New vehicle sales in Vietnam soar 19.2% year-on-year in May to 53,359 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 33.2% to 276,013. Local EV powerhouse VinFast (+69.7%) continues to evolve in a league of its own at 36.6% share, albeit below the record 40.9% it hit last month. Toyota (-0.2%) is stable at 10.5% share, followed by Thaco-Kia (+19.6%) and Hyundai (-3.5%). Ford (-13.8%) is in difficulty at #5 whereas Mitsubishi (+43.2%) surges below. Lexus (+105.4%) and Honda (+26%) also make themselves noticed.
Model-wise, VinFast monopolises the Top 5 again and places the new Limo Green at the top for the third straight month and the 6th time in the past 7 months. The VF 3 (+20.8%) and VF 5 (-19.7%) complete a podium identical to April and YTD. The new MPV 7 overtakes the VF 6 (+20.2%) to rank #4 overall. The best of the rest is the Toyota Yaris Cross (+33.3%), with the Mitsubishi Xpander (+12.4%) in tow. The VinFast EC Van ranks #9 for its first Top 10 appearance at home.
Full May 2026 Top 18 All brands and Top 66 All models below.
Note: The brands ranking includes medium and heavy commercial vehicles, the models ranking does not. Some brands donβt share model detail such as Lexus, BMW, Mini and Peugeot.
Wholesales in Indonesia are up 14.2% year-on-year in May to 69,219 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 13.3% to 359,015. Meanwhile retail sales jump 17.2% to 71,890 for the month and are up 9.3% year-to-date to 359,490.
In the wholesales brands ranking, Toyota (+18.3%) beats the market to a splendid 35.9% market share vs. 31% so far this year. Daihatsu (-0.2%) stays at its traditional 2nd place while Suzuki (+55.8%) overtakes Mitsubishi (-12.4%) in the YTD charts. Newcomer Jaecoo breaks into the Top 5 for the first time at #5. Geely (+353.6%) sports the biggest YoY gain in the Top 15 and cracks the Top 10 for the first time at #10. BYD (-68%) endures a rare month off and dives to #14 vs. #5 in April.
As for retail sales, Toyota (+6%) is more measured to 29.7% share, ranking ahead of Daihatsu (+25.3%), Suzuki (+30.8%) and Mitsubishi (+7.3%). Honda (-23.1%) sinks to #5 while Jaecoo is up two spots to #6. BYD (+9.6%) is actually up here at #7 with 4% share.
In the models charts (wholesales), the Toyota Kijang Innova (+28.7%) is head and shoulders above the competition at 9.6% share vs. 6.5% YTD, the nameplateβs highest since last September. The Suzuki New Carry Pikap (+61.6%) is also up one spot on last month to #2, followed by Aprilβs leader the Daihatsu Gran Max Pikap (+8.6%). The Toyota Avanza (+3.8%) stays at #4 ahead of the new Jaecoo J5 up one rank to #5. The Toyota Hilux (+217.6%) and Veloz (+99.5%) also impress below.
The Proton Saga is the best-selling vehicle in Malaysia in May.
Itβs a difficult month for new car sales in Malaysia with May volumes off -10.7% year-on-year to 66,053. The year-to-date tally remains in positive, just, at +0.07% to 335,853. Perodua (-22%) skids down to 37.1% share vs. 38.9% year-to-date and 42.5% a year ago in May 2025. In contrast other local carmaker Proton (+26.6%) jumps to 24.4% share vs. 17.2% last year. The Top 7 brands are unchanged on April and YTD, with Toyota (-13.3%), Honda (-37.8%) and Omoda Jaecoo (+16.3%) rounding out the Top 5 ahead of Mitsubishi (+6.5%) and Mazda (+50.4%). Jetour (+1263.4%) celebrates one year in market with a record 8th place while newcomer iCaur is up to a best ever #13.
Model-wise, the Proton Saga (+37%) lodges its second win of the year after last January with 11.1% share. The Perodua Bezza (-22.7%) is in trouble at #2 but remains in the lead year-to-date. The Perodua Axia (-21.3%), Myvi (-28.9%) and Alza (-34.1%) complete the Top 5, all in a rut. Meanwhile the Proton S70 (+34.2%) aka Geely Emgrand is up to #6 ahead of the Proton e.MAS 7 (+141%) aka Geely EX5 up 9 spots on April to #7. The new Perodua Traz slides down three ranks to #12 with fellow newcomers the Toyota Yaris Cross (#15), Proton e.MAS 5 (#16) and Jetour T2 (#22) in tow.