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| #1 in Japan for the third month in a row |
Off Month Edition
Japan is a highly seasonal market, with April and May being the worst selling months of the year, but this April reached only 985 units, the worst performance of the last two years, for the record, in April '13, there were 1.364 units. An Off month? Let's wait and see.
All models suffered, but the Nissan Leaf (508 units sold) was the least affected, increasing some 300 units its advance over the #2, the Outlander PHEV. .
Looking at the manufacturers ranking, Nissan (47%) surpassed Mitsubishi (45%), but 2% share is nothing between these two, so it looks like the race will hard untill the end.
| Pl | Japan | April | 2014 | % | Pl '13 |
| 1 | Nissan Leaf | 508 | 4.853 | 47 | 1 |
| 2 | Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV | 226 | 3.890 | 38 | 2 |
| 3 | Toyota Prius Plug-In e) | 200 | 800 | 8 | 3 |
| 4 | Mitsubishi I-Miev | 18 | 441 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Mitsubishi Minicab Miev | 25 | 289 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Mitsub. Minicab Miev Truck | 8 | 71 | 1 | 6 |
| TOTAL | 985 | 10.344 | 100 |
e) Estimate
Source:http://evn.blog.eonet.jp; insideevs.com
