Japan

Flash report, December 2018

7 Jan. 2019

Japanese new vehicle sales in December decline 1.7% y/y to 388K units, 2018CY figure is 0.7% up to 5,272K.
* According to the Japan Automotive Dealers Association and Japan Light Motor Vehicle and Motorcycle Association, sales in Japan in December 2018 declined 1.7% to 387,525 units.
Sales with engine displacements above 660cc declined 4.4% to 250,879 units. Vehicles with engine displacements below 660cc increased 3.6% to 136,646 units.
* 2018CY sales increased 0.7% to 5,272,067 units.

Sales of new vehicles

	Dec. 2018	Dec. 2017	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Dec. 2018	Jan.-Dec. 2017	Y-o-Y
Non-mini vehicles	250,879	262,345	-4.4%	3,347,943	3,390,824	-1.3%
Mini Vehicles	136,646	131,908	3.6%	1,924,124	1,843,341	4.4%
Total	387,525	394,253	-1.7%	5,272,067	5,234,165	0.7%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association, Japan Mini Vehicles Association

Non-mini vehicles Total (Breakdown by vehicle type)

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Dec.	Share	Dec.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Dec.	Share	Jan.-Dec.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	107,317	42.8%	119,900	45.7%	-10.5%	1,471,079	43.9%	1,556,301	45.9%	-5.5%
Nissan	24,148	9.6%	25,484	9.7%	-5.2%	426,323	12.7%	408,560	12.0%	4.3%
Honda	27,180	10.8%	27,179	10.4%	0.0%	377,695	11.3%	381,835	11.3%	-1.1%
Mazda	12,301	4.9%	13,642	5.2%	-9.8%	178,739	5.3%	169,928	5.0%	5.2%
Suzuki	9,505	3.8%	7,788	3.0%	22.0%	127,727	3.8%	109,580	3.2%	16.6%
Subaru	7,421	3.0%	9,580	3.7%	-22.5%	119,330	3.6%	144,143	4.3%	-17.2%
Isuzu	6,425	2.6%	5,652	2.2%	13.7%	76,747	2.3%	80,984	2.4%	-5.2%
Hino	5,840	2.3%	5,828	2.2%	0.2%	70,811	2.1%	67,778	2.0%	4.5%
Lexus	4,028	1.6%	5,063	1.9%	-20.4%	55,096	1.6%	45,605	1.3%	20.8%
Mitsubishi	2,644	1.1%	2,290	0.9%	15.5%	46,919	1.4%	35,984	1.1%	30.4%
Mitsubishi Fuso	4,077	1.6%	4,320	1.6%	-5.6%	42,348	1.3%	44,134	1.3%	-4.0%
Daihatsu	3,918	1.6%	2,853	1.1%	37.3%	35,212	1.1%	28,067	0.8%	25.5%
UD Trucks	1,175	0.5%	1,218	0.5%	-3.5%	9,974	0.3%	10,858	0.3%	-8.1%
Others	34,900	13.9%	31,548	12.0%	10.6%	309,943	9.3%	307,067	9.1%	0.9%
Total	250,879	100.0%	262,345	100.0%	-4.4%	3,347,943	100.0%	3,390,824	100.0%	-1.3%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association

Mini Vehicles

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Dec.	Share	Dec.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Dec.	Share	Jan.-Dec.	Share	Y-o-Y
Daihatsu	44,825	32.8%	43,915	33.3%	2.1%	611,569	31.8%	602,789	32.7%	1.5%
Suzuki	41,976	30.7%	38,523	29.2%	9.0%	586,867	30.5%	556,291	30.2%	5.5%
Honda	26,606	19.5%	26,140	19.8%	1.8%	369,531	19.2%	342,998	18.6%	7.7%
Nissan	12,740	9.3%	12,479	9.5%	2.1%	189,710	9.9%	182,440	9.9%	4.0%
Mitsubishi	3,694	2.7%	3,857	2.9%	-4.2%	57,672	3.0%	55,637	3.0%	3.7%
Mazda	2,421	1.8%	2,346	1.8%	3.2%	42,004	2.2%	39,761	2.2%	5.6%
Toyota	2,629	1.9%	2,324	1.8%	13.1%	37,568	2.0%	30,761	1.7%	22.1%
Subaru	1,752	1.3%	2,319	1.8%	-24.5%	29,123	1.5%	32,594	1.8%	-10.6%
Others	3	0.0%	5	0.0%	-40.0%	80	0.0%	70	0.0%	14.3%
Total	136,646	100.0%	131,908	100.0%	3.6%	1,924,124	100.0%	1,843,341	100.0%	4.4%

Source: Japan Mini Vehicles Association

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Cars Total

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Dec.	Share	Dec.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Dec.	Share	Jan.-Dec.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	94,611	44.0%	107,500	47.1%	-12.0%	1,303,335	45.0%	1,391,759	47.3%	-6.4%
Honda	27,180	12.6%	27,179	11.9%	0.0%	377,695	13.0%	381,835	13.0%	-1.1%
Nissan	19,777	9.2%	22,018	9.6%	-10.2%	357,759	12.4%	345,407	11.7%	3.6%
Mazda	11,324	5.3%	12,688	5.6%	-10.8%	164,441	5.7%	155,616	5.3%	5.7%
Suzuki	9,505	4.4%	7,788	3.4%	22.0%	127,727	4.4%	109,580	3.7%	16.6%
Subaru	7,421	3.4%	9,580	4.2%	-22.5%	119,330	4.1%	144,143	4.9%	-17.2%
Lexus	4,028	1.9%	5,063	2.2%	-20.4%	55,096	1.9%	45,605	1.5%	20.8%
Mitsubishi	2,574	1.2%	2,240	1.0%	14.9%	45,932	1.6%	34,976	1.2%	31.3%
Daihatsu	3,918	1.8%	2,853	1.2%	37.3%	35,212	1.2%	28,067	1.0%	25.5%
Others	34,814	16.2%	31,454	13.8%	10.7%	308,927	10.7%	306,022	10.4%	0.9%
Total	215,152	100.0%	228,363	100.0%	-5.8%	2,895,454	100.0%	2,943,010	100.0%	-1.6%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Standard cars

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Dec.	Share	Dec.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	44,558	36.6%	48,588	38.9%	-8.3%
Honda	11,875	9.7%	11,008	8.8%	7.9%
Nissan	9,176	7.5%	11,365	9.1%	-19.3%
Mazda	8,840	7.3%	7,527	6.0%	17.4%
Subaru	7,209	5.9%	9,434	7.6%	-23.6%
Lexus	4,028	3.3%	5,063	4.1%	-20.4%
Mitsubishi	2,082	1.7%	1,605	1.3%	29.7%
Suzuki	874	0.7%	1,122	0.9%	-22.1%
Daihatsu	11	0.0%	19	0.0%	-42.1%
Others	33,148	27.2%	29,063	23.3%	14.1%
Total	121,801	100.0%	124,794	100.0%	-2.4%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Small cars

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Dec.	Share	Dec.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	50,053	53.6%	58,912	56.9%	-15.0%
Honda	15,305	16.4%	16,171	15.6%	-5.4%
Nissan	10,601	11.4%	10,653	10.3%	-0.5%
Suzuki	8,631	9.2%	6,666	6.4%	29.5%
Daihatsu	3,907	4.2%	2,834	2.7%	37.9%
Mazda	2,484	2.7%	5,161	5.0%	-51.9%
Mitsubishi	492	0.5%	635	0.6%	-22.5%
Subaru	212	0.2%	146	0.1%	45.2%
Others	1,666	1.8%	2,391	2.3%	-30.3%
Total	93,351	100.0%	103,569	100.0%	-9.9%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Trucks Total

