VW Up! * See Japan's best-selling imports by clicking on the title! * Volkswagen released its new Up! in Japan on October 1. Three weeks on, orders for the mini car have just reached 3,000. The Nikkei thinks the Up! “may beat the Golf to become the German automaker’s most successful…
Ford Focus * Click on the title to see the full article! * With most September data now in, it’s time for our much anticipated monthly rendezvous: the World roundup, now in its 7th instalment. Last month the Subaru XV made the headlines by toppling the VW Golf in Switzerland. In…
Suzuki Wagon R * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Sales of new Kei cars are up 7% year-on-year in September to 158,208, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,571,616 units, up 41% on 2011. For the first time since September 2011, the Suzuki Wagon R,…
Ford Focus * NOW UPDATED with the Top 283 All-models ranking! Click on title to see * The diplomatic tensions between China and Japan over the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands had a huge impact on the Chinese new car market this month. For the first time in 2012, passenger cars are down year-on-year at…
BMW 3 Series * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Imports sales in Japan are published every Quarter by a separate organisation, the Japan Automobile Importers Association. 26,510 new imported passenger cars were sold in September, up 2% year-on-year and bringing the year-to-date total…
Nissan Note * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After being in negative for 12 consecutive months from September 2010 to August 2011, then in positive for 12 months in a row also from September 2011 to August 2012, the Japanese market is down…
Toyota Auris * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * As usual after exploring the passenger car Top 30 and the Kei car Top 20 in Japan, we have a more detailed look at overall August sales split by version and…
Subaru XV * Click on the title to see the full article! * With most August data now out in the open, it’s time for our much awaited monthly rendezvous: the World roundup, now in its 6th instalment. Last month all eyes were on Ukraine where the Geely CK notched…
Suzuki Wagon R and Wagon R Stingray * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Sales of kei cars are up 22% year-on-year in Japan to 138,405 units, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,413,410 registrations, up 46% on 2011. The Honda NBOX is the most popular…
Toyota Porte and Spade * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Now that government subsidies are running out, the explosive grow the Japanese new car market has experienced in the last few months is coming to an end, but there is no crash landing…
Mitsubishi Mirage * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * Note this is not August 2012 sales figures yet, but a more detailed look at overall July sales of both passenger and Kei cars split by version, to see how the…
The Toyota Corolla launched in 1966 and became #1 in Japan in 1969. * The direct links to 45 Japan Historical posts are below Japan Historical Data back to 1969 is now available. From 1996 onwards there is now a detailed Year-end Top 30 models ranking and links to absolutely…
Honda NBOX * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Kei car sales are up 40% year-on-year in Japan in June to 184,582 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,275,005 units, up 49% on 2011. The Honda NBOX confirms it is the favourite car in the…
Toyota Corolla Axio * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Japanese new car market is up another massive 36% year-on-year to 328,543 registrations, once again due to the combined effects of government subsidies and a lower, tsunami-affected base in 2011. Subaru (+65%) and…
VW Beetle * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Imports sales in Japan are published every Quarter by the Japan Automobile Importers Association, and over the first 6 months of 2012, 150,668 imported new cars found a buyer in the country, up 15% on…