The Lexus NX is up to #2 in Taiwan in February.
New light vehicle sales in Taiwan soar 35.2% year-on-year in February to 32,819 units partly due to the fact Lunar New Year was in January this year vs. February in 2022. After a January down -14.4%, the year-to-date total is up 4.2% to 67,607 sales. Toyota (+0.3%) edges up on a particularly strong year-ago performance when it reached 32.9% share. It has to settle with 24.4% of the market this month. Lexus (+58.3%) is up to a fantastic 8.7% share, a new record for the carmaker passing its previous best of 7.9% established in February 2015. Honda (+34.4%), Mercedes (+38.7%) and Ford (+36.5%) roughly evolve like the market while Hyundai (+71.4%) shoots up to #6 overall. Further down, Volkswagen (+163.1%) and BMW (+108%) shine.
Model-wise, the Toyota Corolla Cross (+17.5%) remains by far the overall best-seller with 7.9% of the market and 8.6% year-to-date. The Lexus NX (+29.2%) is up 12 spots on January to land at a record 2nd place with 4.4% share. It distances the Honda CR-V (+67%) and Toyota Town Ace (+106.8%) both in excellent shape as is the Ford Focus (+91%) at #5. The Honda HR-V (+218%) is the only remaining Top 10 model to beat the market just as the Mitsubishi Delica (+29.9%) slightly trails the average growth. The MG HS repeats at an outstanding 11th place above the Toyota RAV4 (-65%) freefalling down 10 ranks on last month to #12.
Previous month: Taiwan January 2023: Toyota monopolises Top 4, Hyundai up 35% in market down -14.4%
One year ago: Taiwan February 2022: Toyota (+23.5%), Lexus (+50.5%) top market down -10.7%
Full February 2023 Top 12 brands and Top 60 models below.
Taiwan February 2023 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | Feb-23 | % | /22 | Jan | 2023 | % | /22 | Pos | FY22 |
| 1 | Toyota | 8,018 | 24.4% | 0.3% | 1 | 19,879 | 29.4% | -2.7% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Lexus | 2,870 | 8.7% | 58.3% | 7 | 4,514 | 6.7% | 26.3% | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Honda | 2,269 | 6.9% | 34.4% | 6 | 3,968 | 5.9% | -15.8% | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | Mercedes | 1,860 | 5.7% | 38.7% | 2 | 4,369 | 6.5% | -5.5% | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Ford | 1,717 | 5.2% | 36.5% | 5 | 3,505 | 5.2% | 10.1% | 5 | 3 |
| 6 | Hyundai | 1,711 | 5.2% | 71.4% | 8 | 3,348 | 5.0% | 52.3% | 6 | n/a |
| 7 | CMC | 1,443 | 4.4% | 3.2% | 9 | 2,969 | 4.4% | -20.3% | 8 | 6 |
| 8 | Mazda | 1,340 | 4.1% | 28.0% | n/a | 1,748 | 2.6% | -24.7% | 12 | 10 |
| 9 | Nissan (est) | 1,332 | 4.1% | 6.1% | 3 | 3,297 | 4.9% | -22.7% | 7 | 4 |
| 10 | Mitsubishi (est) | 1,120 | 3.4% | 24.4% | 11 | 2,100 | 3.1% | -12.5% | 11 | 7 |