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Dec.	Share	Dec.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Dec.	Share	Jan.-Dec.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	12,307	35.7%	12,087	36.6%	1.8%	162,854	37.1%	159,347	36.9%	2.2%
Isuzu	6,211	18.0%	5,511	16.7%	12.7%	74,889	17.1%	78,497	18.2%	-4.6%
Nissan	4,305	12.5%	3,412	10.3%	26.2%	67,730	15.4%	62,456	14.5%	8.4%
Hino	5,591	16.2%	5,629	17.0%	-0.7%	67,133	15.3%	63,789	14.8%	5.2%
Mitsubishi Fuso	3,802	11.0%	4,098	12.4%	-7.2%	39,950	9.1%	41,030	9.5%	-2.6%
Mazda	977	2.8%	954	2.9%	2.4%	14,298	3.3%	14,312	3.3%	-0.1%
UD Trucks	1,175	3.4%	1,218	3.7%	-3.5%	9,974	2.3%	10,858	2.5%	-8.1%
Mitsubishi	70	0.2%	50	0.2%	40.0%	987	0.2%	1,008	0.2%	-2.1%
Others	70	0.2%	91	0.3%	-23.1%	972	0.2%	924	0.2%	5.2%
Total	34,508	100.0%	33,050	100.0%	4.4%	438,787	100.0%	432,221	100.0%	1.5%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Standard Trucks

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Dec.	Share	Dec.	Share	Y-o-Y
Isuzu	4,835	31.3%	4,424	30.3%	9.3%
Hino	4,605	29.8%	4,415	30.3%	4.3%
Mitsubishi Fuso	2,611	16.9%	2,713	18.6%	-3.8%
Toyota	1,808	11.7%	1,465	10.0%	23.4%
UD Trucks	1,169	7.6%	1,214	8.3%	-3.7%
Nissan	297	1.9%	195	1.3%	52.3%
Mazda	60	0.4%	68	0.5%	-11.8%
Others	69	0.4%	90	0.6%	-23.3%
Total	15,454	100.0%	14,584	100.0%	6.0%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Small Trucks

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Dec.	Share	Dec.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	10,499	55.1%	10,622	57.5%	-1.2%
Nissan	4,008	21.0%	3,217	17.4%	24.6%
Isuzu	1,376	7.2%	1,087	5.9%	26.6%
Mitsubishi Fuso	1,191	6.3%	1,385	7.5%	-14.0%
Hino	986	5.2%	1,214	6.6%	-18.8%
Mazda	917	4.8%	886	4.8%	3.5%
Mitsubishi	70	0.4%	50	0.3%	40.0%
UD Trucks	6	0.0%	4	0.0%	50.0%
Others	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	0.0%
Total	19,054	100.0%	18,466	100.0%	3.2%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Buses

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Dec.	Share	Dec.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Dec.	Share	Jan.-Dec.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	399	32.7%	313	33.6%	27.5%	4,890	35.7%	5,195	33.3%	-5.9%
Hino	249	20.4%	199	21.4%	25.1%	3,678	26.8%	3,989	25.6%	-7.8%
Mitsubishi Fuso	275	22.6%	222	23.8%	23.9%	2,398	17.5%	3,104	19.9%	-22.7%
Isuzu	214	17.6%	141	15.1%	51.8%	1,858	13.6%	2,487	15.9%	-25.3%
Nissan	66	5.4%	54	5.8%	22.2%	834	6.1%	697	4.5%	19.7%
Others	16	1.3%	3	0.3%	433.3%	44	0.3%	121	0.8%	-63.6%
Total	1,219	100.0%	932	100.0%	30.8%	13,702	100.0%	15,593	100.0%	-12.1%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association

Japan - Top 10 best selling models

-	Maker/Brand	Model	Dec. 2018	Dec. 2017	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Dec. 2018	Jan.-Dec. 2017	Y-o-Y
1	Honda	N BOX	16,607	18,458	-10.0%	241,870	218,478	10.7%
2	Suzuki	Suzuki Spacia	12,143	8,757	38.7%	152,104	104,763	45.2%
3	Daihatsu	Hijet	11,485	12,057	-4.7%	150,078	138,175	8.6%
4	Nissan	DAYZ	10,196	9,288	9.8%	141,495	137,514	2.9%
5	Daihatsu	Tanto	9,805	8,741	12.2%	136,558	141,312	-3.4%
6	Nissan	Note	8,064	7,475	7.9%	136,324	138,905	-1.9%
7	Daihatsu	Move	9,207	10,073	-8.6%	135,896	141,373	-3.9%
8	Toyota	Aqua (Prius C)	7,633	10,119	-24.6%	112,093	119,241	-6.0%
9	Daihatsu	Mira (Cuore)	8,700	6,895	26.2%	108,105	100,604	7.5%
10	Suzuki	Wagon R	6,766	8,284	-18.3%	108,013	114,711	-5.8%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association, Japan Mini Vehicles Association
* The Aqua (Prius C) category does not include the Aqua Crossover.

Registrations of new imported cars (Including Japanese makers)

