| Thailand’s automotive industry is growing like gangbusters in 2012, with makers left and right shattering performance records. The country’s automobile production for January to June reached 1.06 million units, marking robust growth of 30.5% compared with the corresponding period of last year. Auto sales in the domestic market zoomed to a total of 606,523 vehicles in the first half, up a whopping 40.4 % y-o-y, with many car brands seeing 1H growth nearly double. Exports shot up by 14% to 456,869 units. |
