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In December, passenger cars grew rapidly with 7,368 vehicles, including 3,588 KIA cars, up more than 60% over the same period. This is the 7th consecutive month when KIA achieves over 3 thousand cars. KIA Morning continues to demonstrate its best-selling position when 1,704 cars were sold, 14,872 vehicles in the year, up 76%; KIA Cerato sales reached 716 cars, 6,776 cars for the whole year, up 56% compared to 2015; KIA Rio reached 441 cars in December, totally 4,000 cars throughout the year, up 12%. At the end of 2016, KIA had impressive sales of 32,680 vehicles, increasing by 55% compared to 2015.

Along with the continuous development of the new-generation SKYACTIV technology, consistent product and service development, the SKYACTIV and Kodo - Soul of Motion models continued to help Mazda maintain its growth in Vietnam market with 3,757 vehicles sold in December, up 38% over the same period in 2015. Accordingly, Mazda3 remains the most successful model when its sales reached 1,578 vehicles, 12,365 vehicles in the entire year, an increase of 107%; Mazda CX-5 kept its crown in the 5-seat CUV segment with 1,509 vehicles sold, 8,830 vehicles in the whole year, increasing 85%. At the end of 2016, Mazda sales reached 30,264 vehicles, up nearly 50% over the same period last year.

With three main models 208, 508 and 3008, the French Peugeot car brand continues to maintain its steady growth rate with 53 vehicles sold in December, reaching 626 vehicles throughout the year, up 16% compared to 2015.

In 2016, besides gaining success in the sales of 65,748 vehicles, up 56% compared to 2015, THACO passenger cars also made a strong impression with consumers when continually in the Top 10 best-selling models, KIA Morning, Mazda3, Mazda CX-5, KIA Cerato respectively ranked in positions 2, 4, 7 and 8. These are also the two customer favorite car brands in 2016 Vietnam Motor Show in Hanoi last October.

The sales of commercial vehicles in December were 2,979 vehicles, including 302 trucks and 2,677 buses, bringing the total sales to 47,099 vehicles in 2016, up 24%, including 43,787 trucks, an increase of 21%; especially, 2016 witnessed the tremendous growth of buses with 3,312 buses sold, an increase of 74%. Along with the investment and cooperation with foreign partners, focus on innovating and improving quality in order to produce new products in different vehicle segments and lines to meet the consumer needs, THACO commercial vehicles gradually assert their position in the auto market in general and the commercial vehicle market in particular.

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It can be said that the main factors that have the strongest impacts on the growth of THACO car sales in the past year are the company's thorough value chain from production and transport, logistics to distribution in the retail system; and the constant orientation to develop the manufacture and assembly of auto, components, and spare parts towards the participation in the global value chain. As a result, THACO is always able to control costs at the most appropriate level upon launching products to customers. In addition to price incentives, THACO always improves the value of its customer service by developing a system of showrooms / agents nationwide, constantly introduces to customers new products with excellence, high technology, and competitive prices under the pressures from the exchange rate of the market. Combining all these factors, in 2016, THACO has achieved the record sales of over 112,847 vehicles, 40% higher than last year, continued to maintain the No. 1 position in the Vietnam auto market, and exceeded the set target in the 2016.