Honda StepWGN * See the Top 60 All-brands, Top 30 regular vehicles and Top 35 kei cars by clicking on the title * This Japan update was prepared in collaboration with Stephen Bloom. The big news in Japan in April is the tax rate hike on kei cars to align them with the…
The Mazda Demio is up to #5 among regular vehicles. * See the Top 60 All-brands, Top 30 regular vehicles, Top 35 kei cars & Top 20 imports * The first quarter of 2014 saw record sales in Japan due to an impending tax increase, so the 2015 market is not a pretty…
Mazda CX-3 * See the Top 55 brands, 30 regular cars, Top 36 All-kei cars & Top 15 imports by clicking on the title * Analysis written in cooperation with Stephen Bloom. After dropping by 15% in February, March Japanese new car sales reduce their fall slightly at -11% overall to…
First month of sales for the Mazda CX-3 in Japan. * See the Top 30 best-selling cars, kei cars and Top 54 All-brands by clicking on the title * Analysis written in cooperation with Stephen Bloom February sales remain well below last year’s pre-tax increase level, but they were a bit…
Nissan X-Trail, Mazda CX-5, Toyota Harrier - SUV sales surged 62% in 2014 in Japan. * See the Top 189 All-local models by clicking on the title * Today at BSCB we can share with you an exclusive All-local models ranking by variant (Corolla Axio and Corolla Fielder separated for…
Toyota Aqua X-URBAN * Discover the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 53 All-brands. Thanks Stephen * The first quarter of 2014 saw record sales in Japan due to an impending tax increase. Consequently, January 2015 sales are well below (-19%), with imports faring the best at -14.5% and KEI cars…
The Daihatsu Tanto is the best-selling vehicle in Japan in 2014. * See the Top 60 brands, Top 30 models, Top 40 Kei cars and Top 20 imports by clicking on the title * At the start of 2014, JAMA's forecast for the Japanese new car market was a 10%…
Honda Grace After a very turbulent year the Japanese auto market ends 2014 on a positive note, ending 5 consecutive months of YOY declines up 2% in December. Kei sales are pulling the market up at a massive +18.5% in December. In the "traditional" models ranking, the big news this month…
Mercedes C-Class * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title * In a market down 11%, imports are up a robust 2% year-on-year in Japan to 35,238 deliveries for a 17.8% market share. A complete brands rankings will be published in the Full Year 2014 updates,…
Daihatsu Wake * See the Top 30 best-selling cars, kei cars and Top 13 local brands by clicking on the title * November overall new car sales in Japan are down a depressing 9% year-on-year to to 416,139 units, the fifth consecutive month of decline. Most of the decrease comes from…
The Toyota Harrier is up to #8 at home this month. * See the Top 30 best-selling models and All-local brands by clicking on the title! * Note this article also contains KEI cars data below the jump. Thanks Stephen. Another month in the red for new passenger car sales…
7 million units later… (1997 Toyota Prius) Toyota confirmed it sold its 7 millionth hybrid vehicle worldwide in September, 17 years after first launching the Prius in Japan in 1997. The total includes 3.3 million sold in Japan, 2.5 million in the United States, 770,000 in Europe and more than…
Mazda Demio * See the Top 30 models and Top 13 local brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Stephen * The Japanese new car market is down 3% year-on-year in September to 315.326 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 2.578.420 units, up 4.5% on 2013. Model-wise, the Toyota Aqua remains…
Daihatsu Tanto * See the Top 33 All-models and Top 8 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Stephen * After losing ground for two months, sales of new Kei cars in Japan are back in positive in September: up 2.5% to 203.448 registrations and bringing the year-to-date total to…
Mercedes C-Class * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Stephen * Potentially the sign of a longer-term recovery, sales of imported cars in Japan are up year-on-year for the first time since the April 2014 tax hike at +3% in September to 32.810 registrations,…