Japan March 2014

Mitsu I-Miev as a japanese police car

Leaf and Butterfly Edition 

With 2.421 units registered, sales were a little behind expectations, especially if we look back a year ago, when sales reached 3.466 units, the main responsible for this less than stellar performance is the Outlander PHEV, scoring just 736 registrations, if we believe in the butterfly effect, this bad result could mean that the Mitsubishi SUV will have a super-month in April, somewhere in the world (Netherlands maybe?). 

Looking at the models ranking, the Nissan Leaf (1.201 units sold) is now head and shoulders in the leadership, with some 700 units above the #2, the Outlander PHEV.

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, Mitsubishi (47%) is still ahead of Nissan (46%), but 1% share is nothing between these two, so it looks like the race will be to the end.

Pl	Japan	March	2014	%	Pl '13
1	Nissan Leaf	1.201	4.345	46	1
2	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	736	3.664	39	2
3	Toyota Prius Plug-In e)	200	600	6	3
4	Mitsubishi I-Miev	130	423	5	4
5	Mitsubishi Minicab Miev	124	264	3	5
6	Mitsub. Minicab Miev Truck	30	63	1	6
	TOTAL	2.421	9.359	100

e) Estimate

Source:http://evn.blog.eonet.jp; insideevs.com