General Manager of Corporate Planning & Public Relations of PT Toyota Astra Motor, Widyawati, welcomed the positive outcome. "We hope that this good performance can continue in the following months. We are quite optimistic that sales will increase ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday later, "said Widyawati.
Toyota recorded an increase in sales both passenger and commercial segments.
In the compact car segment, Toyota posted sales of 17,324 units in January-May, 2013, or a market share of up to 58%. In the MPV segment, Toyota also dominates with a market share of 51.9%. MPV segment being a major contributor to Toyota's sales during the first five months of this year, with total sales of 116,981 units.
Achievement in the MPV segment, among others, thanks to Toyota Avanza which had total sales of 85,395 units, 29,342 units of the Toyota Kijang Innova, as well as Toyota's new flagship product in this segment, Toyota NAV1 many as 1,837 units.
In the 4×4 segment, Toyota posted total sales of 533 units and dominated the market in its class with a 64.1% market share, thanks to the Toyota product line up; Fortuner (4×4), Land Cruiser and FJ Cruiser.
Whereas in the commercial vehicle segment, Toyota posted total sales of 17,215 units in January-May 2013, grew 48.5% compared to the same period last year. Growth contributed pickup model 6,556 units, and commercial vehicle 2 tons 10,105 units.