Brand	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brand	Dec.	Share	Dec.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Dec.	Share	Jan.-Dec.	Share	Y-o-Y
Mercedes-Benz	8,531	22.3%	7,166	20.3%	19.0%	67,554	18.4%	68,221	19.4%	-1.0%
VW	5,368	14.0%	4,153	11.8%	29.3%	51,961	14.2%	49,040	14.0%	6.0%
BMW	6,584	17.2%	5,482	15.5%	20.1%	50,982	13.9%	52,527	15.0%	-2.9%
Audi	2,425	6.3%	3,055	8.6%	-20.6%	26,473	7.2%	28,336	8.1%	-6.6%
BMW MINI	2,916	7.6%	2,760	7.8%	5.7%	25,984	7.1%	25,427	7.2%	2.2%
Toyota	1,576	4.1%	1,590	4.5%	-0.9%	22,978	6.3%	17,057	4.9%	34.7%
Volvo	2,011	5.3%	1,808	5.1%	11.2%	17,805	4.9%	16,120	4.6%	10.5%
Honda	805	2.1%	1,029	2.9%	-21.8%	14,130	3.9%	2,987	0.9%	373.0%
Nissan	668	1.7%	643	1.8%	3.9%	12,194	3.3%	15,211	4.3%	-19.8%
Jeep	1,127	2.9%	1,113	3.1%	1.3%	11,438	3.1%	10,102	2.9%	13.2%
Peugeot	823	2.2%	855	2.4%	-3.7%	9,881	2.7%	8,242	2.3%	19.9%
Renault	605	1.6%	451	1.3%	34.1%	7,253	2.0%	7,121	2.0%	1.9%
Porsche	875	2.3%	832	2.4%	5.2%	7,166	2.0%	6,923	2.0%	3.5%
Fiat	572	1.5%	656	1.9%	-12.8%	6,014	1.6%	6,523	1.9%	-7.8%
Suzuki	195	0.5%	372	1.1%	-47.6%	4,442	1.2%	5,768	1.6%	-23.0%
Land Rover	457	1.2%	524	1.5%	-12.8%	3,972	1.1%	3,619	1.0%	9.8%
Citroen	323	0.8%	344	1.0%	-6.1%	3,564	1.0%	3,152	0.9%	13.1%
Jaguar	441	1.2%	237	0.7%	86.1%	3,260	0.9%	2,614	0.7%	24.7%
Mitsubishi	157	0.4%	207	0.6%	-24.2%	3,117	0.9%	3,909	1.1%	-20.3%
Alfa Romeo	274	0.7%	295	0.8%	-7.1%	2,510	0.7%	1,838	0.5%	36.6%
smart	271	0.7%	547	1.5%	-50.5%	2,465	0.7%	4,638	1.3%	-46.9%
ABARTH	181	0.5%	171	0.5%	5.8%	2,352	0.6%	2,286	0.7%	2.9%
Maserati	218	0.6%	271	0.8%	-19.6%	1,453	0.4%	1,824	0.5%	-20.3%
Chevrolet	77	0.2%	135	0.4%	-43.0%	878	0.2%	809	0.2%	8.5%
Ferrari	61	0.2%	61	0.2%	0.0%	767	0.2%	775	0.2%	-1.0%
DS	94	0.2%	47	0.1%	100.0%	749	0.2%	799	0.2%	-6.3%
Cadillac	77	0.2%	66	0.2%	16.7%	633	0.2%	580	0.2%	9.1%
Lamborghini	21	0.1%	29	0.1%	-27.6%	543	0.1%	475	0.1%	14.3%
Ford	65	0.2%	58	0.2%	12.1%	484	0.1%	551	0.2%	-12.2%
Bentley	61	0.2%	57	0.2%	7.0%	437	0.1%	418	0.1%	4.5%
Dodge	38	0.1%	35	0.1%	8.6%	399	0.1%	349	0.1%	14.3%
Aston Martin	81	0.2%	24	0.1%	237.5%	318	0.1%	321	0.1%	-0.9%
BMW Alpina	13	0.0%	17	0.0%	-23.5%	253	0.1%	219	0.1%	15.5%
Scania	40	0.1%	17	0.0%	135.3%	249	0.1%	160	0.0%	55.6%
Rolls Royce	36	0.1%	27	0.1%	33.3%	230	0.1%	225	0.1%	2.2%
Lotus	15	0.0%	17	0.0%	-11.8%	224	0.1%	172	0.0%	30.2%
McLaren	21	0.1%	15	0.0%	40.0%	222	0.1%	164	0.0%	35.4%
Autobianchi	7	0.0%	-	-%	-%	69	0.0%	49	0.0%	40.8%
GMC	4	0.0%	2	0.0%	100.0%	52	0.0%	52	0.0%	0.0%
Chrysler	3	0.0%	20	0.1%	-85.0%	49	0.0%	213	0.1%	-77.0%
Rover	4	0.0%	8	0.0%	-50.0%	34	0.0%	46	0.0%	-26.1%
Morgan	2	0.0%	3	0.0%	-33.3%	25	0.0%	23	0.0%	8.7%
Lancia	1	0.0%	2	0.0%	-50.0%	17	0.0%	21	0.0%	-19.0%
Hyundai	-	-%	5	0.0%	-%	16	0.0%	127	0.0%	-87.4%
Pontiac	-	-%	-	-%	-%	11	0.0%	11	0.0%	0.0%
MG	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	0.0%	9	0.0%	14	0.0%	-35.7%
Bugatti	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	0.0%	7	0.0%	2	0.0%	250.0%
Unimog	2	0.0%	5	0.0%	-60.0%	6	0.0%	10	0.0%	-40.0%
Buick	2	0.0%	-	-%	-%	5	0.0%	9	0.0%	-44.4%
Hummer	-	-%	-	-%	-%	2	0.0%	1	0.0%	100.0%
Opel	-	-%	-	-%	-%	2	0.0%	1	0.0%	100.0%
RUF	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	2	0.0%	-50.0%
Detomaso	-	-%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	0.0%
Mini	-	-%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	0.0%
Kia	-	-%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%
Saturn	-	-%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%
Maybach	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%	-	-%	2	0.0%	-%
Saab	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	2	0.0%	-%
Innocenti	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Others	104	0.3%	120	0.3%	-13.3%	623	0.2%	930	0.3%	-33.0%
Total	38,235	100.0%	35,334	100.0%	8.2%	366,266	100.0%	351,020	100.0%	4.3%

Source: Japan Automobile Importers Association (JAIA)

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Flash report, November 2018

3 Dec. 2018

Japanese new vehicle sales in November increase 8.6% y/y to 442K unit level
* According to the Japan Automotive Dealers Association and Japan Light Motor Vehicle and Motorcycle Association, sales in Japan in November 2018 increased 8.6% to 441,943 units. Sales with engine displacements above 660cc increased 8.3% to 279,594 units. Vehicles with engine displacements below 660cc also increased 9.2% to 162,349 units.
* Total sales from January to November increased 0.9% to 4,884,542 units.

Sales of new vehicles

	Nov. 2018	Nov. 2017	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Nov. 2018	Jan.-Nov. 2017	Y-o-Y
Non-mini vehicles	279,594	258,164	8.3%	3,097,064	3,128,479	-1.0%
Mini Vehicles	162,349	148,696	9.2%	1,787,478	1,711,433	4.4%
Total	441,943	406,860	8.6%	4,884,542	4,839,912	0.9%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association, Japan Mini Vehicles Association

Non-mini vehicles Total (Breakdown by vehicle type)

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Nov.	Share	Nov.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Nov.	Share	Jan.-Nov.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	130,103	46.5%	124,396	48.2%	4.6%	1,363,762	44.0%	1,436,401	45.9%	-5.1%
Honda	32,349	11.6%	31,176	12.1%	3.8%	350,515	11.3%	354,656	11.3%	-1.2%
Nissan	29,563	10.6%	20,797	8.1%	42.2%	402,175	13.0%	383,076	12.2%	5.0%
Mazda	15,097	5.4%	10,194	3.9%	48.1%	166,438	5.4%	156,286	5.0%	6.5%
Subaru	9,977	3.6%	10,289	4.0%	-3.0%	111,909	3.6%	134,563	4.3%	-16.8%
Suzuki	9,592	3.4%	7,740	3.0%	23.9%	118,222	3.8%	101,792	3.3%	16.1%
Isuzu	6,548	2.3%	6,108	2.4%	7.2%	70,322	2.3%	75,332	2.4%	-6.7%
Hino	6,248	2.2%	5,592	2.2%	11.7%	64,971	2.1%	61,950	2.0%	4.9%
Lexus	4,136	1.5%	5,681	2.2%	-27.2%	51,068	1.6%	40,542	1.3%	26.0%
Mitsubishi	3,624	1.3%	2,870	1.1%	26.3%	44,275	1.4%	33,694	1.1%	31.4%
Mitsubishi Fuso	3,471	1.2%	3,458	1.3%	0.4%	38,271	1.2%	39,814	1.3%	-3.9%
Daihatsu	2,736	1.0%	3,041	1.2%	-10.0%	31,294	1.0%	25,214	0.8%	24.1%
UD Trucks	923	0.3%	1,000	0.4%	-7.7%	8,799	0.3%	9,640	0.3%	-8.7%
Others	25,227	9.0%	25,822	10.0%	-2.3%	275,043	8.9%	275,519	8.8%	-0.2%
Total	279,594	100.0%	258,164	100.0%	8.3%	3,097,064	100.0%	3,128,479	100.0%	-1.0%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association

