Toyota City, Japan, April 26, 2018―Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces its production, domestic sales, and export results, including those for subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. and Hino Motors, Ltd. for March 2018 as well as the fiscal year from April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018.

March 2018 Results
Unit = vehicles; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change
  Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total
Production in Japan*1        
Passenger cars 274,858(0.6) 73,148(0.8) 348,006(0.6)
Trucks & buses 28,857(5.2) 16,814(-2.8) 15,077(8.0) 60,748(3.5)
Total 303,715(1.0) 89,962(0.1) 15,077(8.0) 408,754(1.0)
Sales in Japan*2        
Passenger cars 167,718(-9.5) 58,727(4.7) 226,445(-6.2)
Trucks & buses 20,309(0.02) 16,847(1.4) 9,763(-14.7) 46,919(-3.0)
Total 188,027(-8.6) 75,574(4.0) 9,763(-14.7) 273,364(-5.7)
Exports        
Passenger cars 159,761(14.0) 0(―) 159,761(14.0)
Trucks & buses 13,194(1.0) 7,113(8.7) 20,307(3.6)
Total 172,955(12.9) 0(―) 7,113(8.7) 180,068(12.7)
Production
Outside of Japan*3
506,201(-8.7) 43,399(43.8) 4,665(27.3) 554,265(-5.8)
Worldwide production 809,916(-5.3) 133,361(11.1) 19,742(12.0) 963,019(-3.0)
*1Includes kits for overseas assembly; *2Includes overseas production; *3Excludes kits from Japan

March 2018 Key Points (year-on-year)

Production in Japan

Toyota
  • Sixth consecutive month of increase
Daihatsu
  • Twenty-third consecutive month of increase
Hino
  • Sixth consecutive month of increase
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Sixth consecutive month of increase

Sales in Japan

Toyota
  • Decreased
  • Lexus vehicle sales totaled 7,769 units (38.1 percent increase)
  • Minivehicle sales totaled 4,022 units (27.1 percent increase)
  • 42.0 percent share of market excluding minivehicles (1.9 percentage point decrease)
  • 28.2 percent share of market including minivehicles (1.6 percentage point decrease)
Daihatsu
  • Twelfth consecutive month of increase
  • Minivehicle sales totaled approximately 72,300 units (2.0 percent increase); third consecutive month of increase
  • 31.5 percent share of minivehicle market (0.8 percentage point increase)
Hino
  • First decrease in five months
  • Standard truck sales totaled approximately 5,200 units (27.9 percent decrease)
  • 41.7 percent share of the truck* market (2.2 percentage point decrease)
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Decreased
  • 41.0 percent share of market including minivehicles (0.9 percentage point decrease)

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

Exports

Toyota
  • Sixth consecutive month of increase; due to increased exports to North America, Latin America, Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East
Daihatsu
  • There have been no exports for Daihatsu since May 2017.
Hino
  • Second consecutive month of increase; due to increased exports to North America, Latin America, Oceania, and Africa
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Eighth consecutive month of increase

Production Outside of Japan

Toyota
  • Decreased; due to decreased production in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia
Daihatsu
  • First increase in two months; due to increased production in Indonesia
Hino
  • Ninth consecutive month of increase; due to increased production in Asia
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Decreased
Year to Date (January 1 to March 31, 2018)
Unit = vehicles; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change
  Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total
Production in Japan*1 836,497(1.1) 247,599(3.7) 40,176(7.1) 1,124,272(1.9)
Sales in Japan*2 439,699(-7.5) 188,077(7.0) 19,920(-5.6) 647,696(-3.7)
Exports 480,955(15.8) 0(―) 18,927(5.7) 499,882(15.4)
Production
Outside of Japan*3
1,404,383(-6.2) 117,995(22.2) 12,290(29.9) 1,534,668(-4.3)
Worldwide production 2,240,880(-3.6) 365,594(9.0) 52,466(11.7) 2,658,940(-1.8)
*1Includes kits for overseas assembly; *2Includes overseas production; *3Excludes kits from Japan
Results for Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2018
Unit = one vehicle; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change
  Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total
Production in Japan*1        
Passenger cars 2,876,694(0.2) 757,586(24.1) 3,634,280(4.4)
Trucks & buses 322,218(1.2) 170,742(5.2) 158,604(7.2) 651,564(3.6)
Total 3,198,912(0.3) 928,328(20.1) 158,604(7.2) 4,285,844(4.3)
Sales in Japan*2        
Passenger cars 1,425,021(-2.7) 496,444(12.3) 1,921,465(0.8)
Trucks & buses 172,450(0.3) 146,709(4.1) 66,589(-0.3) 385,748(1.6)
Total 1,597,471(-2.4) 643,153(10.3) 66,589(-0.3) 2,307,213(0.9)
Exports        
Passenger cars 1,721,715(10.4) 1(0.0) 1,721,716(10.4)
Trucks & buses 160,748(-3.7) 80,419(9.9) 241,167(0.4)
Total 1,882,463(9.0) 1(0.0) 80,419(9.9) 1,962,883(9.1)
Production
Outside of Japan*3
5,724,551(-2.8) 365,308(-0.5) 42,441(22.3) 6,132,300(-2.6)
Worldwide production 8,923,463(-1.7) 1,293,636(13.5) 201,045(10.0) 10,418,144(0.2)
*1Includes kits for overseas assembly; *2Includes overseas production; *3Excludes kits from Japan
Sales Results for Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2018
Figures rounded; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change
  Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total
Sales Outside of Japan 7,823,000(2.1) 190,000(-2.4) 120,000(11.9) 8,134,000(2.1)
Worldwide sales 9,421,000(1.3) 833,000(7.1) 187,000(7.2) 10,441,000(1.9)

Key Points for Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2018

Production in Japan

Toyota
  • Second consecutive year of increase
Daihatsu
  • Second consecutive year of increase
Hino
  • Second consecutive year of increase
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Second consecutive year of increase

Sales in Japan

Toyota
  • First decrease in three years
  • Lexus vehicle sales totaled 52,658 units (7.2 percent increase)
  • Minivehicle sales totaled 32,399 units (9.2 percent increase)
  • 46.9 percent share of market excluding minivehicles (1.0 percentage point decrease)
  • 30.7 percent share of market including minivehicles (1.5 percentage point decrease)
Daihatsu
  • First increase in four years
  • Minivehicle sales totaled approximately 611,000 (6.7 percent increase)
  • 32.9 percent share of minivehicle market (0.4 percentage point decrease)
Hino
  • First decrease in eight years
  • Standard-truck sales totaled approximately 34,000 (7.1 percent decrease); first decrease in eight years
  • 37.7 percent share of the truck* market (0.01 percentage point decrease)
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Second consecutive year of increase
  • 44.4 percent share of market including minivehicles (0.6 percentage point decrease)

Exports

Toyota
  • First increase in five years; due to increased exports to North America, Latin America, Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, and Africa
Daihatsu
  • Daihatsu had one unit of export.
Hino
  • First increase in seven years; due to increased exports to North America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First increase in five years

Production Outside of Japan

Toyota
  • First decrease in two years; due to decreased production in North America, Asia, Australia, and Africa
Daihatsu
  • First decrease in two years; due to decreased production in Indonesia
Hino
  • Third consecutive year of increase; due to increased production in Asia
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First decrease in two years

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

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