The Toyota Sienta climbs back up to 2nd place among regular cars this month. * Now updated with the Top 55 All-brands, Top 50 regular cars and Top 33 All-kei cars * New vehicle sales in Japan soar 12.5% year-on-year in October to 418.992 units, the largest gain since June 2017…
Lexus sales surge 25.6% year-on-year in June. * Now updated with the Top 55 All-brands, Top 50 regular cars, Top 33 kei cars and Top 15 foreigners * The Japanese new car market posts an 8th year-on-year decline in the past 9 months in June, down a severe 5% to 453.765…
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 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…
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…
Mazda3 Axela * See the Top 327 models by clicking on the title! Thanks Carnewschina for the pricing info * As is the tradition on BSCB, after going through detailed sales figures for May, I spend a bit more time acknowledging the all-new entrants in the models ranking, to ensure you are across…
Did you know the Toyota Camry was also sold under the Daihatsu brand as the Altis in Japan? * See the Top 165 All-local models ranking by clicking on the title! Thanks Stephen * Thanks to Stephen I can share with you today the 2013 sales results of absolutely all…
The Toyota Aqua is #1 at year-end for the first time in Japan. * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 60 All-brands by clicking on the title! * * Check out 1969-2013 Japanese Historical Data here! * * There is now a Full Year 2013 Top 165 All-local…
The Nissan Dayz is the brand's new best-seller at home. * See the Top 160 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Eddie * For the first time this year, I can give you a complete ranking of the best-selling local models in Japan, but for…
Honda Freed Hybrid and Freed Spike Hybrid * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 13 local brands by clicking on the title! * The Japanese new car market slows down its fall in August to -6% year-on-year at 217,411 registrations. After giving up its throne to the Toyota…
Toyota Aqua * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Stephen * The Japanese new car market (ex-Kei cars) is down 13% year-on-year in July to 284,314 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,925,346 units, down 12% on 2012. Note imports are included…
The Honda N-One is the best performing all-new model in Japan, all categories combined. * See the Top 45 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * * This article has now been updated with an exclusive Top 50 brands ranking * After a somewhat artificial boost at…
Toyota Prius Alpha * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Stephen * The situation is getting frankly worse as the months go by for Japanese new Passenger Car sales, down 16% year-on-year in June to 266,913 registrations in spite of imports up…
Toyota Prius * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Stephen * The corner is not turned yet for Japanese new car sales, back down 7% year-on-year in May to 219,099 registrations, in spite of imports up 25% after gaining 35% in April.…
Toyota Prius * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Japanese new car market (ex-Kei cars) is back into positive territory in April, up 2% year-on-year to 213,165 registrations however this is solely due to the exceptional strength of imports, up 35% this month.…