far2000
AMG Aficionado
Like every Quarter, I can share with you the most popular imported models in Japan, a very rare species although it is getting more common these days: imports are up 10% year-to-date to 257,873 registrations or 10.5% of the overall ‘regular’ vehicles market so far this year vs. 8.6% one year ago. Thanks to the new generation, the VW Golf has reclaimed the pole position over the third quarter of the year with 6,319 sales, bringing its year-to-date total to 14,714 units, still down 21% on 2012. The BMW 3 Series is now #2 year-to-date thanks to another excellent quarter at 5,486 units, up 77% year-on-year, adding up to 13,269 year-to-date, up a huge 86% on 2012. The Mini rounds up the year-to-date podium at 12,393 sales, up 2%.
Two models break into the imports Top 5 for the very first time in Japan: the Mercedes A-Class is up to a fantastic 4th place with 3,947 sales while the Volvo V40 is up to #5 at 3,208. The two newcomers now rank #7 and #9 respectively year-to-date. Note the Volvo V40 is the only non-German model in the Top 12 over Q3 2013! The other two inside the Top 20 are the Volvo V60 at #13 and the Fiat 500 at #19… We also welcome the Mercedes CLA, directly #16 import for its first quarter of sales in the country with 1,378 units finding a new home over the period. Finally, notice the good performances of the VW Beetle up 69% year-on-year and Audi A4 up 29%.
Pos Model Q3 2013 /12 Q2 Q1 2013 /12 Pos 2012
1 VW Golf 6,319 12% 3 1 14,714 -21% 1 1
2 BMW 3 Series 5,486 77% 2 5 13,269 86% 2 5
3 Mini 4,095 5% 1 2 12,393 2% 3 2
4 Mercedes A-Class 3,947 new 7 9 8,490 new 7 n/a
5 Volvo V40 3,208 new 10 12 6,974 new 9 -
6 Mercedes E-Class 2,956 59% 9 14 6,836 11% 10 8
7 Mercedes C-Class 2,901 -18% 5 3 9,949 -12% 4 3
8 VW Up! 2,655 new 4 4 9,553 new 5 16
9 VW Polo 2,320 -18% 6 6 8,912 -24% 6 4
10 VW Beetle 2,149 63% 8 7 7,974 218% 8 17
11 BMW 1 Series 1,985 -19% 11 8 5,918 -24% 11 6
12 Audi A4 1,688 29% 17 16 4,309 16% 15 12
13 Volvo V60 1,686 -5% 16 15 4,434 -18% 14 7
14 BMW 5 Series 1,574 0% 12 11 4,812 -12% 12 9
15 Mercedes B-Class 1,521 -37% 13 10 4,806 -10% 13 10
16 Mercedes CLA 1,378 new - - 1,378 new n/a -
17 Audi A1 1,267 -7% 14 13 4,082 20% 16 14
18 BMW X1 1,031 -33% 18 18 3,226 -26% 17 11
19 Fiat 500 1,027 -19% 15 n/a 3,143 -11% 18 13
20 VW Passat 1,003 -1% n/a 19 2,670 -24% 20 15
Source: JAIA, many thanks to Stephen for helping compile the data!
Two models break into the imports Top 5 for the very first time in Japan: the Mercedes A-Class is up to a fantastic 4th place with 3,947 sales while the Volvo V40 is up to #5 at 3,208. The two newcomers now rank #7 and #9 respectively year-to-date. Note the Volvo V40 is the only non-German model in the Top 12 over Q3 2013! The other two inside the Top 20 are the Volvo V60 at #13 and the Fiat 500 at #19… We also welcome the Mercedes CLA, directly #16 import for its first quarter of sales in the country with 1,378 units finding a new home over the period. Finally, notice the good performances of the VW Beetle up 69% year-on-year and Audi A4 up 29%.
Pos Model Q3 2013 /12 Q2 Q1 2013 /12 Pos 2012
1 VW Golf 6,319 12% 3 1 14,714 -21% 1 1
2 BMW 3 Series 5,486 77% 2 5 13,269 86% 2 5
3 Mini 4,095 5% 1 2 12,393 2% 3 2
4 Mercedes A-Class 3,947 new 7 9 8,490 new 7 n/a
5 Volvo V40 3,208 new 10 12 6,974 new 9 -
6 Mercedes E-Class 2,956 59% 9 14 6,836 11% 10 8
7 Mercedes C-Class 2,901 -18% 5 3 9,949 -12% 4 3
8 VW Up! 2,655 new 4 4 9,553 new 5 16
9 VW Polo 2,320 -18% 6 6 8,912 -24% 6 4
10 VW Beetle 2,149 63% 8 7 7,974 218% 8 17
11 BMW 1 Series 1,985 -19% 11 8 5,918 -24% 11 6
12 Audi A4 1,688 29% 17 16 4,309 16% 15 12
13 Volvo V60 1,686 -5% 16 15 4,434 -18% 14 7
14 BMW 5 Series 1,574 0% 12 11 4,812 -12% 12 9
15 Mercedes B-Class 1,521 -37% 13 10 4,806 -10% 13 10
16 Mercedes CLA 1,378 new - - 1,378 new n/a -
17 Audi A1 1,267 -7% 14 13 4,082 20% 16 14
18 BMW X1 1,031 -33% 18 18 3,226 -26% 17 11
19 Fiat 500 1,027 -19% 15 n/a 3,143 -11% 18 13
20 VW Passat 1,003 -1% n/a 19 2,670 -24% 20 15
Source: JAIA, many thanks to Stephen for helping compile the data!
