Toyota Vietnam sees record sales in 2015

Toyota Motor Vietnam Co., Ltd sold 51,246 vehicles in 2015, an all-time record sales figure of the automobile manufacturer in its 20-year operation in Vietnam, the company announced on January 9.
Toyota Vietnam sees record sales in 2015 ảnh 1Vios model takes the crown as top selling brand in the year. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - Toyota Motor Vietnam Co., Ltd (TMV) sold 51,246 vehicles in 2015, an all-time record sales figure of the automobile manufacturer in its 20-year operation in Vietnam, the company announced on January 9.

TMV said that the sales in 2015 posted a year-on-year increase of 24.4 percent and increased the accumulative sales to 357,021 units.

The Vios model took the crown as top selling brand with 13,761 cars sold, doubling the figure in 2014. Corolla, a line of subcompact and compact cars, also recorded a year-on-year rise of 10 pecent with 5,926 cars.

Some 4,679 customers chose Camry, making accumulative sales of this model escalate to over 42,300 cars.

Meanwhile, Innova and Fortuner also made great contribution to Toyota’s car sales in 2015 with 9,985 and 9,780 units, up 28 percent and 14 percent, respectively, from 2014.

Sales of the completely-built-up (CBU) imported cars, distributed by the TMV, stood at 6,150 units, up 21 percent from 2014. Yaris took the lead with 2,796 units, followed by Hilux with 1,597 units.-VNA

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