OREANDA-NEWS. Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces its production, domestic sales, and export results for August 2017, including those for subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd., and Hino Motors, Ltd.
August 2017 Results
Unit = vehicles; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change
  Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total
Production in Japan*1
Passenger cars 207,094(-3.6) 52,313(30.8) ―― 259,407(1.8)
Trucks & buses 24,320(-4.9) 11,147(-7.0) 12,423(11.2) 47,890(-1.7)
Total 231,414(-3.7) 63,460(22.1) 12,423(11.2) 307,297(1.2)
Sales in Japan*2
Passenger cars 97,430(-4.0) 34,045(17.8) ―― 131,475(0.9)
Trucks & buses 12,256(-1.6) 9,590(-0.7) 7,770(68.1) 29,616(10.8)
Total 109,686(-3.7) 43,635(13.2) 7,770(68.1) 161,091(2.5)
Exports
Passenger cars 124,397(8.7) 0(―) ―― 124,397(8.7)
Trucks & buses 12,435(-13.9) ―― 6,533(17.2) 18,968(-5.3)
Total 136,832(6.2) 0(―) 6,533(17.2) 143,365(6.6)
Production
Outside of Japan*3		 480,308(-1.9) 28,971(-15.1) 3,408(21.8) 512,687(-2.6)
Worldwide
production		 711,722(-2.5) 92,431(7.3) 15,831(13.3) 819,984(-1.2)
*1includes kits for overseas assembly; *2includes overseas production; *3excludes kits from Japan

August 2017 Key Points (year-on-year)

Production in Japan

Toyota
  • Decreased
Daihatsu
  • Sixteenth consecutive month of increase
Hino
  • Second consecutive month of increase
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First increase in two months

Sales in Japan

Toyota
  • Decreased
  • Lexus vehicle sales totaled 2,489 units (31.0 percent decrease)
  • Minivehicle sales totaled 2,758 units (22.4 percent increase)
  • 45.7 percent share of market excluding minivehicles (4.3 percentage point decrease)
  • 30.9 percent share of market including minivehicles (3.0 percentage point decrease)
Daihatsu
  • Fifth consecutive month of increase
  • Minivehicle sales totaled approximately 41,400 units (9.7 percent increase); fifth consecutive month of increase
  • 34.0 percent share of minivehicle market (0.8 percentage point increase)
Hino
  • Second consecutive month of increase
  • Standard truck sales totaled approximately 4,800 units (95.3 percent increase); second consecutive month of increase
  • 45.0 percent share of the truck* market (10.4 percentage point increase)
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First increase in two months
  • 45.3 percent share of market including minivehicles (1.3 percentage point decrease)

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

Exports

Toyota
  • First increase in two months; due to increased exports to North America and Oceania
Daihatsu
  • There were no exports for Daihatsu.
Hino
  • Second consecutive month of increase; due to increased exports to North America, Europe, and Asia
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First increase in two months

Production Outside of Japan

Toyota
  • Decreased; due to decreased production in North America and Australia
Daihatsu
  • First decrease in two months; due to decreased production in Indonesia
Hino
  • Second consecutive month of increase; due to increased production in Asia
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First decrease in two months
Year to Date (January 1 to August 31, 2017)
Unit = vehicles; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change
  Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total
Production in 
Japan*1		 2,086,399(0.2) 610,385(32.8) 99,311(4.2) 2,796,095(6.1)
Sales in Japan*2 1,111,339(5.8) 426,870(8.7) 46,618(15.3) 1,584,827(6.8)
Exports 1,143,928(4.4) 2(0.0) 49,086(0.6) 1,193,016(4.2)
Production
Outside of Japan*3		 3,873,884(1.2) 237,878(18.8) 25,160(23.2) 4,136,922(2.2)
Worldwide
production		 5,960,283(0.8) 848,263(28.5) 124,471(7.6) 6,933,017(3.7)
*1includes kits for overseas assembly; *2includes overseas production; *3excludes kits from Japan