Top 10 Best Selling Foreign Cars in Japan
Japanese people seem to generally like domestic automobiles, and the share of foreign cars in Japan is small.
Based on the statics of JAIA (Japan Automobile Importers Association), the number of newly registered imported cars (2021: 344,552 units) has continued to be flat for the past 10 years.
The number includes Japanese cars manufactured abroad and imported back to Japan, and the proportion in the fiscal year 2021 is about 24.6 percent (2021: 84,800 units).
But foreign brand automobiles are considered fashionable in Japan, and some people repeatedly purchase them.
Foreign Cars in Japan
As seen in this online news article, those Japanese foreign car lovers tend to choose Mercedes Benz.
The article talks about the rankings of imported car sales in the first half of 2021, according to which the top 10 most popular foreign car brands in Japan are as follows.
- Mercedes Benz (previous year #1)
- BMW (#3)
- VW (#2)
- Audi (#4)
- Mini (#5)
- Volvo (#6)
- Peugeot (#8)
- Jeep (#7)
- Renault (#10)
- Porsche (#9)
By the way, based on the registered number by model, the top 10 best selling foreign cars in the first half of 2021 are
- BMW Mini
- VW Golf
- BMW 3 Series
- VW T-Roc
- VW T-Cross
- Jeep Wrangler
- VW Polo
- Volvo 60 Series
- Mercedes Benz A-Class
- Volvo 40 Series
