Best Selling Cars Around The Globe: What The Indonesians Bought In 2012

wow. You couldn't be more wrong amici. They have a strong presence in many smaller markets, but they're bit players in most big developing markets like BRICK, Turkey etc. Indonesia is an exception. Toyota is too rich for us poor underdeveloped folk.

@Marcelo de Vasconcellos Yeah, Toyota is big in South East Asia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, etc. basically countries that were used to be part of the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" back from the Empire of Japan era, i.e. World war II. I guess they just continue on with the program after the war, and planted their claws in early in those countries. But places like South America seem to have been neglected by them (maybe they're too far from Japan?), so they're a minor player there today.

@MrWhopee Hey MrWhopee! Actually, Toyota's first factory out of Japan was in Brazil. The problem is that at that factory all they did (and for a princely sum) a Land Cruiser for 40 yrs while others started developing their own cars and factories. Toyota just watched, and wathched and watched some more. Now they have to play catch up. It's one of the greatest mysteries of industrial/auto history in Brazil. The Japanese were here relatively early, they have a sizeable chunk of oriundi, yet they took it sssoooooo slow. Never has a satisfactory answer been given. Maybe they were too busy building up their GEACPS or a presence in North America?

@Marcelo de Vasconcellos Hi Marcelo! Now that was interesting. Build nothing but Land Cruisers for 40 years? I suppose if it was FJ40 or the FJ55 it might make some sense, and as the tooling paid off, lower the price, and make it sort of "people's car". It might become the default choice for the less developed areas. Of course as Brazil becomes developed and more and more of its people started living in the cities, the model lineup would have to be adjusted. But way back then, seem to be a good choice for product to sell... Hell, I can still see those cars being a good choice for certain developing country with poor road network... Of course today's land cruisers are vehicles of very limited market, just like Range Rovers.