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,…
Subaru Levorg * See the Top 30 models and Top 13 local brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Stephen * New regular car sales are down 5% year-on-year in Japan in August to reach their lowest monthly volume since the Tohoku earthquake of March 2011 at 206,606 registrations. The…
Suzuki Hustler * See the Top 33 models and Top 8 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Stephen* Sales of new Kei cars in Japan are down a harsh 15% year-on-year in August to 126,865 registrations, however the year-to-date total is still up by a healthy 9% on 2013 to…
Suzuki Hustler * See the Top 35 models and Top 8 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Stephen * For the first time in 13 months, sales of new Kei cars in Japan are down year-on-year in July at -7% to 174,374 units, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,409,578 units, up…
Subaru Levorg * See the Top 30 models and Top 14 local brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Stephen * Sales of regular cars in Japan are up a shy 0.6% year-on-year in July to 285,886 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 2,056,488 units, up 7% on 2013. Given…
Audi A3 Sedan * NOW UPDATED with the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 56 brands! Thanks Stephen * New car imports are the most affected by the April 1 tax increase in Japan with sales down 16% year-on-year in June to 24,364 registrations but still up 8% year-on-year over…
Honda Vezel * NOW UPDATED with the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 13 brands! * Regular passenger vehicles sales in Japan are down slightly from 2013 (-1.8%) to 229,037 registrations but still up year-to-date (+7.2%) at 1,554,597 units. This month the Toyota Aqua puts an end to 3 consecutive months…
Daihatsu Copen * NOW UPDATED with the Top 33 best-selling models and Top 8 brands! Thanks Stephen * Sales of new Kei cars are up 2% year-on-year in June to 187,384 units and 15% year-to-date to an all-time high 1,235,204 registrations, with the Daihatsu Tanto keeping the lead for the 7th consecutive…
Daihatsu Tanto * See the Top 32 All-models and Top 8 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Stephen * It turns out the national tax hike implemented on April 1 is benefiting Kei cars sales: they are up another 5% year-on-year in May to 156,464 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total…
Honda Vezel * See the Top 30 models and Top 13 All-local brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Stephen * Analysts had predicted a steep year-on-year decline in May as a result of an increase in Japan’s national sales tax that took effect on April 1. Not so. The…
Daihatsu Tanto * See the Top 33 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * In spite of the national tax sales hike valid from April 1 onwards, the Kei cars market in Japan is up 3% year-on-year this month to 156,362 registrations, almost as much as the regular car market (188,864)!…
Toyota Voxy * See the Top 30 models & Top 13 local brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Stephen * An increase in Japan's national sales tax took effect on April 1 and analysts predict Q2 2014 new car sales in the country will be down 18% as a result.…