Toyota Motor Corporation announces its production, domestic sales, and export results for April 2015, including those for subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd., and Hino Motors, Ltd.
April 2015 Results
Unit = vehicles; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change
| Toyota | Daihatsu | Hino | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Production in Japan*1 | ||||
| Passenger cars | 216,191(-4.8) | 40,163(-12.4) | ―― | 256,354(-6.1) |
| Trucks & buses | 31,056(11.5) | 12,788(-15.2) | 12,167(1.8) | 56,011(2.1) |
| Total | 247,247(-3.0) | 52,951(-13.1) | 12,167(1.8) | 312,365(-4.7) |
| Sales in Japan*2 | ||||
| Passenger cars | 92,192(10.7) | 26,492(-31.2) | ―― | 118,684(-2.6) |
| Trucks & buses | 12,248(9.9) | 9,790(-16.1) | 3,065(57.0) | 25,103(1.3) |
| Total | 104,440(10.6) | 36,282(-27.7) | 3,065(57.0) | 143,787(-1.9) |
| Exports | ||||
| Passenger cars | 128,481(-11.3) | 694(11.6) | ―― | 129,175(-11.2) |
| Trucks & buses | 19,816(6.8) | ―― | 7,752(-0.6) | 27,568(4.6) |
| Total | 148,297(-9.3) | 694(11.6) | 7,752(-0.6) | 156,743(-8.8) |
| Production outside Japan*3 | 465,631(-1.9) | 25,457(-8.4) | 2,419(35.8) | 493,507(-2.2) |
| Worldwide production | 712,878(-2.3) | 78,408(-11.6) | 14,586(6.2) | 805,872(-3.2) |
| *1Includes kits for overseas assembly; *2includes overseas production; *3excludes kits from Japan | ||||
April 2015 Highlights (year-on-year)
Production in Japan
- Toyota
- Decreased
- Daihatsu
- Decreased
- Hino
- First increase in two months
- Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
- Decreased
Sales in Japan
- Toyota
- First increase in thirteen months
- Lexus vehicle sales totaled 2,966 units (27.2 percent increase)
- Minivehicle sales totaled 1,587 units (17.9 percent decrease)
- 51.8 percent share of market excluding minivehicles (2.9 percentage point increase)
- 32.7 percent share of market including minivehicles (5.3 percentage point increase)
- Daihatsu
- Decreased
- Minivehicle sales totaled approximately 36,100 units (27.9 percent decrease)
- 29.8 percent share of minivehicle market (2.2 percentage point decrease)
- Hino
- First increase in two months
- Standard truck sales totaled approximately 1,600 units (75.4 percent increase); first increase in three months
- 35.6 percent share of the truck* market (4.1 percentage point increase)
- Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
- Decreased
- 45.0 percent share of market including minivehicles (2.5 percentage point increase)
Exports
- Toyota
- Decreased, due to decreased exports to North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Oceania and The Middle East; first decrease in two months
- Daihatsu
- Increased, due to increased exports to Asia, the Middle East and Africa; third consecutive month of increase
- Hino
- Decreased, due to decreased exports to Europe and Asia
- Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
- First decrease in two months
Production outside Japan
- Toyota
- Decreased due to decreased production in Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa; first decrease in two months
- Daihatsu
- Decreased due to decreased production in Indonesia
- Hino
- Increased due to increased production in Asia; second consecutive month of increase
- Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
- First decrease in two months
Year to Date (January 1 to April 30, 2015)
Unit = vehicles; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change
| Toyota | Daihatsu | Hino | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Production in Japan*1 | 1,069,414(-7.7) | 277,728(-4.4) | 49,661(0.1) | 1,396,803(-6.8) |
| Sales in Japan*2 | 533,375(-12.8) | 239,880(-12.1) | 21,189(8.0) | 794,444(-12.1) |
| Exports | 573,642(-3.4) | 2,591(8.4) | 27,869(-1.7) | 604,102(-3.3) |
| Production outside Japan*3 | 1,861,092(0.9) | 98,400(-14.4) | 8,788(16.0) | 1,968,280(0.0) |
| Worldwide production | 2,930,506(-2.4) | 376,128(-7.2) | 58,449(2.2) | 3,365,083(-2.9) |
| *1Includes kits for overseas assembly; *2includes overseas production; *3excludes kits from Japan | ||||
*Maximum loading capacity of four tons or more; excluding imported trucks
