The Toyota Sienta is up to #2 this month. * See the Top 30 best-selling regular, kei cars & Top 55 All-brands by clicking on the title * This August update was created in collaboration with Stephen Bloom. The Japanese market is finally beginning to show some signs of recovering from…
41 Toyota Mirai found a new home in Japan in July. * See the Top 150 All-local models by clicking on the title * Today we can share with you very rare All-local models data for Japan. The first amendment to the July Top 30 regular cars we published earlier…
Toyota Sienta * See the Top 30 regular cars, kei cars and Top 55 brands by clicking on the title * Sales of new vehicles in Japan are down 8% year-on-year in June to 425.093 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 3.101.727 units, down 11% on 2014. New tax rates for…
Mercedes sales are up 19% year-on-year in Japan, earning it a spot in the Top 10. * See the Top 60 brands, Top 30 regular cars, Top 30 kei cars and Top 20 imports by clicking on the title * The Japanese new car market is suffering in this First Half of…
The Toyota Corolla is the 2nd best-selling passenger car in Japan for the 2nd straight month. * See the Top 60 brands, Top 30 regular cars, Top 30 kei cars and Top 20 imports by clicking on the title * This update was created in collaboration with Stephen Bloom. Sales…
Honda Shuttle * See the Top 60 All-brands, Top 30 regular cars, Top 35 kei cars by clicking on the title * Japan report prepared in collaboration with Stephen Bloom. Sales of new vehicles in Japan are down 8% year-on-year in May to 335.644 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 2.234.004…
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,…