Thailand - Automotive Sales volume, 2023
Flash report, Automotive sales volume, 2023
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Flash report, January 2023
Feb 27, 2023
*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.
January vehicle sales in Thailand down 5.6%, production up 7.0% (detailed report)
According to the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI), January vehicle sales in Thailand decreased 5.6% year over year to 65,579 units. The decline followed semiconductor shortage issue that caused delays in the delivery of some car models.
According to data compiled by Toyota Motor Thailand (TMT), by maker sales in January, Toyota was up 7.4% to 23,796 units. Isuzu was down 5.0% to 14,651 units and Honda was down 17.1% to 7,071 units. Ford sales were up 34.5% to 3,377 units, and Mitsubishi sales were down 32.1% to 3,284 units.
By body type sales in January, passenger cars were down 2.1% year over year to 22,864 units, while commercial vehicles were down 7.3% to 42,715 units. Pickup sales included in the commercial vehicle sales were down 9.1% to 31,771 units.
The Isuzu D-Max was the best-selling model in January with 16,052 units, followed by Toyota Hilux with 13,016 units, Honda City with 4,734 units, Toyota Yaris ATIV with 4,554 units and Ford Ranger with 3,239 units.
New vehicle production in January increased 7.0% to 162,327 units (updated on March 1 according to FTI's data revision).
Vehicle exports in January rose 24.3% to 86,786 units, valued at THB 52.7 billion, up 23.1%. It is contracted 22.2% when compared with 111,605 units recorded in December 2022 which was the best figure in 45 months. FTI also mentioned that the shortage of space on a RoRo (roll-on/roll-off) ship issue continued.
FTI anticipates growth of 3.5% in local car production in 2023 with 1.95 million units (1.05 million units for exports and 900,000 units to be sold locally, an increase of 1.2% and 6.4% from 2022, respectively).
Thailand - Production and Sales of new vehicles (*Production data has been updated. 2023.3.1)
Jan. 2023 | Growth Y-o-Y (%) |
|
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Production* | 162,327 | 7.0% |
Domestic Sales | 65,579 | -5.6% |
Export (CBU) | 86,786 | 24.3% |
New vehicle sales by major makers
Maker/Brand | 2023 | 2022 | Y-o-Y | ||
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Jan. | Share | Jan. | Share | ||
Toyota * | 23,796 | 36.3% | 22,149 | 31.9% | 7.4% |
Isuzu | 14,651 | 22.3% | 15,426 | 22.2% | -5.0% |
Honda | 7,071 | 10.8% | 8,525 | 12.3% | -17.1% |
Ford | 3,377 | 5.1% | 2,511 | 3.6% | 34.5% |
Mitsubishi | 3,284 | 5.0% | 4,834 | 7.0% | -32.1% |
MG | 2,233 | 3.4% | 3,214 | 4.6% | -30.5% |
Nissan | 1,700 | 2.6% | 2,513 | 3.6% | -32.4% |
Mazda | 1,356 | 2.1% | 3,230 | 4.7% | -58.0% |
BYD | 1,040 | 1.6% | - | -% | -% |
Suzuki | 1,013 | 1.5% | 1,851 | 2.7% | -45.3% |
Others | 6,058 | 9.2% | 5,202 | 7.5% | 16.5% |
Total | 65,579 | 100.0% | 69,455 | 100.0% | -5.6% |
Passenger Cars
Maker/Brand | 2023 | 2022 | Y-o-Y | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan. | Share | Jan. | Share | ||
Toyota * | 8,664 | 37.9% | 5,450 | 23.3% | 59.0% |
Honda | 5,073 | 22.2% | 6,153 | 26.3% | -17.6% |
Mitsubishi | 1,556 | 6.8% | 1,973 | 8.4% | -21.1% |
MG | 1,482 | 6.5% | 1,940 | 8.3% | -23.6% |
Neta | 913 | 4.0% | - | -% | -% |
Suzuki | 775 | 3.4% | 1,585 | 6.8% | -51.1% |
