The Honda Fit hits its highest ranking at home in over 5 years at #2. Apart from school closures, international travel bans and of course the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, as of March 31 Japan had been relatively unscathed by the COVID-19 pandemic, even being hailed as…
The Honda N-WGN is up 116.5% year-on-year in Japan in February. New vehicle sales in Japan endure a 5th consecutive double-digit year-on-year decline in February at -10.3% to 430.185 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -10.9% to 790.288. Kei cars (-9.6%) resist slightly better this month at 161.883 while…
Could the Toyota Raize top the 2020 charts? Discover over 50 years of Japanese Historical Data here. The Japanese new vehicle market skids down -1.5% year-on-year in 2019 to 5.195.216 units, this annual drop entirely due to a typhoon-induced sales freefall during the last 3 months of the year: -24.2%…
The Suzuki Spacia is up 38% year-on-year in January, partly thanks to the addition of the Gear variant (pictured). New vehicle sales in Japan edge up 2.1% year-on-year in January to 407.975 units, yet strikingly the Top 4 brands all outpace the market, starting with local behemoth Toyota (+4.9%) leading…
The Nissan Note is the best-selling regular car in Japan in 2018. Consult over 50 years of Japanese Historical Data here. New vehicle sales in Japan edge up 0.7% to post a second consecutive year of gain at 5.272.067 units, the best result since 2014. Foreign models have helped: after…
The CX-8 (+173%) helps Mazda up 37.2% at home in November. Now updated with kei cars data It's another very dynamic month for new car sales in Japan, up 8.6% year-on-year in November to 441.943 units, lifting the year-to-date volume up 0.9% to 4.884.542. Brand leader Toyota (+4.8%) trails the…
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…
The Nissan Note is set to become only the second non-Toyota nameplate to rank #1 in 50 years. * Now updated with the Top 62 brands, Top 50 regular cars, Top 35 kei cars and Top 20 foreigners * After stretching its legs last year with a 9.2% surge, the…
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…
The Toyota Aqua scores its first back-to-back win since November 2015. * Now updated with Top 55 All-brands, Top 50 regular cars and Top 35 kei cars * The Japanese new car market edges down 1.7% year-on-year in May to 366.155 registrations, leading to a year-to-date volume down 1.1% to 2.278.716…
The Toyota Aqua is the best-selling regular car in Japan for the 1st time since last October. * Updated with the Top 33 kei cars, Top 50 All-brands and Top 50 regular cars * New light vehicle sales in Japan are back in positive in April at +3.2% year-on-year to 366.155…
The Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross breaks into its home Top 30 for its first full month of sales. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 55 All-brands, Top 50 regular cars, Top 33 kei cars and Top 20 foreigners * The Japanese new car market disappoints once again with a 6th consecutive year-on-year…
The Nissan Note posts a second concecutive month as #1 regular car in Japan. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 33 Kei cars, Top 50 All-brands and Top 50 cars * The Japanese new car market slips down 2.2% year-on-year in February to 473.878 registrations, pulling the year-to-date tally further into negative at -1.5%…
Suzuki Spacia * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 8 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Stephen * Sales of new Kei cars in Japan are up a very impressive 17% year-on-year in October to 157,083 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,763,276 units, up 3% on 2012. The…
Daihatsu Move * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 8 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Sales of Kei cars are surprisingly up 1% year-on-year in January, even compared with a very high base one year ago. The Honda N-BOX tops the ranking for the 9th time in…