May. 24, 2001

Overall Sales Rise Again in April

 

Tokyo - TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) today announced the production, domestic registration and export results of TMC and subsidiary Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. for April 2001.

APRIL 2001 RESULTS
[Unit = 1 vehicle]
  Toyota Daihatsu Total
DOMESTIC
PRODUCTION
           
Passenger cars 223,093 (-2.5) 37,786 (1.5) 260,879 (-2.0)
Trucks & buses 35,009 (-4.8) 11,982 (-2.7) 46,991 (-4.3)
             
Total 258,102 (-2.9) 49,768 (0.5) 307,870 (-2.3)
DOMESTIC
REGISTRATIONS
           
Passenger cars 81,865 (-1.2) 30,338 (1.6) 112,203 (-0.4)
Trucks & buses 38,317 (4.9) 12,046 (-2.2) 50,363 (3.1)
             
Total 120,182 (0.7) 42,384 (0.5) 162,566 (0.6)
EXPORTS            
Passenger cars 118,352 (-16.8) 5,214 (-23.0) 123,566 (-17.1)
Trucks & buses 20,843 (-1.3) 890 (-34.8) 21,733 (-3.4)
             
Total 139,195 (-14.8) 6,104 (-25.0) 145,299 (-15.3)
OVERSEAS            
PRODUCTION 139,602 (6.0) 1,135 (-45.6) 140,737 (5.2)
WORLDWIDE            
PRODUCTION 397,704 (0.1) 50,903 (-1.4) 448,607 (-0.1)
Notes:
1. Domestic production: CBU + KD (on a domestic line-off base)
2. Domestic registrations: includes vehicles produced overseas
3. Overseas production: overseas production excluding KD (on a local line-off base)
4. Worldwide production: domestic production + overseas production
5. Figures in parentheses show year-on-year percentage change

April 2001 Highlights (year-on-year)
DOMESTIC PRODUCTION
Toyota
 Second consecutive month of decrease
Daihatsu
 First increase in three months
Toyota + Daihatsu
 Third consecutive month of decrease
DOMESTIC REGISTRATIONS
Toyota
 First increase in two months
 44.0% share of market excluding minivehicles
Daihatsu
 Third consecutive month of increase
 29.0% share of minivehicle market
Toyota + Daihatsu
 21st consecutive month of increase
 39.7% share of market including minivehicles
EXPORTS
Toyota
 Decrease due to reduced exports mainly to the U.S. and Europe
Daihatsu
 Decrease due to reduced exports mainly to Europe
Toyota + Daihatsu
 First decrease in two months
OVERSEAS PRODUCTION
Toyota
 First increase in three months due to greater production mainly at TMUK, NUMMI and TMMI
Daihatsu
 Decrease due to reduced production mainly in Indonesia
Toyota + Daihatsu
 First increase in three months
YEAR TO DATE
[Unit = 1 vehicle]
  Toyota Daihatsu Total
DOMESTIC
PRODUCTION
1,141,601 (-1.3) 224,445 (-1.6) 1,366,046 (-1.3)
DOMESTIC
REGISTRATIONS
627,490 (0.6) 205,481 (2.3) 832,971 (1.0)
EXPORTS 520,757 (-4.8) 22,409 (-17.0) 543,166 (-5.4)
OVERSEAS
PRODUCTION
582,972 (1.4) 4,001 (-44.1) 586,974 (0.8)
WORLDWIDE
PRODUCTION
1,724,573 (-0.4) 228,446 (-2.9) 1,953,020 (-0.7)
Notes:
1. Domestic production: CBU + KD (on a domestic line-off base)
2. Domestic registrations: includes vehicles produced overseas
3. Overseas production: overseas production excluding KD (on a local line-off base)
4. Worldwide production: domestic production + overseas production
5. Figures in parentheses show year-on-year percentage change