaysia will keep a fancy showtroom and pay expat fees to the abangs to man the showroom there. Untung from the 1 car sold probably RM2000 but to maintain the showroom and pay the abangs, cost RM100k.

        And yet, we give RM1.5 billion to Proton to waste even more money.

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        • Why are you so stupid? on Apr 29, 2016 at 11:34 am

          The article not even mention about Proton and you start to tell your grandfather story here… are you high on todi??

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    • Kamal on Apr 28, 2016 at 7:55 pm

      Looks like Honda is doing better than Toyota even in Thailand

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      • AutoFrenz (the original) on Apr 29, 2016 at 1:49 am

        Toyota sold 20k vehicles n honda only 11k…n yet honda is still btter than toyota…wow…im speechless

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        • kapchai on Apr 29, 2016 at 8:16 am

          remember Toyota sells a lot of commercial vehicles but Honda does not sell any commercials. But even then the Hilux is outsold by the D-max. That is very significant fact

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          • Toyota is so-yesterday already la, hailat-hailat ….

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    • Passerby on Apr 28, 2016 at 11:41 pm

      if cannot increase 40% then what u gonna do, PM? shut down overseas dealers? pls don’t waste our hard earned money…

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    • AutoFrenz (the original) on Apr 29, 2016 at 10:24 am

      If we buy cars under value then we can expect an increase of 100%…what la 40%…maybe tokong can help us…

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  • Gonggok on Apr 28, 2016 at 10:08 pm

    The d-max has been leading the new hilux revo for 4 months straight now but the hilux seems to be catching up. Nice dogfight between these two pickups.

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  • Sales drop 23%!?! Thai Loo can bungkus nasi lemak liao! Thai pipu smart alredi. They no longer worship moving coffins unlike MY pipu. Too bad toyota put in ESC & new engine into vios too late alredi.

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  • Mr Moore on Apr 28, 2016 at 11:07 pm

    With such limited models Honda managed to be 1st in few categories,good job.Civic sold 1.5k units within just half month! April should be on top of taxi altis.As predicted,vios was MIA completely.Yaris quite a looker,if UMW can fill in big gap in pc sales & price it wisely on par with jazz.Thais would crown big T as leader again as 4×4 contributed huge sales,ie fortuner & hilux will arise but D-max still under good run too.Unfortunately Bolehland wouldn’t be the same as complex industrialists Thai market.So big t sales will remain the same until Toyota designer can replace old daddy look to more sleeker passenger cars here.. BRV arrival can wipe out avanza sales easily too.Would be interesting if Honda can bring in Ridgeline truck although wouldn’t be as hit as other bigger sushi trucks.

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    • AutoFrenz (the original) on Apr 29, 2016 at 10:27 am

      Honda is not even listed in the top 10 best selling cars is australia…even merz sells btter than them…no idea why malaysians r so hadap with honda…btw Toyota is No 1 in Australia…

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  • UMW TOYOTA on Apr 29, 2016 at 7:38 am

    looks like toyota doing better than proton

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  • theanswer on Apr 29, 2016 at 9:03 am

    if u noticed some classes..honda and toyota didnt compete together. toyota compact suv still nowhere to be found. honda didnt have mini mpv and body on frame suv.

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