Jan. 28, 2009

Toyota Announces Results for December 2008 and CY2008

 

Tokyo ― TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announces today its production, domestic sales and export results, including those for subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. and Hino Motors, Ltd., for December 2008 and the 2008 calendar year. TMC also issues today its CY2008 global sales results figures.

DECEMBER 2008 RESULTS Unit = one vehicle; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change
  Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total
PRODUCTION IN JAPAN *1        
  Passenger cars 220,307 (-25.9) 49,078 (-2.0) --- --- 269,385 (-22.4)
 Trucks & buses 23,868 (-16.1) 11,698 (-2.4) 5,167 (-40.2) 40,733 (-17.0)
Total 244,175 (-25.0) 60,776 (-2.1) 5,167 (-40.2) 310,118 (-21.8)
SALES IN JAPAN *2        
  Passenger cars 68,134 (-19.0) 31,665 (-1.2) --- --- 99,799 (-14.1)
 Trucks & buses 9,100 (-6.7) 8,255 (1.0) 2,664 (-24.6) 20,019 (-6.7)
Total 77,234 (-17.7) 39,920 (-0.7) 2,664 (-24.6) 119,818 (-12.9)
EXPORTS        
  Passenger cars 157,949 (-26.8) 5,044 (-63.7) --- --- 162,993 (-29.0)
 Trucks & buses 17,429 (-7.3) 1,506 (-33.1) 3,856 (-38.1) 22,791 (-16.5)
Total 175,378 (-25.2) 6,550 (-59.4) 3,856 (-38.1) 185,784 (-27.7)
OVERSEAS PRODUCTION *3 234,852 (-24.7) 7,614 (3.0) --- --- 242,466 (-24.1)
WORLDWIDE PRODUCTION 479,027 (-24.9) 68,390 (-1.5) 5,167 (-40.2) 552,584 (-22.8)
 
*1. CBU and KD (Japan line-off basis)
*2. Includes vehicles produced overseas
*3. Excludes KD (local line-off basis)
December 2008 Highlights (year-on-year)

PRODUCTION IN JAPAN
Toyota
  • Decrease
Daihatsu
  • Decrease
Hino
  • Decrease
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Decrease

SALES IN JAPAN
Toyota
  • Decrease
  • Sales of Lexus vehicles were 1,405 units (43.0% decrease from December 2007)
  • 42.0% share of market excluding minivehicles (2.3% increase from December 2007)
Daihatsu
  • First decrease in nine months
  • Number of minivehicles sold in December 2008 was approximately 39,000 (0.4% decrease from December 2007); first decrease in nine months
  • 32.0% share of minivehicle market (2.0% increase from December 2007); record high for month of December
Hino
  • Decrease
  • Number of standard trucks sold was approximately 1,600 (24.5% decrease from December 2007)
  • 30.4% share of the truck* market (0.7% decrease from December 2007)
    *Maximum loading capacity of more than four tons; excluding imported trucks
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Decrease
  • 39.1% share of market including minivehicles (1.7% increase from December 2007)

EXPORTS
Toyota
  • Decrease, due to decreased exports to almost all regions
Daihatsu
  • Decrease, due to decreased exports mainly to Europe
Hino
  • Decrease, due to decreased exports mainly to Asia, Latin America and Oceania
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Decrease

OVERSEAS PRODUCTION
Toyota
  • Decrease, due to decreased production in almost all regions
Daihatsu
  • Twenty-sixth consecutive month of increase, due to increased production mainly in Indonesia
Toyota + Daihatsu
  • Decrease
CY2008 RESULTS Unit = one vehicle; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change
  Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total
PRODUCTION IN JAPAN *1        
  Passenger cars 3,631,146 (-5.7) 641,322 (-1.1) --- --- 4,272,468 (-5.0)
 Trucks & buses 381,242 (1.2) 151,935 (9.8) 106,216 (-0.6) 639,393 (2.8)
                             
Total 4,012,388 (-5.1) 793,257 (0.8) 106,216 (-0.6) 4,911,861 (-4.1)
                             
SALES IN JAPAN *2        
  Passenger cars 1,317,359 (-6.6) 512,261 (3.9) --- --- 1,829,620 (-3.8)
 Trucks & buses 152,684 (-14.0) 130,226 (-2.7) 40,667 (-14.0) 323,577 (-9.8)
                             
Total 1,470,043 (-7.4) 642,487 (2.5) 40,667 (-14.0) 2,153,197 (-4.8)
                             
EXPORTS        
  Passenger cars 2,354,007 (-4.9) 108,912 (-18.2) --- --- 2,462,919 (-5.6)
 Trucks & buses 232,331 (21.9) 20,847 (8.2) 67,016 (12.0) 320,194 (18.7)
                             
Total 2,586,338 (-3.0) 129,759 (-14.9) 67,016 (12.0) 2,783,113 (-3.3)
                             
OVERSEAS PRODUCTION *3 4,198,430 (-2.6) 114,945 (65.2) --- --- 4,313,375 (-1.5)
WORLDWIDE PRODUCTION 8,210,818 (-3.8) 908,202 (6.1) 106,216 (-0.6) 9,225,236 (-2.9)
 
*1. CBU and KD (Japan line-off basis)
*2. Includes vehicles produced overseas
*3. Excludes KD (local line-off basis)
CY2008 Highlights

PRODUCTION IN JAPAN
Toyota
  • First decrease in seven years
Daihatsu
  • First increase in two years
Hino
  • First decrease in nine years
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First decrease in seven years

SALES IN JAPAN
Toyota
  • Decrease
  • Sales of Lexus vehicles were 25,948 units (25.4% decrease from 2007)
  • 45.7% share of market excluding minivehicles (0.5% decrease from 2007)
Daihatsu
  • Sixth consecutive year of increase
  • Number of minivehicles sold in December 2008 was approximately 635,000 (3.3% increase from December 2007); sixth consecutive year of increase
  • 34.0% share of minivehicle market (2.0% increase from 2007), and a record high
Hino
  • Decrease
  • Number of standard trucks sold was approximately 24,800 (14.3% decrease from 2007)
  • 33.2% share of the truck* market (0.7% increase from 2007)
    *Maximum loading capacity of more than four tons; excluding imported trucks
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Decrease
  • 42.4% share of market including minivehicles (0.1% increase from 2007); third consecutive year of increase and a record high

EXPORTS
Toyota
  • First decrease in seven years, due to decreased exports mainly to North America and Latin America
Daihatsu
  • First decrease in seven years, due to decreased exports mainly to Europe
Hino
  • Third consecutive year of increase, due to increased exports mainly to Asia and Latin America
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First decrease in seven years

OVERSEAS PRODUCTION
Toyota
  • First decrease in seventeen years, due to decreased production mainly in North America and Europe
Daihatsu
  • Second consecutive year of increase, due to increased production mainly in Indonesia
Toyota + Daihatsu
  • First decrease in seventeen years
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