Mini Vehicles

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Nov.	Share	Nov.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Nov.	Share	Jan.-Nov.	Share	Y-o-Y
Daihatsu	51,931	32.0%	48,604	32.7%	6.8%	566,744	31.7%	558,874	32.7%	1.4%
Suzuki	49,781	30.7%	44,404	29.9%	12.1%	544,891	30.5%	517,768	30.3%	5.2%
Honda	31,837	19.6%	29,541	19.9%	7.8%	342,925	19.2%	316,858	18.5%	8.2%
Nissan	16,029	9.9%	13,896	9.3%	15.3%	176,970	9.9%	169,961	9.9%	4.1%
Mitsubishi	4,658	2.9%	4,834	3.3%	-3.6%	53,978	3.0%	51,780	3.0%	4.2%
Toyota	3,043	1.9%	2,623	1.8%	16.0%	34,939	2.0%	28,437	1.7%	22.9%
Mazda	2,891	1.8%	2,917	2.0%	-0.9%	39,583	2.2%	37,415	2.2%	5.8%
Subaru	2,176	1.3%	1,872	1.3%	16.2%	27,371	1.5%	30,275	1.8%	-9.6%
Others	3	0.0%	5	0.0%	-40.0%	77	0.0%	65	0.0%	18.5%
Total	162,349	100.0%	148,696	100.0%	9.2%	1,787,478	100.0%	1,711,433	100.0%	4.4%

Source: Japan Mini Vehicles Association

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Cars Total

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Nov.	Share	Nov.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Nov.	Share	Jan.-Nov.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	115,089	47.8%	110,562	49.6%	4.1%	1,208,724	45.1%	1,284,259	47.3%	-5.9%
Honda	32,349	13.4%	31,176	14.0%	3.8%	350,515	13.1%	354,656	13.1%	-1.2%
Nissan	24,324	10.1%	16,888	7.6%	44.0%	337,982	12.6%	323,389	11.9%	4.5%
Mazda	13,907	5.8%	9,029	4.1%	54.0%	153,117	5.7%	142,928	5.3%	7.1%
Subaru	9,977	4.1%	10,289	4.6%	-3.0%	111,909	4.2%	134,563	5.0%	-16.8%
Suzuki	9,592	4.0%	7,740	3.5%	23.9%	118,222	4.4%	101,792	3.7%	16.1%
Lexus	4,136	1.7%	5,681	2.5%	-27.2%	51,068	1.9%	40,542	1.5%	26.0%
Mitsubishi	3,541	1.5%	2,807	1.3%	26.1%	43,358	1.6%	32,736	1.2%	32.4%
Daihatsu	2,736	1.1%	3,041	1.4%	-10.0%	31,294	1.2%	25,214	0.9%	24.1%
Others	25,168	10.5%	25,725	11.5%	-2.2%	274,113	10.2%	274,568	10.1%	-0.2%
Total	240,819	100.0%	222,938	100.0%	8.0%	2,680,302	100.0%	2,714,647	100.0%	-1.3%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Standard cars

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Nov.	Share	Nov.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	55,520	41.6%	47,894	40.8%	15.9%
Honda	13,600	10.2%	11,819	10.1%	15.1%
Nissan	11,743	8.8%	7,861	6.7%	49.4%
Mazda	10,735	8.0%	7,193	6.1%	49.2%
Subaru	9,831	7.4%	10,059	8.6%	-2.3%
Lexus	4,136	3.1%	5,681	4.8%	-27.2%
Mitsubishi	2,887	2.2%	1,973	1.7%	46.3%
Suzuki	1,195	0.9%	1,202	1.0%	-0.6%
Daihatsu	11	0.0%	28	0.0%	-60.7%
Others	23,884	17.9%	23,805	20.3%	0.3%
Total	133,542	100.0%	117,515	100.0%	13.6%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Small cars

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Nov.	Share	Nov.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	59,569	55.5%	62,668	59.4%	-4.9%
Honda	18,749	17.5%	19,357	18.4%	-3.1%
Nissan	12,581	11.7%	9,027	8.6%	39.4%
Suzuki	8,397	7.8%	6,538	6.2%	28.4%
Mazda	3,172	3.0%	1,836	1.7%	72.8%
Daihatsu	2,725	2.5%	3,013	2.9%	-9.6%
Mitsubishi	654	0.6%	834	0.8%	-21.6%
Subaru	146	0.1%	230	0.2%	-36.5%
Others	1,284	1.2%	1,920	1.8%	-33.1%
Total	107,277	100.0%	105,423	100.0%	1.8%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Trucks Total

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Nov.	Share	Nov.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Nov.	Share	Jan.-Nov.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	14,643	38.8%	13,496	39.3%	8.5%	150,547	37.2%	147,260	36.9%	2.2%
Isuzu	6,398	16.9%	5,960	17.4%	7.3%	68,678	17.0%	72,986	18.3%	-5.9%
Hino	6,026	16.0%	5,395	15.7%	11.7%	61,542	15.2%	58,160	14.6%	5.8%
Nissan	5,145	13.6%	3,869	11.3%	33.0%	63,425	15.7%	59,044	14.8%	7.4%
Mitsubishi Fuso	3,285	8.7%	3,298	9.6%	-0.4%	36,148	8.9%	36,932	9.3%	-2.1%
Mazda	1,190	3.2%	1,165	3.4%	2.1%	13,321	3.3%	13,358	3.3%	-0.3%
UD Trucks	923	2.4%	1,000	2.9%	-7.7%	8,799	2.2%	9,640	2.4%	-8.7%
Mitsubishi	83	0.2%	63	0.2%	31.7%	917	0.2%	958	0.2%	-4.3%
Others	58	0.2%	75	0.2%	-22.7%	902	0.2%	833	0.2%	8.3%
Total	37,751	100.0%	34,321	100.0%	10.0%	404,279	100.0%	399,171	100.0%	1.3%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Standard Trucks

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Nov.	Share	Nov.	Share	Y-o-Y
Isuzu	5,038	32.5%	4,694	33.3%	7.3%
Hino	4,796	31.0%	4,214	29.9%	13.8%
Mitsubishi Fuso	2,381	15.4%	2,225	15.8%	7.0%
Toyota	1,814	11.7%	1,573	11.2%	15.3%
UD Trucks	919	5.9%	987	7.0%	-6.9%
Nissan	419	2.7%	271	1.9%	54.6%
Mazda	67	0.4%	43	0.3%	55.8%
Others	58	0.4%	75	0.5%	-22.7%
Total	15,492	100.0%	14,082	100.0%	10.0%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Small Trucks

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Nov.	Share	Nov.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	12,829	57.6%	11,923	58.9%	7.6%
Nissan	4,726	21.2%	3,598	17.8%	31.4%
Isuzu	1,360	6.1%	1,266	6.3%	7.4%
Hino	1,230	5.5%	1,181	5.8%	4.1%
Mazda	1,123	5.0%	1,122	5.5%	0.1%
Mitsubishi Fuso	904	4.1%	1,073	5.3%	-15.8%
Mitsubishi	83	0.4%	63	0.3%	31.7%
UD Trucks	4	0.0%	13	0.1%	-69.2%
Total	22,259	100.0%	20,239	100.0%	10.0%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Buses

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Nov.	Share	Nov.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Nov.	Share	Jan.-Nov.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	371	36.2%	338	37.3%	9.8%	4,491	36.0%	4,882	33.3%	-8.0%
Hino	222	21.7%	197	21.8%	12.7%	3,429	27.5%	3,790	25.9%	-9.5%
Mitsubishi Fuso	186	18.2%	160	17.7%	16.3%	2,123	17.0%	2,882	19.7%	-26.3%
Isuzu	150	14.6%	148	16.4%	1.4%	1,644	13.2%	2,346	16.0%	-29.9%
Nissan	94	9.2%	40	4.4%	135.0%	768	6.2%	643	4.4%	19.4%
Others	1	0.1%	22	2.4%	-95.5%	28	0.2%	118	0.8%	-76.3%
Total	1,024	100.0%	905	100.0%	13.1%	12,483	100.0%	14,661	100.0%	-14.9%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association

