Toyota (+9.2%), Tesla (+67.8%) resist in market off -10.1% – Best Selling Cars Blog

The Toyota Corolla Cross continues to dominate the Taiwanese charts.

New car sales in Taiwan drop -10.1% year-on-year in May to 30,922 units. This means 170,520 vehicles have hit Taiwanese roads since the start of the year, a -12% decline. Toyota (+9.2%) swims upstream and posts a very solid year-on-year improvement to tighten its grip on the brands charts with 27.9% share. Up 7 spots on April to #2, Honda (-10.4%) matches the market with 5.7% share. CMC (-14.6%) is up 5 ranks to #3, distancing Ford (-21%) and Mercedes (-38.2%) clearly underperforming. Tesla (+67.8%) is the odd one in the Top 10 with a fantastic year-on-year gain. Nissan (-13.2%) and Lexus (-24.6%) both fall faster than the market.

The Toyota Corolla Cross (8.2% share) continues to dominate the models ranking head and shoulders, while the Tesla Model 3 (5.4%) invites itself on the podium at #2, a new ranking record. The Toyota RAV4 (4.1%) and CMC Veryca (3.8%) camp on their April rankings at #3 and #4 respectively, with the Toyota Corolla Altis down three spots on last month to #5. The Honda CR-V is up 5 to #6, the Ford Focus and Toyota Yaris swap ranking just below while the Toyota Town Ace and Nissan Kicks round out the Top 10. Notice also the Honda Fit up 10 ranks to #11, the Hyundai Venue back into the Top 60 at #19, the Mitsubishi Colt Plus up 11 to #23 and the Mercedes C-Class up 13 to #25.

Previous month: Taiwan April 2022: BMW (+34.6%) counters market down -7%

Previous year: Taiwan Full Year 2021: Toyota Corolla Cross dominates market off -1.6%

Full May 2022 Top 12 brands and Top 60 models below.

Taiwan May 2022 – brands:

Pos	Brand	May-22	%	/21	Apr	2022	%	/21	Pos	FY21
1	Toyota	8,637	27.9%	9.2%	1	51,520	30.2%	-4.9%	1	1
2	Honda	1,778	5.7%	-10.4%	9	11,290	6.6%	-1.6%	2	3
3	CMC	1,691	5.5%	-14.6%	5	9,464	5.6%	-10.2%	6	7
4	Ford	1,689	5.5%	-21.0%	2	10,093	5.9%	-18.6%	4	2
5	Mercedes	1,674	5.4%	-38.2%	6	9,997	5.9%	-24.1%	5	5
6	Tesla	1,655	5.4%	67.8%	n/a	3,954	2.3%	n/a	n/a	n/a
7	Nissan, Infiniti	1,511	4.9%	-13.2%	4	10,170	6.0%	-22.9%	3	4
8	Mitsubishi (est)	1,400	4.5%	n/a	8	6,800	4.0%	n/a	9	6
9	Lexus	1,299	4.2%	-24.6%	7	8,682	5.1%	n/a	7	8
10	Hyundai (est)	1,150	3.7%	n/a	10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
11	BMW	1,015	3.3%	-37.6%	3	6,705	3.9%	n/a	8	9
12	Volkswagen	905	2.9%	-31.9%	n/a	3,883	2.3%	n/a	n/a	11

Taiwan May 2022 – models:

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Pos	Model	May-22	%	Apr	2022	%	Pos	FY21
1	Toyota Corolla Cross	2,526	8.2%	1	15,527	9.1%	1	1
2	Tesla Model 3	1,655	5.4%	n/a	3,953	2.3%	10	18
3	Toyota RAV4	1,254	4.1%	3	8,677	5.1%	2	2
4	CMC Veryca	1,188	3.8%	4	6,716	3.9%	4	5
5	Toyota Corolla Altis	1,180	3.8%	2	7,477	4.4%	3	3
6	Honda CR-V	1,158	3.7%	11	6,304	3.7%	5	4
7	Ford Focus	899	2.9%	8	4,930	2.9%	8	7
8	Toyota Yaris	857	2.8%	7	5,387	3.2%	6	9
9	Toyota Town Ace	836	2.7%	9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
10	Nissan Kicks	735	2.4%	6	5,204	3.1%	7	8
11	Mitsubishi Delica	693	2.2%	12	3,620	2.1%	12	10
12	Honda Fit	604	2.0%	22	3,905	2.3%	11	n/a
13	Ford Kuga	602	1.9%	5	4,377	2.6%	9	6
14	Lexus NX	543	1.8%	10	3,471	2.0%	13	13
15	CMC Zinger	503	1.6%	19	2,671	1.6%	16	14
16	Toyota Sienta	492	1.6%	13	3,056	1.8%	14	12
17	Nissan Sentra	437	1.4%	18	2,606	1.5%	17	11
18	Hyundai Porter	407	1.3%	21	1,600	0.9%	23	n/a
19	Hyundai Venue	403	1.3%	n/a	1,480	0.9%	25	19
20	Toyota Vios	393	1.3%	15	3,027	1.8%	15	16
21	Mercedes GLC Class	360	1.2%	17	2,255	1.3%	18	15
22	Toyota Camry	358	1.2%	32	1,243	0.7%	29	24
23	Mitsubishi Colt Plus	321	1.0%	24	1,550	0.9%	24	23
24	Subaru XV	315	0.9%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
25	Mercedes C Class	289	0.9%	38	1,618	0.9%	22	n/a
26	Mercedes GLE Class	252	0.8%	34	1,057	0.6%	36	n/a
27	Kia K2500	249	0.8%	55	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28	Lexus RX	248	0.8%	26	1,996	1.2%	19	n/a
29	Hyundai Tucson	242	0.8%	23	1,949	1.1%	20	n/a
30	Mazda3	239	0.8%	n/a	1,463	0.9%	26	n/a
31	Skoda Kodiaq	224	0.7%	43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
32	Mercedes E Class	213	0.7%	31	1,077	0.6%	34	25
33	Lexus UX	209	0.7%	33	1,281	0.8%	28	20
34	Lexus ES	201	0.7%	50	1,437	0.8%	27	n/a
35	Toyota Hilux	195	0.6%	46	878	0.5%	38	n/a
36	BMW X3	194	0.6%	20	1,230	0.7%	30	n/a
37	Mitsubishi Outlander	193	0.6%	41	773	0.5%	43	n/a
38	VW T-Roc	191	0.6%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
39	Nissan Tiida	185	0.6%	29	1,157	0.7%	32	n/a
40	BMW X4	181	0.6%	28	830	0.5%	40	n/a
41	VW Tiguan	170	0.5%	35	832	0.5%	39	22
42	Volvo XC40	169	0.5%	27	1,102	0.6%	33	n/a
43	Kia Picanto	164	0.5%	25	485	0.3%	51	n/a
44	Toyota Corolla Sport	159	0.5%	39	804	0.5%	42	n/a
45	Skoda Fabia	156	0.5%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
46	Suzuki Carry	148	0.5%	45	755	0.4%	44	n/a
47	BMW 3 Series	147	0.5%	51	679	0.4%	47	n/a
48	VW T-Cross	140	0.5%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
49	Porsche Macan	136	0.4%	n/a	n/a	n/a		n/a
50	Ford Tourneo	128	0.4%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
51	Skoda Kamiq	127	0.4%	40	695	0.4%	45	n/a
52	Mazda CX-5	125	0.4%	16	1,925	1.1%	21	17
53	BMW 5 Series	121	0.4%	37	684	0.4%	46	n/a
54	Nissan X-Trail	119	0.4%	42	928	0.5%	37	n/a
55	Toyota C-HR	116	0.4%	59	484	0.3%	52	n/a
56	Volvo XC60	113	0.4%	30	811	0.5%	41	n/a
57	VW Golf	100	0.3%	57	613	0.4%	48	n/a
58	Mercedes GLA Class	95	0.3%	58	1,060	0.6%	35	n/a
59	DFSK Mini Truck	95	0.3%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
60	Mercedes B Class	93	0.3%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
n/a	Luxgen U6 Turbo	88	0.3%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
n/a	Mercedes V Class	85	0.3%	n/a	n/a	n/a		n/a
n/a	VW Polo	84	0.3%	n/a	313	0.2%	60	n/a
n/a	Suzuki Swift	83	0.3%	48	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
n/a	BMW X5	76	0.2%	54	253	0.1%	n/a	n/a
n/a	Porsche Taycan	71	0.2%	n/a	352	0.2%	58	n/a
n/a	Mitsubishi Grand Lancer	63	0.2%	n/a	298	0.2%	n/a	n/a
n/a	Mazda6	62	0.2%	n/a	225	0.1%	n/a	n/a
n/a	Lexus IS	54	0.2%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
n/a	Mercedes A Class	52	0.2%	n/a	579	0.3%	49	n/a
n/a	Volvo S60/V60	50	0.2%	n/a	386	0.2%	57	n/a
n/a	BMW 2 Series	49	0.2%	60	290	0.2%	n/a	n/a
n/a	Mercedes CLA Class	45	0.1%	n/a	480	0.3%	53	n/a
n/a	Ford Mondeo	42	0.1%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
n/a	Volvo S90	38	0.1%	n/a	n/a	n/a		n/a
n/a	Toyota bZ4X	34	0.1%	n/a	34	0.0%	n/a	n/a
n/a	Toyota Prius	32	0.1%	n/a	141	0.1%	n/a	n/a
n/a	Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo	26	0.1%	n/a	26	0.0%	n/a	n/a
n/a	Suzuki Ignis	25	0.1%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
n/a	Skoda Scala	22	0.1%	n/a	160	0.1%	n/a	n/a
n/a	BMW iX	19	0.1%	n/a	76	0.0%	n/a	n/a
n/a	Audi e-Tron Sportback	13	0.0%	n/a	82	0.0%	n/a	n/a
n/a	Hyundai Kona	11	0.0%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
n/a	Honda HR-V	6	0.0%	n/a	539	0.3%	50	21
n/a	Audi e-tron	5	0.0%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
n/a	CMC e-Veryca	5	0.0%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
n/a	Audi RS e-tron GT	4	0.0%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
n/a	Mercedes EQS	2	0.0%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
n/a	BMW i4	1	0.0%	n/a	1	0.0%	n/a	n/a
n/a	Honda e	1	0.0%	n/a	1	0.0%	n/a	n/a
n/a	Peugeot e-2008	1	0.0%	n/a	1	0.0%	n/a	n/a
n/a	Hyundai Ioniq 5	1	0.0%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
n/a	Jaguar i-Pace	1	0.0%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
n/a	Fiat 500e	1	0.0%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
n/a	Mercedes EQC	1	0.0%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Source: u-car.com.tw