Toyota Vellfire * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The first half of 2011 was a traumatic time for Japan, devastated by an earthquake and tsunami with damage that will take years to rebuild. As a counterbalance the first 6 months of 2012 have…
Mazda CX-5 * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * At 317,152 units, Japanese passenger car sales are up 41% year-on-year in June, still off a low based as June 2011 sales were still disrupted by the after-effects of the tsunami that hit the country…
Toyota Aqua * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * NOTE This is not yet sales figures for June in Japan but a more detailed look at overall May sales of both passenger and Kei cars split by version, to see…
Honda NBOX * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Kei car sales in Japan are up 67% year-on-year in May to 157,584 registrations, partly due to a low May 2011 base and bringing the year-to-date total to 902,236 units, up 51% on 2011. Honda is…
Toyota Aqua * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Japan are up a massive 66% year-on-year in May to 236,366 registrations, the combined effect of government subsidies on environmentally friendly cars and a low May 2011 based linked to the…
Toyota Aqua * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * Once again thanks to Austin Rutherford I can share with you the detail of Japanese models sales by variant, including Kei cars. And for the third month in a row the…
Honda NBOX Custom (kinda looks like a warped Toyota Land Cruiser don't you think?) * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Kei car market once again behaves like the passenger car one this month, up 96% to 150,654 registrations due to the comparison with a…
Toyota 86 * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Japanese car sales are up a record 92% year-on-year in April to 208,977 however this is to be compared with the record low of April last year when the market was devastated by the after-effects…
Toyota Aqua * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * Thanks to Austin Rutherford I am able to share with you for the second month in a row the detail of Japanese models sales by variant, including Kei cars. And for…
Mercedes C-Class * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Imports sales in Japan are compiled by a different organisation, the Japan Automobile Importers Association, and they publish models data every Quarter. Over the first 3 months of 2011, Japanese consumers bought 84,234 imported cars,…
Daihatsu Mira Cocoa * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In line with the Passenger Car market, Kei car sales in Japan are up 60% year-on-year in March to 253,929 units. The Daihatsu Mira reaches what has to be its best monthly figure ever at…
Toyota Prius & Prius Alpha * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Japanese vehicles sales continue on their amazing run in this start of the year, up a huge 72% year-on-year in March to 497,959 registrations (this exclude Kei cars), bringing the year-to-date total…
Toyota Aqua * See the Top 75 best-selling Japanese models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * Thanks to the hard work of Austin Rutherford, I can now share with you a more detailed models ranking for Japan in February 2012, including break downs into different variants.…
Honda NBOX * See the 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Kei car sales are up 25% year-on-year in February to 186,413 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 339,070 units, up 27%. The Daihatsu Mira continues to dominate the category, leading the way for the 5th consecutive…
Toyota Aqua * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Boosted by subsidies on green cars, the Japanese market is up a massive 33% year-on-year in February and the Top 4 models see progressions of at least 48% year-on-year. The Toyota Prius beats its monthly…