Japan - Top 10 best selling models

-	Maker/Brand	Model	Nov. 2018	Nov. 2017	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Nov. 2018	Jan.-Nov. 2017	Y-o-Y
1	Honda	N BOX	19,485	20,992	-7.2%	225,263	200,020	12.6%
2	Daihatsu	Hijet	14,110	13,435	5.0%	138,593	126,118	9.9%
3	Suzuki	Suzuki Spacia	11,812	6,933	70.4%	139,961	96,006	45.8%
4	Suzuki	Every	11,472	10,364	10.7%	71,520	71,059	0.6%
5	Daihatsu	Move	11,442	12,291	-6.9%	126,689	131,300	-3.5%
6	Nissan	DAYZ	11,420	8,624	32.4%	131,299	128,226	2.4%
7	Daihatsu	Tanto	11,102	9,215	20.5%	126,753	132,571	-4.4%
8	Toyota	Sienta	10,047	7,439	35.1%	85,020	89,540	-5.0%
9	Nissan	Note	9,648	6,893	40.0%	128,260	131,430	-2.4%
10	Daihatsu	Mira (Cuore)	9,157	7,923	15.6%	99,405	93,709	6.1%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association, Japan Mini Vehicles Association

Registrations of new imported cars (Including Japanese makers)

Brand	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brand	Nov.	Share	Nov.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Nov.	Share	Jan.-Nov.	Share	Y-o-Y
Mercedes-Benz	5,451	18.5%	5,413	18.3%	0.7%	59,023	18.0%	61,055	19.3%	-3.3%
VW	4,380	14.8%	4,236	14.4%	3.4%	46,593	14.2%	44,887	14.2%	3.8%
BMW	4,253	14.4%	4,526	15.3%	-6.0%	44,398	13.5%	47,045	14.9%	-5.6%
BMW MINI	2,173	7.4%	2,309	7.8%	-5.9%	23,068	7.0%	22,667	7.2%	1.8%
Toyota	1,908	6.5%	1,763	6.0%	8.2%	21,402	6.5%	15,467	4.9%	38.4%
Audi	1,728	5.9%	2,390	8.1%	-27.7%	24,048	7.3%	25,281	8.0%	-4.9%
Volvo	1,645	5.6%	1,251	4.2%	31.5%	15,794	4.8%	14,312	4.5%	10.4%
Honda	1,100	3.7%	605	2.1%	81.8%	13,325	4.1%	1,958	0.6%	580.5%
Jeep	985	3.3%	793	2.7%	24.2%	10,311	3.1%	8,989	2.8%	14.7%
Nissan	843	2.9%	644	2.2%	30.9%	11,526	3.5%	14,568	4.6%	-20.9%
Peugeot	784	2.7%	758	2.6%	3.4%	9,058	2.8%	7,387	2.3%	22.6%
Renault	586	2.0%	531	1.8%	10.4%	6,648	2.0%	6,670	2.1%	-0.3%
Porsche	549	1.9%	650	2.2%	-15.5%	6,291	1.9%	6,091	1.9%	3.3%
Fiat	490	1.7%	519	1.8%	-5.6%	5,442	1.7%	5,867	1.9%	-7.2%
Land Rover	367	1.2%	290	1.0%	26.6%	3,515	1.1%	3,095	1.0%	13.6%
Suzuki	257	0.9%	425	1.4%	-39.5%	4,247	1.3%	5,396	1.7%	-21.3%
smart	255	0.9%	260	0.9%	-1.9%	2,194	0.7%	4,091	1.3%	-46.4%
Jaguar	252	0.9%	145	0.5%	73.8%	2,819	0.9%	2,377	0.8%	18.6%
Citroen	240	0.8%	335	1.1%	-28.4%	3,241	1.0%	2,808	0.9%	15.4%
Mitsubishi	193	0.7%	304	1.0%	-36.5%	2,960	0.9%	3,702	1.2%	-20.0%
Alfa Romeo	179	0.6%	333	1.1%	-46.2%	2,236	0.7%	1,543	0.5%	44.9%
ABARTH	145	0.5%	142	0.5%	2.1%	2,171	0.7%	2,115	0.7%	2.6%
Maserati	119	0.4%	196	0.7%	-39.3%	1,235	0.4%	1,553	0.5%	-20.5%
Chevrolet	80	0.3%	173	0.6%	-53.8%	801	0.2%	674	0.2%	18.8%
DS	68	0.2%	57	0.2%	19.3%	655	0.2%	752	0.2%	-12.9%
Bentley	68	0.2%	38	0.1%	78.9%	376	0.1%	361	0.1%	4.2%
Ferrari	61	0.2%	54	0.2%	13.0%	706	0.2%	714	0.2%	-1.1%
Cadillac	55	0.2%	54	0.2%	1.9%	556	0.2%	514	0.2%	8.2%
Lamborghini	38	0.1%	33	0.1%	15.2%	522	0.2%	446	0.1%	17.0%
Dodge	36	0.1%	30	0.1%	20.0%	361	0.1%	314	0.1%	15.0%
Ford	28	0.1%	49	0.2%	-42.9%	419	0.1%	493	0.2%	-15.0%
Scania	28	0.1%	15	0.1%	86.7%	209	0.1%	143	0.0%	46.2%
Rolls Royce	25	0.1%	17	0.1%	47.1%	194	0.1%	198	0.1%	-2.0%
BMW Alpina	23	0.1%	16	0.1%	43.8%	240	0.1%	202	0.1%	18.8%
Mclaren	15	0.1%	12	0.0%	25.0%	201	0.1%	149	0.0%	34.9%
Aston Martin	14	0.0%	25	0.1%	-44.0%	237	0.1%	297	0.1%	-20.2%
Lotus	7	0.0%	12	0.0%	-41.7%	209	0.1%	155	0.0%	34.8%
Autobianchi	6	0.0%	1	0.0%	500.0%	62	0.0%	49	0.0%	26.5%
GMC	4	0.0%	2	0.0%	100.0%	48	0.0%	50	0.0%	-4.0%
Rover	4	0.0%	2	0.0%	100.0%	30	0.0%	38	0.0%	-21.1%
Chrysler	3	0.0%	11	0.0%	-72.7%	46	0.0%	193	0.1%	-76.2%
Morgan	3	0.0%	-	-%	-%	23	0.0%	20	0.0%	15.0%
Lancia	3	0.0%	2	0.0%	50.0%	16	0.0%	19	0.0%	-15.8%
Unimog	2	0.0%	2	0.0%	0.0%	4	0.0%	5	0.0%	-20.0%
Hyundai	1	0.0%	22	0.1%	-95.5%	16	0.0%	122	0.0%	-86.9%
Pontiac	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%	11	0.0%	11	0.0%	0.0%
MG	-	-%	2	0.0%	-%	8	0.0%	13	0.0%	-38.5%
Bugatti	-	-%	-	-%	-%	6	0.0%	1	0.0%	500.0%
Buick	-	-%	-	-%	-%	3	0.0%	9	0.0%	-66.7%
Hummer	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%	2	0.0%	1	0.0%	100.0%
Opel	-	-%	-	-%	-%	2	0.0%	1	0.0%	100.0%
Detomaso	-	-%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	0.0%
Mini	-	-%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	0.0%
Kia	-	-%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%
Saturn	-	-%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%
RUF	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%	-	-%	2	0.0%	-%
Saab	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%	-	-%	2	0.0%	-%
Innocenti	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Maybach	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Others	41	0.1%	60	0.2%	-31.7%	519	0.2%	810	0.3%	-35.9%
Total	29,495	100.0%	29,511	100.0%	-0.1%	328,031	100.0%	315,686	100.0%	3.9%

Source: Japan Automobile Importers Association (JAIA)

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Flash report, October 2018

1 Nov. 2018

Japanese new vehicle sales in October increase 12.5% y/y to 419,000 unit level
* According to the Japan Automotive Dealers Association and Japan Light Motor Vehicle and Motorcycle Association, sales in Japan in October 2018 increased 12.5% to 418,992 units. Sales with engine displacements above 660cc increased 13% to 261,554 units. Vehicles with engine displacements below 660cc also increased 11.7% to 157,438 units.
* Total sales from January to October increased 0.2% to 4,442,598 units.

