Number of Automobiles Produced
Automobile production in December 2009 was recorded as 788,067 units. Compared with the 725,825 units total recorded for the same month of the previous year, this is an increase of 62,242 units or 8.6%, and production increase on the same month of the previous year for two consecutive months.
December 2009 Automobile Production Figures by Type of Vehicle
| Standard cars (over 2000 cc) |
374,022 units, up 75,051 units or 25.1% |
|---|---|
| Small cars | 206,509 units, up 6,596 units or 3.3% |
| Mini car (under 660 cc) |
106,335 units, down 20,975 units or 16.5% |
| Standard truck vehicles | 39,012 units, up 2,636 units or 7.2% |
|---|---|
| Small trucks | 17,343 units, up 494 units or 2.9% |
| Mini trucks (under 660 cc) |
36,845 units, up 1,047 units or 2.9 % |
| Large buses | 889 units, up 89 units or 11.1% |
|---|---|
| Small buses | 7,112 units, down 2,696 units or 27.5% |
Number of Automobile Domestic Sales
Domestic sales in December 2009 stood at 372,608 vehicles, up 21.6% as compared with the same month of the previous year.
| Passenger cars | 321,514 units, up 27.3% |
|---|---|
| Trucks | 50,328 units, down 4.9% |
| Buses | 766 units, down 12.7% |
Exports (result) stood at 95.0% as compared with the same month of the previous year.
| Automobile | December 2009 | |
|---|---|---|
| Units | Chg. from prev. year (%) | |
| Toyota | 288,578 | 118.2 |
| Nissan | 87,867 | 129.8 |
| Mitsubishi | 48,945 | 114.9 |
| Mitsubishi Fuso | 5,386 | 89.1 |
| Mazda | 67,539 | 128.6 |
| Isuzu | 13,919 | 126.1 |
| Honda | 86,317 | 79.8 |
| Hino | 7,331 | 141.9 |
| Suzuki | 81,143 | 92.3 |
| Daihatsu | 55,326 | 91.0 |
| Subaru | 43,587 | 114.9 |
| Nissan Diesel | 2,073 | 116.1 |
| Others | 56 | 70.0 |
| Total | 788,067 | 108.6 |
Source: http://www.jama-english.jp/statistics/production_export/2009/100129.html