Sep. 27, 2007

Toyota Announces Results for August 2007

 

Tokyo ― TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced today the production, sales in Japan, and export results of TMC and subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. and Hino Motors, Ltd., for August 2007.

August 2007 Results
  (Unit = one vehicle; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change)
  Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total
PRODUCTION IN JAPAN*1        
 Passenger cars 281,751 (3.2) 44,738 (-6.7) --- --- 326,489 (1.7)
 Trucks & buses 28,616 (5.0) 12,071 (0.4) 8,336 (0.1) 49,023 (3.0)
Total 310,367 (3.3) 56,809 (-5.3) 8,336 (0.1) 375,512 (1.8)
SALES IN JAPAN*2        
 Passenger cars 90,627 (3.1) 28,206 (-6.9) --- --- 118,833 (0.5)
 Trucks & buses 13,619 (-1.8) 9,243 (2.2) 3,763 (-18.0) 26,625 (-3.2)
Total 104,246 (2.4) 37,449 (-4.8) 3,763 (-18.0) 145,458 (-0.2)
EXPORTS        
 Passenger cars 183,465 (0.4) 8,863 (-17.2) --- --- 192,328 (-0.5)
 Trucks & buses 14,024 (14.6) 1,486 (-13.6) 4,774 (30.3) 20,284 (15.1)
Total 197,489 (1.3) 10,349 (-16.7) 4,774 (30.3) 212,612 (0.8)
OVERSEAS PRODUCTION*3 360,471 (11.9) 6,112 (93.0) --- --- 366,583 (12.7)
WORLDWIDE PRODUCTION 670,838 (7.8) 62,921 (-0.4) 8,336 (0.1) 742,095 (6.9)
1. CBU and KD (Japan line-off basis)
 2. Includes vehicles produced overseas
 3. Excludes KD (local line-off basis)
August 2007 Highlights (year-on-year)

PRODUCTION IN JAPAN
Toyota
  • First increase in two months and a record high for the month of August
Daihatsu
  • Decrease
Hino
  • First increase in three months
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First increase in three months and a record high for the month of August

SALES IN JAPAN
Toyota
  • Increase
  • 45.7% share of market, excluding minivehicles; second consecutive month of increase and a record high for the month of August (a 1.9% increase from August 2006)
  • Sales of Lexus vehicles were 2,135 units (a 0.3% increase from August 2006)
Daihatsu
  • Decrease
  • The number of minivehicles sold in August 2007 was 36,700 (a 2.5% decrease from August 2006); first decrease in ten months
  • 30.7% share of the minivehicle market (a 1% increase from August 2006)
Hino
  • Decrease
  • The number of standard trucks sold was 2,200 (a 23.3% decrease from August 2006)
  • 26.6% share of the truck market (a 4.9% decrease from August 2006)
    (for trucks with maximum loading capacity of more than four tons; excluding imported trucks)
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Decrease
  • 41.9% share of market, including minivehicles (a 1.3% increase from August 2006); second consecutive month of increase and a record high for the month of August

EXPORTS
Toyota
  • First increase in two months, due to increased exports to Europe, Asia and Oceania
Daihatsu
  • First decrease in three months, due to decreased exports to Asia
Hino
  • Twentieth consecutive month of increase, due to increased exports to Asia and Latin America
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First increase in two months

OVERSEAS PRODUCTION
Toyota
  • Sixty-eighth consecutive month of increase, due to increased production mainly in the U.S., Asia and Australia, and a record high for the month of August
Daihatsu
  • Tenth consecutive month of increase, due to increased production in Indonesia
Toyota + Daihatsu
  • Sixty- eighth consecutive month of increase and a record high for the month of August
Year To Date (January 1 to August 31, 2007)
(Unit = 1 vehicle; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change)
  Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total
PRODUCTION IN JAPAN*1 2,732,778 (-0.6) 525,339 (2.0) 68,370 (-0.9) 3,326,487 (-0.2)
SALES IN JAPAN*2 1,065,508 (-8.6) 435,522 (3.0) 30,975 (-15.2) 1,532,005 (-5.7)
EXPORTS 1,709,833 (6.0) 98,976 (20.2) 36,871 (17.7) 1,845,680 (6.9)
OVERSEAS PRODUCTION*3 2,819,807 (9.4) 44,590 (155.1) --- --- 2,864,397 (10.4)
WORLDWIDE PRODUCTION 5,552,585 (4.2) 569,929 (7.0) 68,370 (-0.9) 6,190,884 (4.4)
1. CBU and KD (Japan line-off basis)
 2. Includes vehicles produced overseas
 3. Excludes KD (local line-off basis)