Sales of new vehicles

	Oct. 2018	Oct. 2017	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Oct. 2018	Jan.-Oct. 2017	Y-o-Y
Non-mini vehicles	261,554	231,563	13.0%	2,817,470	2,870,315	-1.8%
Mini Vehicles	157,438	140,906	11.7%	1,625,128	1,562,737	4.0%
Total	418,992	372,469	12.5%	4,442,598	4,433,052	0.2%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association, Japan Mini Vehicles Association

Non-mini vehicles Total (Breakdown by vehicle type)

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Oct.	Share	Oct.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Oct.	Share	Jan.-Oct.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	125,401	47.9%	117,464	50.7%	6.8%	1,233,659	43.8%	1,312,005	45.7%	-6.0%
Honda	30,901	11.8%	28,048	12.1%	10.2%	318,166	11.3%	323,480	11.3%	-1.6%
Nissan	28,346	10.8%	12,745	5.5%	122.4%	372,612	13.2%	362,279	12.6%	2.9%
Mazda	11,330	4.3%	11,251	4.9%	0.7%	151,341	5.4%	146,092	5.1%	3.6%
Subaru	10,516	4.0%	11,191	4.8%	-6.0%	101,932	3.6%	124,274	4.3%	-18.0%
Suzuki	8,974	3.4%	7,668	3.3%	17.0%	108,630	3.9%	94,052	3.3%	15.5%
Hino	5,288	2.0%	4,319	1.9%	22.4%	58,723	2.1%	56,358	2.0%	4.2%
Isuzu	5,235	2.0%	5,112	2.2%	2.4%	63,774	2.3%	69,224	2.4%	-7.9%
Daihatsu	3,789	1.4%	2,622	1.1%	44.5%	28,558	1.0%	22,173	0.8%	28.8%
Lexus	3,770	1.4%	3,904	1.7%	-3.4%	46,932	1.7%	34,861	1.2%	34.6%
Mitsubishi	2,979	1.1%	2,148	0.9%	38.7%	40,651	1.4%	30,824	1.1%	31.9%
Mitsubishi Fuso	2,901	1.1%	3,236	1.4%	-10.4%	34,800	1.2%	36,356	1.3%	-4.3%
UD Trucks	838	0.3%	904	0.4%	-7.3%	7,876	0.3%	8,640	0.3%	-8.8%
Others	21,286	8.1%	20,951	9.0%	1.6%	249,816	8.9%	249,697	8.7%	0.0%
Total	261,554	100.0%	231,563	100.0%	13.0%	2,817,470	100.0%	2,870,315	100.0%	-1.8%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association

Mini Vehicles

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Oct.	Share	Oct.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Oct.	Share	Jan.-Oct.	Share	Y-o-Y
Daihatsu	52,642	33.4%	49,034	34.8%	7.4%	514,813	31.7%	510,270	32.7%	0.9%
Suzuki	45,230	28.7%	41,404	29.4%	9.2%	495,110	30.5%	473,364	30.3%	4.6%
Honda	32,942	20.9%	30,568	21.7%	7.8%	311,087	19.1%	287,317	18.4%	8.3%
Nissan	14,374	9.1%	9,304	6.6%	54.5%	160,941	9.9%	156,065	10.0%	3.1%
Mitsubishi	3,743	2.4%	3,342	2.4%	12.0%	49,320	3.0%	46,946	3.0%	5.1%
Toyota	3,168	2.0%	2,405	1.7%	31.7%	31,896	2.0%	25,814	1.7%	23.6%
Mazda	3,008	1.9%	2,860	2.0%	5.2%	36,692	2.3%	34,498	2.2%	6.4%
Subaru	2,325	1.5%	1,984	1.4%	17.2%	25,195	1.6%	28,403	1.8%	-11.3%
Others	6	0.0%	5	0.0%	20.0%	74	0.0%	60	0.0%	23.3%
Total	157,438	100.0%	140,906	100.0%	11.7%	1,625,128	100.0%	1,562,737	100.0%	4.0%

Source: Japan Mini Vehicles Association

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Cars Total

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Oct.	Share	Oct.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Oct.	Share	Jan.-Oct.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	111,556	49.1%	104,003	51.9%	7.3%	1,093,635	44.8%	1,173,697	47.1%	-6.8%
Honda	30,901	13.6%	28,048	14.0%	10.2%	318,166	13.0%	323,480	13.0%	-1.6%
Nissan	23,420	10.3%	10,134	5.1%	131.1%	313,658	12.9%	306,501	12.3%	2.3%
Subaru	10,516	4.6%	11,191	5.6%	-6.0%	101,932	4.2%	124,274	5.0%	-18.0%
Mazda	10,102	4.4%	10,019	5.0%	0.8%	139,210	5.7%	133,899	5.4%	4.0%
Suzuki	8,974	4.0%	7,668	3.8%	17.0%	108,630	4.5%	94,052	3.8%	15.5%
Daihatsu	3,789	1.7%	2,622	1.3%	44.5%	28,558	1.2%	22,173	0.9%	28.8%
Lexus	3,770	1.7%	3,904	1.9%	-3.4%	46,932	1.9%	34,861	1.4%	34.6%
Mitsubishi	2,913	1.3%	2,089	1.0%	39.4%	39,817	1.6%	29,929	1.2%	33.0%
Others	21,231	9.3%	20,869	10.4%	1.7%	248,945	10.2%	248,843	10.0%	0.0%
Total	227,172	100.0%	200,547	100.0%	13.3%	2,439,483	100.0%	2,491,709	100.0%	-2.1%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Standard cars

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Oct.	Share	Oct.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	54,519	44.2%	47,646	44.0%	14.4%
Honda	13,607	11.0%	10,210	9.4%	33.3%
Nissan	10,673	8.7%	6,230	5.7%	71.3%
Subaru	10,360	8.4%	10,952	10.1%	-5.4%
Mazda	6,620	5.4%	7,471	6.9%	-11.4%
Lexus	3,770	3.1%	3,904	3.6%	-3.4%
Mitsubishi	2,293	1.9%	1,539	1.4%	49.0%
Suzuki	1,253	1.0%	1,191	1.1%	5.2%
Daihatsu	17	0.0%	25	0.0%	-32.0%
Others	20,176	16.4%	19,189	17.7%	5.1%
Total	123,288	100.0%	108,357	100.0%	13.8%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Small cars

