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…
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…
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%…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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.…