| 11 | Volkswagen | 1,092 | 3.3% | 163.1% | 10 | 2,140 | 3.2% | 27.0% | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | BMW | 1,038 | 3.2% | 108.0% | 4 | 2,910 | 4.3% | 9.7% | 9 | 9 |
Taiwan February 2023 – models:
| Pos | Model | Feb-23 | % | /22 | Jan | 2023 | % | /22 | Pos | FY22 |
| 1 | Toyota Corolla Cross | 2,596 | 7.9% | 17.5% | 1 | 5,798 | 8.6% | -4.9% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Lexus NX | 1,442 | 4.4% | 29.2% | 14 | 1,944 | 2.9% | 62.0% | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Honda CR-V | 1,309 | 4.0% | 67.0% | 5 | 2,518 | 3.7% | 14.7% | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | Toyota Town Ace | 1,305 | 4.0% | 106.8% | 4 | 2,914 | 4.3% | 361.8% | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Ford Focus | 1,228 | 3.7% | 91.0% | 10 | 1,934 | 2.9% | 13.8% | 8 | 7 |
| 6 | CMC Veryca | 1,012 | 3.1% | 2.0% | 6 | 2,183 | 3.2% | -16.7% | 6 | 4 |
| 7 | Toyota Corolla Altis | 1,003 | 3.1% | -5.6% | 3 | 2,643 | 3.9% | -12.9% | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Honda HR-V | 830 | 2.5% | 218.0% | 19 | 1,250 | 1.8% | 189.4% | 14 | 21 |
| 9 | Toyota Yaris | 821 | 2.5% | 7.6% | 7 | 1,865 | 2.8% | -10.0% | 9 | 8 |
| 10 | Mitsubishi Delica | 722 | 2.2% | 29.9% | 13 | 1,252 | 1.9% | -6.1% | 13 | 11 |
| 11 | MG HS | 693 | 2.1% | new | 11 | 1,377 | 2.0% | new | 11 | n/a |
| 12 | Toyota RAV4 | 656 | 2.0% | -65.0% | 2 | 2,397 | 3.5% | -46.3% | 5 | 2 |
| 13 | Mazda CX-30 | 611 | 1.9% | 41.4% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 33 |
| 14 | Nissan Kicks | 553 | 1.7% | -16.0% | 8 | 1,560 | 2.3% | -27.5% | 10 | 6 |
| 15 | Lexus RX | 524 | 1.6% | 130.8% | 22 | 896 | 1.3% | -1.0% | 16 | 30 |
| 16 | Hyundai Tucson | 504 | 1.5% | 129.1% | 27 | 845 | 1.2% | -13.2% | 17 | 26 |
| 17 | Volvo XC40 Recharge | 502 | 1.5% | n/a | n/a | 543 | 0.8% | n/a | 30 | n/a |
| 18 | Lexus UX | 482 | 1.5% | 92.0% | 37 | 702 | 1.0% | 3.5% | 26 | 27 |
| 19 | CMC Zinger | 431 | 1.3% | 14.0% | 23 | 786 | 1.2% | -23.6% | 19 | 18 |
| 20 | Mazda3 | 419 | 1.3% | 11.7% | n/a | 530 | 0.8% | -22.3% | 31 | 31 |
| 21 | Tesla Model Y | 419 | 1.3% | n/a | n/a | 423 | 0.6% | n/a | 40 | 28 |
| 22 | Ford Kuga | 396 | 1.2% | -29.4% | 9 | 1,336 | 2.0% | 5.1% | 12 | 9 |
| 23 | VW Tiguan | 361 | 1.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 38 |
| 24 | Hyundai Custin | 358 | 1.1% | new | 25 | 706 | 1.0% | new | 25 | n/a |
| 25 | Toyota Sienta | 356 | 1.1% | -21.6% | 20 | 763 | 1.1% | -35.9% | 21 | 15 |
| 26 | Hyundai Venue | 350 | 1.1% | 5.7% | 17 | 799 | 1.2% | 0.0% | 18 | 22 |
| 27 | Mazda CX-5 | 346 | 1.1% | 284.4% | 39 | 547 | 0.8% | -18.0% | 29 | 17 |