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Oct.	Share	Oct.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	57,037	54.9%	56,357	61.1%	1.2%
Honda	17,294	16.6%	17,838	19.3%	-3.0%
Nissan	12,747	12.3%	3,904	4.2%	226.5%
Suzuki	7,721	7.4%	6,477	7.0%	19.2%
Daihatsu	3,772	3.6%	2,597	2.8%	45.2%
Mazda	3,482	3.4%	2,548	2.8%	36.7%
Mitsubishi	620	0.6%	550	0.6%	12.7%
Subaru	156	0.2%	239	0.3%	-34.7%
Others	1,055	1.0%	1,680	1.8%	-37.2%
Total	103,884	100.0%	92,190	100.0%	12.7%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Trucks Total

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Oct.	Share	Oct.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Oct.	Share	Jan.-Oct.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	13,484	40.3%	13,098	43.6%	2.9%	135,904	37.1%	133,764	36.7%	1.6%
Isuzu	5,104	15.3%	5,020	16.7%	1.7%	62,280	17.0%	67,026	18.4%	-7.1%
Hino	5,034	15.1%	4,022	13.4%	25.2%	55,516	15.1%	52,765	14.5%	5.2%
Nissan	4,865	14.5%	2,582	8.6%	88.4%	58,280	15.9%	55,175	15.1%	5.6%
Mitsubishi Fuso	2,772	8.3%	3,072	10.2%	-9.8%	32,863	9.0%	33,634	9.2%	-2.3%
Mazda	1,228	3.7%	1,232	4.1%	-0.3%	12,131	3.3%	12,193	3.3%	-0.5%
UD Trucks	838	2.5%	904	3.0%	-7.3%	7,876	2.1%	8,640	2.4%	-8.8%
Mitsubishi	66	0.2%	59	0.2%	11.9%	834	0.2%	895	0.2%	-6.8%
Others	48	0.1%	81	0.3%	-40.7%	844	0.2%	758	0.2%	11.3%
Total	33,439	100.0%	30,070	100.0%	11.2%	366,528	100.0%	364,850	100.0%	0.5%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Standard Trucks

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Oct.	Share	Oct.	Share	Y-o-Y
Hino	4,100	30.8%	3,167	25.9%	29.5%
Isuzu	3,964	29.8%	4,130	33.8%	-4.0%
Mitsubishi Fuso	2,079	15.6%	2,102	17.2%	-1.1%
Toyota	1,932	14.5%	1,578	12.9%	22.4%
UD Trucks	833	6.3%	897	7.3%	-7.1%
Nissan	291	2.2%	215	1.8%	35.3%
Mazda	54	0.4%	67	0.5%	-19.4%
Others	47	0.4%	81	0.7%	-42.0%
Total	13,300	100.0%	12,237	100.0%	8.7%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Small Trucks

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Oct.	Share	Oct.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	11,552	57.4%	11,520	64.6%	0.3%
Nissan	4,574	22.7%	2,367	13.3%	93.2%
Mazda	1,174	5.8%	1,165	6.5%	0.8%
Isuzu	1,140	5.7%	890	5.0%	28.1%
Hino	934	4.6%	855	4.8%	9.2%
Mitsubishi Fuso	693	3.4%	970	5.4%	-28.6%
Mitsubishi	66	0.3%	59	0.3%	11.9%
UD Trucks	5	0.0%	7	0.0%	-28.6%
Others	1	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Total	20,139	100.0%	17,833	100.0%	12.9%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Buses

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Oct.	Share	Oct.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Oct.	Share	Jan.-Oct.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	361	38.3%	363	38.4%	-0.6%	4,120	36.0%	4,544	33.0%	-9.3%
Hino	254	26.9%	297	31.4%	-14.5%	3,207	28.0%	3,593	26.1%	-10.7%
Isuzu	131	13.9%	92	9.7%	42.4%	1,494	13.0%	2,198	16.0%	-32.0%
Mitsubishi Fuso	129	13.7%	164	17.3%	-21.3%	1,937	16.9%	2,722	19.8%	-28.8%
Nissan	61	6.5%	29	3.1%	110.3%	674	5.9%	603	4.4%	11.8%
Others	7	0.7%	1	0.1%	600.0%	27	0.2%	96	0.7%	-71.9%
Total	943	100.0%	946	100.0%	-0.3%	11,459	100.0%	13,756	100.0%	-16.7%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association

Japan - Top 10 best selling models

-	Maker/Brand	Model	Oct. 2018	Oct. 2017	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Oct. 2018	Jan.-Oct. 2017	Y-o-Y
1	Honda	N BOX	20,513	21,233	-3.4%	205,778	179,028	14.9%
2	Daihatsu	Hijet	12,909	10,305	25.3%	124,483	112,683	10.5%
3	Daihatsu	Move	11,820	13,972	-15.4%	115,247	119,009	-3.2%
4	Suzuki	Suzuki Spacia	11,813	6,865	72.1%	128,149	89,073	43.9%
5	Daihatsu	Tanto	11,559	10,660	8.4%	115,651	123,356	-6.2%
6	Nissan	DAYZ	11,332	5,961	90.1%	119,879	119,602	0.2%
7	Toyota	Sienta	9,840	6,692	47.0%	74,973	82,101	-8.7%
8	Nissan	Note	9,740	2,741	255.3%	118,612	124,537	-4.8%
9	Daihatsu	Mira (Cuore)	9,457	7,850	20.5%	90,248	85,786	5.2%
10	Toyota	Aqua (Prius C)	9,125	8,157	11.9%	95,618	100,684	-5.0%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association, Japan Mini Vehicles Association
* The Aqua (Prius C) category does not include the Aqua Crossover.

Registrations of new imported cars (Including Japanese makers)

