VAMA members sold 70,952 vehicles in the first three months of 2021 (Photo: VNA) The figurecomprised 51,126 passenger cars, up 34 percent, 18,735 commercial vehicles, up 43percent, and 1,091 special-use vehicles, up 17 percent.
March auto sales byVAMA members grew 127 percent against February to 30,935.
Of these, 21,089 werepassenger cars, 9,227 commercial vehicles, and 619 special-use vehicles.
Sales ofdomestically-assembled vehicles rose 99 percent month-on-month to 70,952, whilethose of completely-built-up (CBU) vehicles increased 177 percent against Januaryto 13,795.
Thesefigures do not fully reflect the situation in Vietnam’s automobile market, however,as they do not include the sales of brands such as Audi, Jaguar Land Rover,Mercedes-Benz, Subaru, Volkswagen, and Volvo.
In March, TC Motor sold 6,807 vehicles whileVinFast sold 2,330, bringing the figure for the two brands in Q1 to 40,072.
TC Motor led all brands in March sales,followed by Toyota with 6,527, Kia with 3,745, Ford with 3,228, Mazda with2,606, and Honda with 2,486.
TheFord Ranger pickup truck was the bestseller in the month, with sales of 2,171,while the Hyundai Accent followed with 2,094.
Growthin auto sales during March was attributed to the launch of new and updated modelsand the introduction of promotions.
Vietnamhas also brought COVID-19 largely under control and a vaccination programme is nowunderway, while domestic tourism has reopened./.
VNA