| 28 | Hyundai Porter | 345 | 1.1% | 30.7% | 26 | 691 | 1.0% | 17.5% | 27 | 24 |
| 29 | Toyota Vios | 332 | 1.0% | -39.7% | 12 | 903 | 1.3% | -23.1% | 15 | 16 |
| 30 | Mercedes GLC Class | 308 | 0.9% | 76.0% | 21 | 709 | 1.0% | -11.8% | 24 | 20 |
| 31 | Nissan Sentra | 298 | 0.9% | -10.8% | 18 | 741 | 1.1% | -30.3% | 22 | 19 |
| 32 | Suzuki Swift | 290 | 0.9% | 437.0% | 47 | 460 | 0.7% | n/a | 36 | n/a |
| 33 | Mercedes C Class | 280 | 0.9% | 94.4% | 24 | 632 | 0.9% | -24.6% | 28 | 34 |
| 34 | Mitsubishi Colt Plus | 279 | 0.9% | 42.3% | 40 | 480 | 0.7% | -7.9% | 35 | 23 |
| 35 | Lexus ES | 274 | 0.8% | 14.2% | 15 | 769 | 1.1% | 3.2% | 20 | 29 |
| 36 | Toyota Camry | 230 | 0.7% | 123.3% | 16 | 724 | 1.1% | 66.1% | 23 | 25 |
| 37 | Nissan X-Trail | 227 | 0.7% | 127.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 38 | Nissan Tiida | 225 | 0.7% | 80.0% | 32 | 508 | 0.8% | -1.0% | 33 | 35 |
| 39 | VW T-Roc | 212 | 0.6% | n/a | 28 | 523 | 0.8% | 133.5% | 32 | n/a |
| 40 | Subaru Forester | 207 | 0.6% | 233.9% | 44 | 392 | 0.6% | n/a | 42 | n/a |
| 41 | Mercedes GLE Class | 196 | 0.6% | 49.6% | 30 | 486 | 0.7% | 69.9% | 34 | 36 |
| 42 | BMW X4 | 190 | 0.6% | n/a | 36 | 425 | 0.6% | 22.1% | 39 | n/a |
| 43 | Volvo XC60 | 187 | 0.6% | 306.5% | 48 | 351 | 0.5% | 34.5% | 46 | 37 |
| 44 | Subaru XV | 183 | 0.6% | n/a | n/a | 299 | 0.4% | n/a | 50 | n/a |
| 45 | Mercedes GLA Class | 166 | 0.5% | -6.2% | 29 | 457 | 0.7% | -39.7% | 37 | 39 |
| 46 | Mercedes GLB Class | 163 | 0.5% | 167.2% | 34 | 426 | 0.6% | n/a | 38 | n/a |
| 47 | Mercedes E Class | 161 | 0.5% | -0.6% | 53 | 305 | 0.5% | -25.6% | 49 | n/a |
| 48 | Luxgen URX | 156 | 0.5% | 79.3% | 43 | 342 | 0.5% | 48.7% | 47 | n/a |
| 49 | VW Golf | 152 | 0.5% | 117.1% | n/a | 249 | 0.4% | -21.5% | 55 | n/a |
| 50 | Mercedes A Class | 147 | 0.4% | -3.9% | 54 | 290 | 0.4% | -25.1% | 51 | n/a |
| 51 | Toyota Hilux | 145 | 0.4% | 33.0% | 45 | 321 | 0.5% | 15.5% | 48 | n/a |
| 52 | Skoda Kamiq | 145 | 0.4% | 104.2% | 58 | 276 | 0.4% | 38.0% | 53 | n/a |
| 53 | Toyota Corolla Sport | 143 | 0.4% | 74.4% | 38 | 356 | 0.5% | 29.0% | 45 | n/a |
| 54 | Kia Sportage | 140 | 0.4% | n/a | 35 | 382 | 0.6% | n/a | 43 | n/a |
| 55 | Volvo S60/V60 | 137 | 0.4% | 242.5% | n/a | 178 | 0.3% | 50.8% | n/a | n/a |
| 56 | Kia Picanto | 133 | 0.4% | n/a | n/a | 224 | 0.3% | 4380.0% | 58 | n/a |
| 57 | Mercedes CLA Class | 123 | 0.4% | 61.8% | 55 | 261 | 0.4% | 4.4% | 54 | n/a |
| 58 | BMW X3 | 121 | 0.4% | 83.3% | 60 | 242 | 0.4% | -54.6% | 56 | 40 |
| 59 | Honda Fit | 119 | 0.4% | -80.6% | n/a | 179 | 0.3% | -89.7% | n/a | 14 |
| 60 | BMW iX | 119 | 0.4% | new | n/a | 170 | 0.3% | new | n/a | n/a |
Source: u-car.com.tw
