Mitsubishi Xpander sells twice as much as Toyota Veloz, Avanza
The new product effect helped the Toyota duo to sell more than 800 vehicles in March, but it was far behind the leading name, Xpander.
MPV . segment from March becomes more exciting when Toyota Vietnam sold two new models, the Veloz Cross and the Avanza Premio. Along with Innova, Toyota has 3 products in the family car group with the price of less than one billion dong, the most in the market.
Veloz Cross and Avanza Premio All imported from Indonesia, sharing the same chassis. With a new design that is younger and more modern than the previous Avanza and Rush, the duo is expected to solve the problem thirst for market share MPV of the Japanese joint venture in 2022 and beyond. Innova used to dominate this segment for a long time, but the appearance of Mitsubishi Xpander from 2018 turned the order upside down.
In March, the first month of sales, Veloz had 649 cars delivered to customers, Avanza’s number was 183 vehicles. Total sales of the two Toyota models reached 832 units, about half of the Xpander (1,622 vehicles). Toyota’s target for the two new models is about 1,500 vehicles per month on average.
Xpander at its factory in Binh Duong. Image: Mitsubishi
The pressure of Toyota’s new MPV duo is not small for Mitsubishi Xpander, the model will have an upgrade in 2022, but the specific time is unknown. More than 1,600 cars in March is Xpander’s highest sales since the beginning of the year, helping this model to rank in the top 6 best sellers in the whole market.
At the end of the first quarter, sales of the main car model of Mitsubishi more than 3,800 vehicles, continuing to dominate the segment with a market share of about 53%. Xpander has a large interior, young design, has a lower price than Veloz Cross, and at the same time is not sold “beer with peanuts” like competitors.
The appearance of Veloz Cross push Suzuki XL7 down to the 3rd position in the list of best-selling cars of the month. Car model of Suzuki sold 312 cars and accumulated from the beginning of the year more than 1,500 cars. XL7 has just had a slight upgrade and increased in price by 10 million dong from March. Suzuki also has Ertigathe model sold nearly 300 cars, more than the former king Innova (212 cars).
The small MPV segment in Vietnam currently has 7 products participating in the war. Of these, only Toyota Innova assembles domestically, the rest are imported from Indonesia. In the near future, Truong Hai will return the Kia Carens model instead of the old Rondo.
Thanh Nhan
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