On May 3, the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries announced that new vehicle registrations of 97,202 units in April 2024 represented an increase 18.3% over the last April. In addition to high demand for new vehicles, the increase was due to two more operation days in April than the previous year. New vehicle sales of 401,654 units in the first three months of the year represented an 14.4% increase YoY.
Passenger car sales of 17,314 units in April represented an 14.0% increase YoY, SUV sales of 54,135 units represented a 17.6% increase, LCV sales of 21,413 units represented a 25.5% increase and MHCV sales of 4,340 units represented a 12.6% increase. Battery electric vehicles accounted for 6.4% of sales in April (9.5% in March). The sales ratio of hybrid vehicles (HV) and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHV) increased to 18.3% from 7.5% in the same month last year.
Among the companies, Toyota sales increased 72.7% YoY to 20,771 units, Ford sales increased 71.3% to 8,648 units, Mazda sales increased 5.4% to 7,301 units, Kia sales increased 7.3% to 6,653 units and Mitsubishi sales increased 19.7% to 5,314 units.
The best-selling cars in April 2024, in order of popularity, were Toyota RAV4, Ford Ranger, and Toyota HiLux.