Thailand car production rises 8.6% on year in December, seen up 3% in 2026
Honda cars are seen in the production line at the new Honda plant in Prachinburi, Thailand, May 12, 2016. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
BANGKOK, Jan 28 : Car production in Thailand in December rose 8.56 per cent from a year earlier while domestic car sales also jumped due to growing demand for electric vehicles, the Federation of Thai Industries said on Wednesday.
For the whole of 2025, car production dipped 0.9 per cent to about 1.455 million units, the federation said.
Car production is expected to rise by 3 per cent to 1.5 million units this year, including 550,000 units for domestic sales and the rest for exports, Surapong Paisitpatanapong from the Federation of Thai Industries' auto club, told a news conference.
Thailand is Southeast Asia's biggest auto production centre and an export base for some of the world's top carmakers, including Toyota and Honda.
Thailand's domestic auto sales jumped 39.07 per cent on the year in December and rose 8.47 per cent to 621,166 units for the whole of 2025.
Car exports increased 11.29 per cent year on year in December but dropped 8.19 per cent to 935,750 vehicles in the year as a whole, the federation said.
