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Location· CityMETER · Thailand · August 2026

A vehicle-market snapshot begins with the selected brands

Registered Cars

Within the 12 selected brands for August 2026, the view displays 2,671 first registrations, including 602 Tesla Model 3 records. The example makes the comparison base tangible: a brand or model share begins with the selected set and period, then informs a market or service enquiry.

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CityMETER: Registered Cars
Brand · model · period

Thailand · August 2026 · inspected on 10 October 2026 · first registrations within 12 selected brands · retain the selected vehicle types when comparing.

Data period
Month and year · selections from 2020
Level of detail
First registrations · province · selected types and brands
Publisher
Department of Land Transport

Give the market question a defined set

A vehicle-marketing or service team needs to define the set it is studying. Month, brand and vehicle type narrow the enquiry into something comparable. In this August example, Tesla Model 3 is one model with a clearly displayed count. The next investigation concerns registration patterns in the periods and provinces relevant to the assignment, using a consistent selection. This makes a difference between views explainable. Colleagues can see which records entered the comparison instead of treating a figure from one selected set as if it answered every question about the market.

Move from a model to the relevant province

Brand, model and period selections allow a more specific enquiry than a single total. A team might want to study the vehicles relevant to a particular service across selected provinces. Once that question is defined, retain the counts and brand set used for each province. Contact with local people then begins from a clearly described group of vehicles and a period. The enquiry can focus on the service questions worth investigating, with registration records supplying a consistent reference for choosing where and with whom to begin.

The comparison changes when the selection changes

The 2,671 registrations form the base of this selected example. Adding or removing brands changes the meaning of a share. When comparing months or places, keep the brand set consistent and retain the vehicle-type selection. This prevents a market discussion from drifting between figures that look comparable but came from different sets. It also makes the work repeatable: another person can open the same filters and understand why the result looks as it does. The selection becomes part of the evidence rather than an invisible choice made before the chart appeared.

Turn the snapshot into a research plan

Choose one question from the August snapshot that connects with the work, such as which models deserve closer study in a relevant province. Prepare the information needed for conversations with service providers or other people involved. Keep what those conversations establish separate from registration counts. The team can then see which knowledge came from the register and which came from field research. The useful result is a service-network study with an explicit place, vehicle group and next question, grounded in a comparison that another person can reproduce.

Explore your own place

Keep brands and vehicle types fixed, choose the months or provinces to compare, and frame the market enquiry around first registrations in that set.

Sources and reading notesPublisher, period, coverage and references

Reference checked

Data publisher
Department of Land Transport
Source
References Department of Land Transport first-registration statistics. Read the selected year, month, vehicle type, make and model with each result.
Data period
Month and year selections start in 2020; read the latest available month on the data view and state the selected brands when comparing shares.
Coverage
A Thailand summary view is visible; source coverage is not stated
Level of detail
First-time registration counts by province, period, selected vehicle types and brands

Further notes for comparison or citation

These are first-time registrations, not all vehicles in use. They do not establish purchasing power or travel behaviour.

Counts represent first-time registrations within the filters. Brand shares use selected records, not the active fleet, purchasing power or travel behaviour.

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