On September 11, the Mexican Automotive Industry Association (AMIA) reported that 369,543 cars and light trucks were produced in Mexico in August, a 0.4% increase compared to the 368,155 units produced in August 2017.
Honda production decreased 79.4% in August, primarily due to flooding at the Celaya plant.
Ford’s reduced its monthly output by 32.3%, Volkswagen by 7.4%, Audi by 7% and Nissan Mexicana by 6%.
Those that increased their production were Toyota by 41.2%, General Motors by 32.4%, Kia by 29.1%, Mazda by 22.7% and FCA by 3.1%.
Year-to-date production is 2,617,330 units, 0.1% more than the same period in 2017.
Mexican automobile exports increased by 15.4% to 281,805 vehicles in August, excluding Nissan.
Exports in the first eight months of 2018 totaled 1,946,983 units, which represents a 9.1% rise over the same period of 2017.

(Mexico-Now article on September 11, 2018) (AMIA press release on September 11, 2018)