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Avid’s 2019 sales lift industry’s grand total above 410,000 target

Although the Association of Vehicle Importers and Distributors (AVID) posted a 12 percent sales growth in December 2019, versus the same month in 2018 by selling 8,089 units, its full year sales of 87,984 units were 0.5…

Avid caps off first half of 2017 with 6% growth

The Association of Vehicle Importers and Distributors posted a remarkable 6% growth in the first semester of 2017, pushing total sales to 48,348 units from 45,470 units over the same period in 2016.…

Sales of car firms up 65% in 2015

Vehicle importers and distributors ended 2015 on a high note as they posted a 65-percent surge in sales to 58,712 units. The sector’s performance was due to “the strong domestic demand condition as the country enjoys economic…

AVID hits triple-digit growth in Q3 2015

THE ASSOCIATION of Vehicle Importers and Distributors (Avid) sales skyrocketed to 100 percent for the third quarter of 2015, with total units sold hitting as high as 18,171 units from 9,102 units in Q3 2014. On a…

AVID welcomes Suzuki PH

THE ASSOCIATION of Vehicle Importers and Distributors (AVID), a nonprofit business association of automotive importers and distributors founded in July 2010, welcomed Suzuki Philippines Inc., the exclusive distributor of Suzuki vehicles in the country, as an official…

PH auto industry is shooting for 310,000 sales in 2015

The first half of 2015 was an eventful, confidence-boosting episode for the Philippine automotive industry. First, there was the release of the long-awaited Comprehensive Automotive Resurgence Strategy (CARS) by the Department of Trade and Industry in March.…

Imported vehicle sales in PH seen rising by 20%

MANILA, Philippines–Local vehicle importers are targeting a 20-percent growth in sales this year, due to an expected surge in demand for small cars and small sports utility vehicles. In 2014, members of the Association of Vehicle Importers…

2014 signals major changes in auto industry

From January to November 2014, the Philippine automotive industry sold 213,427 units, reflecting a 30-percent surge over the same period in 2013. …

Avid: In its fourth year of championing of a level playing field

In July four years ago, the Association of Vehicle Importers and Distributors (Avid) was founded by eleven car companies that do not assemble motor vehicles in the Philippines and were therefore relegated to nonvoting associate membership in…