Sep. 29, 2015

TMC Announces Results for August 2015

 

Toyota City, Japan, September 29, 2015―Toyota Motor Corporation announces its production, domestic sales, and export results for August 2015, including those for subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd., and Hino Motors, Ltd.

August 2015 Results
Unit = vehicles; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change
  Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total
Production in Japan*1
Passenger cars 190,881(2.0) 30,062(-14.8) ―― 220,943(-0.6)
Trucks & buses 23,477(3.5) 10,510(-21.3) 10,376(-11.9) 44,363(-7.2)
Total 214,358(2.2) 40,572(-16.6) 10,376(-11.9) 265,306(-1.8)
Sales in Japan*2
Passenger cars 87,230(3.7) 27,591(2.2) ―― 114,821(3.3)
Trucks & buses 11,277(13.1) 9,200(7.0) 4,248(4.9) 24,725(9.3)
Total 98,507(4.7) 36,791(3.4) 4,248(4.9) 139,546(4.4)
Exports
Passenger cars 110,271(-0.4) 977(49.8) ―― 111,248(-0.1)
Trucks & buses 14,662(3.2) ―― 5,755(-16.4) 20,417(-3.2)
Total 124,933(-0.02) 977(49.8) 5,755(-16.4) 131,665(-0.6)
Production
outside Japan*3
431,215(-6.5) 23,978(-9.9) 2,094(42.1) 457,287(-6.5)
Worldwide
production
645,573(-3.8) 64,550(-14.2) 12,470(-5.9) 722,593(-4.8)
*1Includes kits for overseas assembly; *2includes overseas production; *3excludes kits from Japan

August 2015 Highlights (year-on-year)

Production in Japan

Toyota
  • First increase in two months
Daihatsu
  • Decreased
Hino
  • Decreased
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Decreased

Sales in Japan

Toyota
  • First increase in two months
  • Lexus vehicle sales totaled 3,740 units (34.5 percent increase)
  • Minivehicle sales totaled 2,534 units (28.3 percent increase)
  • 45.4 percent share of market excluding minivehicles (0.9 percentage point increase)
  • 30.1 percent share of market including minivehicles (1.9 percentage point increase)
Daihatsu
  • First increase in eight months
  • Minivehicle sales totaled approximately 36,600 units (3.4 percent increase); first increase in eight months
  • 31.7 percent share of minivehicle market (3.8 percentage point increase)
Hino
  • Fifth consecutive month of increase
  • Standard truck sales totaled approximately 2,200 units (8.6 percent increase); fifth consecutive month of increase
  • 35.3 percent share of the truck* market (1.0 percentage point increase)
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First increase in two months
  • 42.7 percent share of market including minivehicles (2.6 percentage point increase)

*Maximum loading capacity of four tons or more; excluding imported trucks

Exports

Toyota
  • Decreased, due to decreased exports to Latin America, Europe and Africa
Daihatsu
  • Seventh consecutive month of increase; due to increased exports to Latin America, Asia and the Middle East
Hino
  • Decreased, due to decreased exports to Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Decreased

Production outside Japan

Toyota
  • First decrease in three months; due to decreased production in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa
Daihatsu
  • Decreased, due to decreased production in Indonesia
Hino
  • Sixth consecutive month of increase; due to increased production in Asia
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First decrease in three months
Year to Date (January 1 to August 31, 2015)
Unit = vehicles; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change
  Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total
Production in
Japan*1
2,082,205(-5.5) 473,298(-12.1) 99,575(-3.5) 2,655,078(-6.7)
Sales in Japan*2 999,748(-7.2) 411,982(-11.9) 38,346(9.8) 1,450,076(-8.3)
Exports 1,122,298(-3.2) 6,207(21.3) 53,582(-7.7) 1,182,087(-3.3)
Production
outside Japan*3
3,741,439(-0.2) 187,026(-13.3) 16,100(17.5) 3,944,565(-0.8)
Worldwide
production
5,823,644(-2.1) 660,324(-12.5) 115,675(-1.1) 6,599,643(-3.3)
*1Includes kits for overseas assembly; *2includes overseas production; *3excludes kits from Japan