Philippines Vehicle Sales : 2017

It's not that easy to get data from there as it isn't all collected by one body and I get the feeling some smaller car brands aren't even on the list below. Welcome to the Philippines. Enough of the compliments as we now delve into the data.

Sales were up 18%, due mainly to uncertainty over new vehicle tax for 2018. It's a protected market so unless one manufactures in the vicinity, forget about doing much or any business here in this industry. The Japanese brands are well established as you can see.

Top of the tree is Toyota, miles ahead of the competition. Then when you reach 8th, the numbers drop off a cliff, almost. As you get down, the Audi figure includes Porsche, Bentley and Lamborghini.

16	17	Make	2017	%	+/-		2016	%
1	1	Toyota	182,657	38.5%	16%		158,058	39.2%
2	2	Mitsubishi	71,001	15.0%	19%		59,480	14.8%
3	3	Hyundai	37,678	7.9%	12%		33,695	8.4%
4	4	Ford	36,623	7.7%	9%		33,688	8.4%
6	5	Honda	31,758	6.7%	37%		23,199	5.8%
5	6	Isuzu	30,086	6.3%	10%		27,361	6.8%
7	7	Nissan	24,995	5.3%	48%		16,897	4.2%
8	8	Suzuki	19,263	4.1%	34%		14,353	3.6%
10	9	GM	5,949	1.3%	0%		5,931	1.5%
11	10	Mazda	5,247	1.1%	28%		4,090	1.0%
9	11	Kia	5,186	1.1%	-29%		7,304	1.8%
12	12	Foton	4,257	0.9%	4%		4,081	1.0%
14	13	Hino	4,030	0.9%	40%		2,877	0.7%
13	14	Subaru	3,704	0.8%	21%		3,057	0.8%
15	15	Fuso	2,589	0.5%	35%		1,920	0.5%
17	16	Mercedes	1,644	0.3%	61%		1,022	0.3%
16	17	VW	1,363	0.3%	29%		1,060	0.3%
18	18	BMW	1,354	0.3%	33%		1,016	0.3%
20	19	Lexus	1,251	0.3%	87%		670	0.2%
-	20	Tata	561	0.1%	n/a		-
21	21	Audi	544	0.1%	13%		481	0.1%
19	22	Chrysler	501	0.1%	-31%		724	0.2%
22	23	Peugeot	374	0.1%	-20%		465	0.1%
25	24	BAIC	319	0.1%	22%		262	0.1%
26	25	MINI	250	0.1%	47%		170
28	26	Ssangyong	204		146%		83
23	27	Jinbei	187		-59%		453	0.1%
24	28	Man	182		-38%		292	0.1%
27	29	Volvo	122		31%		93
		Other	64				23
		Total	473,943		18%		402,805

Data source: CAMPI, TMA & AVID.