According to foreign media reports, according to data released by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, in August, new car sales in Japan reached 328,470 units, a year-on-year decrease of 3.5%. Japan’s auto market is struggling to recover from a safety test-rigging scandal late last year, when Daihatsu was ordered to suspend production for several months.
Although Daihatsu was allowed to fully resume production in May, its operations have not yet fully returned to normal.
In June, Toyota was banned from delivering three models, the Corolla Fielder, Corolla Axio and Yaris Cross, after Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport discovered new safety test violations.
However, after the safety of the vehicles was confirmed, the ban on the three vehicles was lifted in July and production resumed in the first week of September.
The latest macro data shows that Japan’s economy rebounded 3.
1% year-on-year in the second quarter after shrinking 2.
3% in the first quarter, driven by a recovery in private consumption such as consumer spending and business activities.
Photo source: Toyota, from January to August, cumulative sales of new cars in Japan fell nearly 10% to 2,861,135 units.
Among them, Japanese passenger car sales fell 9% to 2,410,249 units, and truck sales fell 16% to 443,893 units, but sales of medium, large and long-distance buses increased 34% to 6,993 units.
At the same time, Toyota’s cumulative sales in Japan fell 19% to 871,712 units.
Daihatsu’s sales fell 48% to 199,623 units.
and Mazda’s sales fell 29% to 90,068 units.
During the same period, Suzuki’s cumulative sales in Japan increased 12% to 483,302 units.
Honda’s sales increased 21% to 447,440 units.
and Nissan’s sales fell only 1% to 321,218 units.
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