Thailand International Motor Expo 2009 Sales Results: Day 1

The 2009 Thailand International Motor Expo is underway, and sales results from the first day have been tallied. Overall the results aren't exactly fantastic with a mere 931 cars sold, but it's early days with the show running until 13th December.

Read on for the highlights from the first day of sales, complete with a few images.

The Good

No surprises at the top of the sales chart with Toyota selling 187 new vehicles, and Honda close behind with 167. Chevrolet will also be pleased with 104 takers. Most interesting for me is that Proton managed to shift 80 units, just shy of Mazda with 88. As yet there is no breakdown of sales by model, but I would be interested to know how many of the new Exora were sold. (I haven't reported on this car yet, but you can find out about the Thai launch on Paul Tan's excellent blog.)

Mitsubishi, with 64 sales, was the only other brand to have moved more than 50 vehicles. No doubt helped by the recent launch of the Lancer EX. The Lancer was long overdue for a refresh.

The Not So Good

Hyundai might well be pleased with their 34 sales. Likewise BMW did nicely with 24 cars which is not at all bad for a premium maker, but Isuzu with just 45 units, and Nissan with just 23 will probably be hoping for better.

The Bad

That rounds out the numbers for the mainstream brands. After that things become a very mixed bag. Probably the most interesting of the bad results are Volvo with a 0, and Ford with only 12 sales, with even the new Fiesta not able to boost interest.

Anyway, if these numbers get you all excited then you can get all the results each day on the Motor Expo Site. I won't be reporting on them again until the final totals are in sometime on the 13th December.

If anyone has been to the show, comments would be welcome. Any good deals? Why are Proton doing so well? Did the Volvo salespeople forget to bring their calculators?

I'll leave you with this image from the lonely Volvo exhibit.