Final yr, Tesla CEO Elon Musk predicted that the Mannequin Y would turn out to be the world’s greatest promoting automobile in 2023. Whereas the assertion was thought of a lofty aim on the time, it seems that the electrical SUV was the very best promoting automobile worldwide in Q1, marking the primary electrical automobile in historical past to high international gross sales charts.
The Tesla Mannequin Y was the very best promoting automobile on the earth within the first quarter of 2023, based on JATO Dynamics information from 53 markets and official information from 31 different key markets, together with estimates for the remainder of the world (h/t Motor1). The information, as penned by JATO analyst Felipe Munoz for Motor1, exhibits that demand grew for the electrical SUV heading into the yr, aided by Tesla value cuts and rising enlargement worldwide.
In response to the information, Tesla offered 267,200 Mannequin Y items in Q1, representing a 69 p.c enhance yr over yr. Following the Mannequin Y have been 4 Toyota autos — the Corolla, the Hilux pickup, the RAV4, and the Camry, in that order. The Toyota Corolla offered 256,400 items, whereas the Hilux pickup truck offered 214,700 items. Subsequent was the RAV4 with 211,000, after which the Camry with 166,200.
Munoz notes that the distinction between the 2 high autos’ Q1 gross sales just isn’t very huge, so it’s robust to say what could occur by the top of this yr.
The Tesla Mannequin Y carried out notably nicely in three markets in Q1: China, the US, and Europe. Comparatively, the Corolla’s Q1 gross sales present a roughly 29% drop within the Chinese language market, and a ten% drop within the US. The present era of the Corolla was launched in March 2018, whereas the Mannequin Y debuted only a yr later in March 2019. So, the highest two greatest promoting automobiles on the earth will not be that totally different in age on this era of them — after all, that is the Mannequin Y’s first era whereas the Corolla has been round for many years.
Final yr, Tesla offered 747,500 Mannequin Y items throughout 152 markets, marking a 91% enhance from 2021. This landed the electrical SUV the third spot on the top-selling autos record in 2022, behind the Toyota RAV4 and Toyota Corolla, which had 1,015,500 and 991,500 gross sales, respectively.
It’s value noting that the Mannequin Y isn’t accessible in each market around the globe at this level, whereas the Corolla is on the market nearly in every single place. He provides that this reality may make the Corolla much less vulnerable to any geopolitical points between China and the US than the Mannequin Y. Moreover, the Hilux is taken into account the best choice in rising economies — in lots of instances, these are locations the place the Mannequin Y isn’t accessible. These international locations, Munoz notes, make up a couple of fifth of worldwide automobile gross sales.
Regardless, the Mannequin Y appears to be on the up and up because the world shifts towards electrical autos. Whereas Musk was technically proper concerning the Mannequin Y for the primary quarter of the yr, the remainder of 2023 shall be telling as as to if the SUV may earn the best-selling title for the yr as an entire.
Initially revealed on EVANNEX, by Peter McGuthrie.
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