New vehicle sales in Taiwan slipped by 0.8% to 35,512 units in October from 35,810 units a year earlier, according to local industry sources.
Compared with the previous month, sales rose by 13.2% as buyers returned to the market after the 'ghost month', the seventh months after the lunar new year which is unpopular among superstitious consumers.
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Hotai Motor, the local Toyota and Lexus distributor, reported 9,427 sales last month to claim a 26.5% market share followed by Yulon Nissan with 3,569 sales and 10.1%.
China Motor Corporation, which distributes Mitsubishi vehicles, sold 3,459 units and Honda Taiwan 3,016 units.
Cumulative 10 month sales edged up by 0.7% to 362,016 units compared with 359,460 units in the same period of last year.
Hotai Motor expects volume to shrink by just over 2% this year to around 430,000 units from just under 440,000 units last year as the effects of the government's car scrappage incentives continue to wane.
