How many Toyota cars sold in Vietnam for the first half of 2017?

PSNews - With 6,815 vehicles sold in June, the total number of Toyota vehicles sold in the first half of 2017 has increased to nearly 30,000 units.
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In June 2017, Toyota Vietnam sold 6,815 units, up by 71% over the same period last year. The number has marked  a new record of sales of Toyota Vietnam in a month since its operation in the country.

The Toyota Vios model with 2,681 unit sold, up by 245% (3.5 times) compared with the same period last year, contributed significantly to the hike.

1,722 units of the Fortuner 7-seat multi-purpose model were sold in the first 6 months of 2017.
1,722 units of the Fortuner 7-seat multi-purpose model were sold in the first 6 months of 2017.

1,722 units of the Fortuner 7-seat multi-purpose model were also sold, seeing a 42% increase compared to June 2016, which officially set a new record in monthly sales in a month so far in Vietnam market.

In the first 6 months of 2017, Toyota Vietnam’s sales reached 29,638 vehicles (excluding Lexus models), up by 19% over the same period in 2016. In particular, sales of the passenger car segment reached 14,559 vehicles while 15,079 commercial vehicles were sold.

In Toyota's passenger car segment, the top-selling model continues to be Vios with its sales of 9,688 units, up by 50% over the same period in 2016. Subsequently, 1,733 Camrys and 1,842 Corolla Altis cars were sold in the Vietnamese market.

In the multi-purpose segment, the Innova model continued to lead the market with 6,322 units sold in the first half of the year, up by 22% over the same period last year.

For the models imported and distributed by Toyota Vietnam (CBU), in the first two quarters of 2017, the Fortuner model saw sales of 7,383 units, up by 35% from the first two quarters of 2016 and led the SUVs in the market.

Next came the Yaris model with 1,296 vehicles sold while 792 Hilux trucks, 147 cars, 291 Land Cruiser Prado cars and 144 Land Cruiser cars were also sold.

For the Lexus model, in the first 6 months, 480 Lexus Vietnam have been bought by Vietnamese customers.

By Phung Nguyen

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