Mazda | 537 | 2.3% | 2,061 | 8.8% | -73.9% |
Nissan | 507 | 2.2% | 1,484 | 6.4% | -65.8% |
GWM | 180 | 0.8% | 428 | 1.8% | -57.9% |
Porsche | 144 | 0.6% | 105 | 0.4% | 37.1% |
KIA | 35 | 0.2% | 91 | 0.4% | -61.5% |
Subaru | 4 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.0% | 300.0% |
Ford | 1 | 0.0% | 6 | 0.0% | -83.3% |
Others | 2,993 | 13.1% | 2,088 | 8.9% | 43.3% |
Total | 22,864 | 100.0% | 23,365 | 100.0% | -2.1% |
Commercial vehicles (incl. 1-ton pickups and SUVs)
Maker/Brand | 2023 | 2022 | Y-o-Y | ||
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Jan. | Share | Jan. | Share | ||
Toyota * | 15,132 | 35.4% | 16,699 | 36.2% | -9.4% |
Isuzu | 14,651 | 34.3% | 15,426 | 33.5% | -5.0% |
Ford | 3,376 | 7.9% | 2,505 | 5.4% | 34.8% |
Honda | 1,998 | 4.7% | 2,372 | 5.1% | -15.8% |
Mitsubishi | 1,728 | 4.0% | 2,861 | 6.2% | -39.6% |
Nissan | 1,193 | 2.8% | 1,029 | 2.2% | 15.9% |
BYD | 1,040 | 2.4% | - | -% | -% |
Mazda | 819 | 1.9% | 1,169 | 2.5% | -29.9% |
MG | 751 | 1.8% | 1,274 | 2.8% | -41.1% |
GWM | 653 | 1.5% | 869 | 1.9% | -24.9% |
Hino | 473 | 1.1% | 1,043 | 2.3% | -54.7% |
Hyundai | 469 | 1.1% | 330 | 0.7% | 42.1% |
Suzuki | 238 | 0.6% | 266 | 0.6% | -10.5% |
Subaru | 139 | 0.3% | 157 | 0.3% | -11.5% |
Peugeot | 35 | 0.1% | 80 | 0.2% | -56.3% |
KIA | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | -% |
Others | 19 | 0.0% | 10 | 0.0% | 90.0% |
Total | 42,715 | 100.0% | 46,090 | 100.0% | -7.3% |
1-ton pickups (incl. PPV)
Maker/Brand | 2023 | 2022 | Y-o-Y | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan. | Share | Jan. | Share | ||
Isuzu | 13,543 | 42.6% | 14,143 | 40.5% | -4.2% |
Toyota | 12,602 | 39.7% | 14,364 | 41.1% | -12.3% |
Ford | 3,376 | 10.6% | 2,505 | 7.2% | 34.8% |
Mitsubishi | 1,717 | 5.4% | 2,850 | 8.2% | -39.8% |
Nissan | 367 | 1.2% | 818 | 2.3% | -55.1% |
MG | 94 | 0.3% | 218 | 0.6% | -56.9% |
Mazda | 72 | 0.2% | 64 | 0.2% | 12.5% |
Total | 31,771 | 100.0% | 34,962 | 100.0% | -9.1% |
SUV
Maker/Brand | 2023 | 2022 | Y-o-Y | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan. *1 | Share | Jan. | Share | ||
Honda | 1,998 | 25.2% | 2,372 | 30.8% | -15.8% |
Toyota | 1,722 | 21.7% | 1,850 | 24.0% | -6.9% |
Nissan | 810 | 10.2% | 196 | 2.5% | 313.3% |
Mazda | 747 | 9.4% | 1,105 | 14.4% | -32.4% |
MG | 657 | 8.3% | 1,056 | 13.7% | -37.8% |
GWM | 653 | 8.2% | 869 | 11.3% | -24.9% |
Subaru | 139 | 1.8% | 157 | 2.0% | -11.5% |
Hyundai | 119 | 1.5% | 0 | 0.0% | -% |
Peugeot | 35 | 0.4% | 80 | 1.0% | -56.3% |
Mitsubishi | 11 | 0.1% | 11 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
SsangYong | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | -% |
BYD | N/A | -% | N/A | -% | -% |
Total *1 | 7,932 | 100.0% | 7,696 | 100.0% | 3.1% |
*1 Data announced by TMT.
* Y-o-Y is based on MarkLines' own calculation.
Thailand - Top 10 best selling models
- | Maker/Brand | Model | Jan. 2023 | Jan. 2022 | Y-o-Y |
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1 | Isuzu | D-Max | 16,052 | 15,549 | 3.2% |
2 | Toyota | Hilux | 13,016 | 14,426 | -9.8% |
3 | Honda | City | 4,734 | 5,141 | -7.9% |
4 | Toyota | Yaris ATIV | 4,554 | 2,246 | 102.8% |
5 | Ford | Ford Ranger | 3,239 | 2,656 | 22.0% |
6 | Toyota | Fortuner | 3,090 | 2,296 | 34.6% |
7 | Toyota | Yaris | 2,425 | 3,077 | -21.2% |
8 | Isuzu | MU-X | 2,367 | 1,374 | 72.3% |
9 | Toyota | Corolla Cross | 2,152 | 1,864 | 15.5% |
10 | Honda | HR-V | 1,967 | 638 | 208.3% |