Chevrolet sold 3,785 vehicles in Thailand last month, a 95% increase on January 2011, for market share of 4.96%, up from 2.8% a year earlier.
Overall industry sales grew 39.7% month on month and 11.5% year on year in January as the country recovered from last year’s floods.
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The figures, announced by Antonio Zara, head of General Motors Thailand/Southeast Asia and Chevrolet Sales (Thailand), help the brand maintain the momentum it built up in 2010 when sales were up 58% over 2009 at 31,600 and 4% share.
The Captiva was Thailand’s best-selling compact SUV in January and its 711 units gave it a segment share of 83%.
“This is definitely a very good start to the year,” said Zara. “There is still a long way to go but, based on the momentum of last year’s growth plus new and exciting products we’ll be introducing this year including entry into new market segments, I’m confident we will remain very competitive moving forward.”
A crew cab version of the new Colorado pickup truck is due on sale now and is expected to do well because of pent up demand following last year’s floods.
Chevrolet sales elsewhere in South East Asia were also strong at 4,766 units, up 78% year on year.
