Yaris (Toyota)

Announced on April 17, 2024, Toyota Motor Vietnam recorded total of 3,973 vehicles (including Lexus cars) in March 2024 (down 32.1% from 5,848 units recorded in March 2023).

Sales of Toyota car models reached 3,865 units, including 1,916 domestically assembled cars and 1,949 imported units. Sales of Toyota’s HEV reached 289 units. 

In March 2024, 2 CKD models, namely Toyota Vios and Veloz Cross recorded sales of 934 units and 569 units, respectively. Meanwhile, sales of the Yaris Cross model contributed 702 units.

Lexus brought new experiences to 108 customers in March 2024. Its total cumulative sales since the brand was introduced in Vietnam have already reached 12,576 units.

Toyota Vietnam added that the Corolla Cross model was the only model with a slight decrease in sales in March. The 2024 upgraded version of the Corolla Cross will be launched on May 6 with significant changes in appearance.

(From Toyota Vietnam press release on April 17, 2024 and on April 13, 2023)

On April 2, the Italian automobile manufacturers association (ANFIA) announced that passenger car registrations of 162,083 units in March decreased 3.7% over the same month in 2023.

Year-to-date sales increased 5.7% with 451,261 cars registered in the first three months of 2024.

In March, Fiat brand registrations decreased 2.1% year-on-year (10.5% market share), Volkswagen brand registrations increased 14.0% (8.2% share), Toyota registrations increased 31.2% (8.0% share), Dacia registrations increased 5.4% (5.3% share), Peugeot registrations decreased 21.1% (5.2% share).

The best-selling cars in March, in order of popularity, were the Fiat Panda, Dacia Sandero, Lancia Ypsilon, Citroen C3 and Toyota Yaris Cross.

The foreign car distributors association (UNRAE) announced that gasoline-powered passenger car sales in March increased 6.4% y/y to 51,441 units (31.4% share), diesel passenger car sales decreased 28.0% to 24,866 units (15.2% share), hybrid car (HEV) sales increased 8.9% to 63,905 units (39.0% share), plug-in hybrid car (PHEV) and REx combined sales decreased 22.6% to 5,688 units (3.5% share), and electric vehicle (BEV) sales decreased 34.5% to 5,367 units (3.3% share).

(ANFIA release from April 2, 2024) (UNRAE release from April 2, 2024)

On April 1, the automobile manufacturers association of Spain (ANFAC) announced that passenger car registrations of 94,840 units in March 2024 represented a decrease of 4.7% over March 2023.
Passenger car sales of 244,879 units in the first three months of the year represented a 3.1% increase from the same period in 2023.
Toyota sales increased 15.6% to 9,343 units, Kia sales increased 6.1% to 7,269 units, VW sales decreased 6.6% to 5,822 units, SEAT sales decreased 24.2% to 5,753 units and Peugeot sales decreased 28.5% to 5,729 units compared to March 2023.
The best-selling cars in March 2024, in order of popularity, were the Nissan Qashqai, Dacia Sandero, Toyota Yaris, Toyota Corolla and Hyndai Tucson.
Of all vehicles sold in March, gasoline vehicles had a 42.6% market share, diesel vehicles had a 9.1% share, and other vehicles had a 48.3% share.
Private car sales in March decreased 3.9% to 34,668 units, business sales decreased 27.3% to 28,272 units and rental car sales increased 29.7% to 31,900 units.
ANFAC explained that "This month of March, it recorded the first negative market since December 2022. While it is true that Easter this year falls in March, unlike last year, which was in April, and we have two less working days. We will have to wait until April to see whether we continue on the upward path or not; we are concerned about the decline of more than 27% of corporate purchases, given that these are an indicator of how the economy goes. But we are more concerned about sales of electrified vehicles. Adding power and plug-in hybrids in March, the quota was 10.3%. We are still far from achieving the targets for decarbonization in both sales of these vehicles and recharge facilities."
(ANFAC release from April 1, 2024)