Taiwan Best Selling Cars ranking in 2018 was again dominated by the Toyota Corolla – despite the fall by 30% – while the Toyota Rav-4 gained the second place ahead of the Honda CR-V. Impressive performance registered by the Mazda CX-5, joining the Top10.
In 2018 the vehicles market has decelerated. After a good start, the year ended with 432.314 sales losing 3.2% from the previous year. Indeed, the market has interrupted the positive growth of recent years, closing registrations at the lowest volume since 2015.
As far as the best-selling cars ranking, the arrival of new competitors has not changed the establishment of the market.
Indeed, according to the data released by the T.T.V.M.A., as in the previous years, the 2018 market leader is the Toyota Corolla with 27.912 sales, losing 30% from previous year, but keeping a wide gap over all followers.
In second place the Toyota Rav4 with 18.876 (-15.9%) followed by the Honda CR-V with 18.673 (+64.6%).
In fourth place the Toyota Sienta with 15.699 (+7.7%) ahead of the CMC Veryca with 14.376 (+7.2%), the Toyota Yaris with 12.791 (+6.1%), the Honda HR-V with 10.159 (-24.2%), the Toyota Vios with 9.290 (+8.4%), the Mitsubishi Delica with 8.732 (-10.4%) and in 10th place the Mazda CX-5 with 8.668 (+88.6%).
| Rank 2018 | Rank 2017 | Model | Sales 2018 | Sales 2017 | '+/- 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Toyota Corolla | 27.912 | 39.887 | -30,0% |
| 2 | 2 | Toyota RAV4 | 18.876 | 22.440 | -15,9% |
| 3 | 8 | Honda CR-V | 18.673 | 11.345 | 64,6% |
| 4 | 3 | Toyota Sienta | 15.699 | 14.577 | 7,7% |
| 5 | 4 | CMC Veryca | 14.376 | 13.414 | 7,2% |
| 6 | 7 | Toyota Yaris | 12.791 | 12.052 | 6,1% |
| 7 | 5 | Honda HR-V | 10.159 | 13.399 | -24,2% |
| 8 | 13 | Toyota Vios | 9.290 | 8.569 | 8,4% |
| 9 | 11 | Mitsubishi Delica | 8.732 | 9.741 | -10,4% |
| 10 | 24 | Mazda CX-5 | 8.668 | 4.595 | 88,6% |
| 11 | 6 | Nissan Tiida | 8.489 | 12.222 | -30,5% |
| 12 | 12 | CMC Zinger | 8.151 | 9.469 | -13,9% |
| 13 | 9 | Nissan Livina | 8.050 | 10.394 | -22,6% |
| 14 | 10 | Mazda3 | 7.930 | 10.047 | -21,1% |
| 15 | 17 | Mercedes C Class | 7.709 | 6.481 | 18,9% |
| 16 | 29 | Lexus NX | 6.928 | 3.809 | 81,9% |
| 17 | 15 | Nissan X-Trail | 6.874 | 7.505 | -8,4% |
| 18 | 31 | Volkswagen Tiguan | 6.122 | 3.588 | 70,6% |
| 19 | 25 | Mercedes GLC | 5.561 | 4.479 | 24,2% |
| 20 | 14 | Ford Kuga | 5.531 | 7.551 | -26,8% |
| 21 | 19 | Nissan Sentra | 5.406 | 5.899 | -8,4% |
| 22 | 21 | Mercedes E Class | 5.149 | 5.245 | -1,8% |
| 23 | 28 | Honda Fit | 4.851 | 4.108 | 18,1% |
| 24 | 18 | Toyota Camry | 4.695 | 6.184 | -24,1% |
| 25 | 16 | Ford Focus | 4.617 | 7.141 | -35,3% |
| 26 | 43 | Toyota C-HR | 4.603 | 2.481 | 85,5% |
| 27 | 22 | Lexus RX | 4.526 | 4.915 | -7,9% |
| 28 | 23 | Mitsubishi Outlander | 4.502 | 4.709 | -4,4% |
| 29 | 33 | Mitsubishi Colt Plus | 4.402 | 3.274 | 34,5% |
| 30 | 72 | Suzuki Swift | 4.094 | 1.268 | 222,9% |
| 31 | 20 | Luxgen U6 Turbo | 4.033 | 5.767 | -30,1% |
| 32 | 30 | Hyundai Elantra | 4.032 | 3.794 | 6,3% |
| 33 | 34 | Subaru Forester | 3.937 | 3.196 | 23,2% |
| 34 | 35 | Mazda CX-3 | 3.649 | 3.187 | 14,5% |
| 35 | 26 | Hyundai Tucson | 3.295 | 4.284 | -23,1% |
| 36 | 37 | Mitsubishi Canter | 3.180 | 3.064 | 3,8% |
| 37 | 27 | BMW 5 Series | 3.051 | 4.211 | -27,5% |
| 38 | 40 | Suzuki Carry | 2.940 | 2.698 | 9,0% |
| 39 | 32 | Suzuki Vitara | 2.887 | 3.548 | -18,6% |
| 40 | 38 | Luxgen U5 | 2.874 | 2.964 | -3,0% |
| 41 | 47 | Honda Odyssey | 2.859 | 2.369 | 20,7% |
| 42 | 36 | Volkswagen Golf | 2.801 | 3.125 | -10,4% |
| 43 | 193 | Nissan Kicks | 2.680 | - | |
| 44 | 46 | Lexus ES | 2.487 | 2.394 | 3,9% |
| 45 | 42 | BMW 3 Series | 2.339 | 2.682 | -12,8% |
| 46 | 39 | Honda City | 2.214 | 2.760 | -19,8% |
| 47 | 116 | Ford Escort | 2.148 | 471 | 356,1% |
| 47 | 44 | Mitsubishi Lancer | 2.148 | 2.456 | -12,5% |
| 48 | 193 | Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross | 2.060 | - | |
| 49 | 193 | Hyundai Porter | 2.029 | - | |
| 50 | 41 | Nissan March | 1.927 | 2.689 | -28,3% |