Brand	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brand	Oct.	Share	Oct.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Oct.	Share	Jan.-Oct.	Share	Y-o-Y
Mercedes-Benz	4,637	18.1%	4,559	19.2%	1.7%	53,572	17.9%	55,642	19.4%	-3.7%
BMW	3,803	14.8%	3,687	15.5%	3.1%	40,145	13.4%	42,519	14.9%	-5.6%
VW	3,726	14.5%	3,446	14.5%	8.1%	42,213	14.1%	40,651	14.2%	3.8%
Toyota	2,119	8.3%	1,652	7.0%	28.3%	19,494	6.5%	13,704	4.8%	42.3%
BMW MINI	1,706	6.7%	1,774	7.5%	-3.8%	20,895	7.0%	20,358	7.1%	2.6%
Audi	1,504	5.9%	1,975	8.3%	-23.8%	22,320	7.5%	22,891	8.0%	-2.5%
Volvo	1,227	4.8%	1,062	4.5%	15.5%	14,149	4.7%	13,061	4.6%	8.3%
Honda	1,202	4.7%	207	0.9%	480.7%	12,225	4.1%	1,353	0.5%	803.5%
Jeep	803	3.1%	702	3.0%	14.4%	9,326	3.1%	8,196	2.9%	13.8%
Nissan	639	2.5%	319	1.3%	100.3%	10,683	3.6%	13,924	4.9%	-23.3%
Peugeot	578	2.3%	572	2.4%	1.0%	8,274	2.8%	6,629	2.3%	24.8%
Renault	532	2.1%	352	1.5%	51.1%	6,062	2.0%	6,139	2.1%	-1.3%
Porsche	479	1.9%	451	1.9%	6.2%	5,742	1.9%	5,441	1.9%	5.5%
Fiat	447	1.7%	404	1.7%	10.6%	4,952	1.7%	5,348	1.9%	-7.4%
Citroen	287	1.1%	363	1.5%	-20.9%	3,001	1.0%	2,473	0.9%	21.4%
Suzuki	215	0.8%	483	2.0%	-55.5%	3,990	1.3%	4,971	1.7%	-19.7%
Land Rover	183	0.7%	253	1.1%	-27.7%	3,148	1.1%	2,805	1.0%	12.2%
smart	183	0.7%	284	1.2%	-35.6%	1,939	0.6%	3,831	1.3%	-49.4%
Mitsubishi	175	0.7%	174	0.7%	0.6%	2,767	0.9%	3,398	1.2%	-18.6%
Alfa Romeo	171	0.7%	79	0.3%	116.5%	2,057	0.7%	1,210	0.4%	70.0%
ABARTH	149	0.6%	144	0.6%	3.5%	2,026	0.7%	1,973	0.7%	2.7%
Jaguar	121	0.5%	126	0.5%	-4.0%	2,567	0.9%	2,232	0.8%	15.0%
Maserati	109	0.4%	100	0.4%	9.0%	1,116	0.4%	1,357	0.5%	-17.8%
Bentley	97	0.4%	39	0.2%	148.7%	308	0.1%	323	0.1%	-4.6%
Ferrari	67	0.3%	58	0.2%	15.5%	645	0.2%	660	0.2%	-2.3%
Chevrolet	66	0.3%	70	0.3%	-5.7%	721	0.2%	501	0.2%	43.9%
DS	58	0.2%	42	0.2%	38.1%	587	0.2%	695	0.2%	-15.5%
Lamborghini	52	0.2%	38	0.2%	36.8%	484	0.2%	413	0.1%	17.2%
Cadillac	47	0.2%	55	0.2%	-14.5%	501	0.2%	460	0.2%	8.9%
Dodge	37	0.1%	26	0.1%	42.3%	325	0.1%	284	0.1%	14.4%
Ford	34	0.1%	40	0.2%	-15.0%	391	0.1%	444	0.2%	-11.9%
Mclaren	27	0.1%	18	0.1%	50.0%	186	0.1%	137	0.0%	35.8%
Aston Martin	23	0.1%	25	0.1%	-8.0%	223	0.1%	272	0.1%	-18.0%
Scania	20	0.1%	10	0.0%	100.0%	181	0.1%	128	0.0%	41.4%
Rolls Royce	18	0.1%	11	0.0%	63.6%	169	0.1%	181	0.1%	-6.6%
BMW Alpina	14	0.1%	25	0.1%	-44.0%	217	0.1%	186	0.1%	16.7%
Lotus	13	0.1%	16	0.1%	-18.8%	202	0.1%	143	0.0%	41.3%
Rover	6	0.0%	6	0.0%	0.0%	26	0.0%	36	0.0%	-27.8%
Chrysler	5	0.0%	9	0.0%	-44.4%	43	0.0%	182	0.1%	-76.4%
Autobianchi	4	0.0%	8	0.0%	-50.0%	56	0.0%	48	0.0%	16.7%
GMC	4	0.0%	9	0.0%	-55.6%	44	0.0%	48	0.0%	-8.3%
Hyundai	2	0.0%	1	0.0%	100.0%	15	0.0%	100	0.0%	-85.0%
Morgan	1	0.0%	2	0.0%	-50.0%	20	0.0%	20	0.0%	0.0%
Lancia	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	0.0%	13	0.0%	17	0.0%	-23.5%
MG	1	0.0%	2	0.0%	-50.0%	8	0.0%	11	0.0%	-27.3%
Detomaso	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	0.0%
Pontiac	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%	11	0.0%	10	0.0%	10.0%
Bugatti	-	-%	-	-%	-%	6	0.0%	1	0.0%	500.0%
Buick	-	-%	-	-%	-%	3	0.0%	9	0.0%	-66.7%
Unimog	-	-%	2	0.0%	-%	2	0.0%	3	0.0%	-33.3%
Opel	-	-%	-	-%	-%	2	0.0%	1	0.0%	100.0%
Hummer	-	-%	-	-%	-%	2	0.0%	-	-%	-%
Mini	-	-%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	0.0%
Kia	-	-%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%
Saturn	-	-%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%
Innocenti	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Maybach	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
RUF	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Saab	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Others	19	0.1%	55	0.2%	-65.5%	478	0.2%	750	0.3%	-36.3%
Total	25,612	100.0%	23,737	100.0%	7.9%	298,536	100.0%	286,175	100.0%	4.3%

Source: Japan Automobile Importers Association (JAIA)

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Flash report, September 2018

1 Oct. 2018

Japanese new vehicle sales in September decline 2% y/y to 485,000 unit level
* According to the Japan Automotive Dealers Association and Japan Light Motor Vehicle and Motorcycle Association, sales in Japan in September 2018 declined 2% to 485,379 units. Sales with engine displacements above 660cc fell 3.1% to 308,324 units, while vehicles with engine displacements below 660cc were stagnant y/y at 177,055 units.
* Total sales from January to September declined 0.9% to 4,023,608 units.

Sales of new vehicles

	Sep. 2018	Sep. 2017	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Sep. 2018	Jan.-Sep. 2017	Y-o-Y
Non-mini vehicles	308,324	318,175	-3.1%	2,555,916	2,638,752	-3.1%
Mini Vehicles	177,055	177,013	0.0%	1,467,692	1,421,831	3.2%
Total	485,379	495,188	-2.0%	4,023,608	4,060,583	-0.9%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association, Japan Mini Vehicles Association

Non-mini vehicles Total (Breakdown by vehicle type)

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Sep.	Share	Sep.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Sep.	Share	Jan.-Sep.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	122,471	39.7%	131,510	41.3%	-6.9%	1,108,258	43.4%	1,194,541	45.3%	-7.2%
Nissan	41,837	13.6%	40,522	12.7%	3.2%	344,266	13.5%	349,534	13.2%	-1.5%
Honda	34,047	11.0%	37,417	11.8%	-9.0%	287,265	11.2%	295,432	11.2%	-2.8%
Mazda	18,913	6.1%	19,590	6.2%	-3.5%	140,011	5.5%	134,841	5.1%	3.8%
Subaru	12,334	4.0%	13,266	4.2%	-7.0%	91,416	3.6%	113,083	4.3%	-19.2%
Suzuki	11,548	3.7%	9,971	3.1%	15.8%	99,656	3.9%	86,384	3.3%	15.4%
Isuzu	9,676	3.1%	8,915	2.8%	8.5%	58,539	2.3%	64,112	2.4%	-8.7%
Hino	7,615	2.5%	5,419	1.7%	40.5%	53,435	2.1%	52,039	2.0%	2.7%
Mitsubishi	5,065	1.6%	3,950	1.2%	28.2%	37,672	1.5%	28,676	1.1%	31.4%
Mitsubishi Fuso	3,976	1.3%	4,574	1.4%	-13.1%	31,899	1.2%	33,120	1.3%	-3.7%
Lexus	3,550	1.2%	3,632	1.1%	-2.3%	43,162	1.7%	30,957	1.2%	39.4%
Daihatsu	3,322	1.1%	3,230	1.0%	2.8%	24,769	1.0%	19,551	0.7%	26.7%
UD Trucks	837	0.3%	1,010	0.3%	-17.1%	7,038	0.3%	7,736	0.3%	-9.0%
Others	33,133	10.7%	35,169	11.1%	-5.8%	228,530	8.9%	228,746	8.7%	-0.1%
Total	308,324	100.0%	318,175	100.0%	-3.1%	2,555,916	100.0%	2,638,752	100.0%	-3.1%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association

Mini Vehicles

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Sep.	Share	Sep.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Sep.	Share	Jan.-Sep.	Share	Y-o-Y
Suzuki	53,657	30.3%	50,776	28.7%	5.7%	449,881	30.7%	431,960	30.4%	4.1%
Daihatsu	50,752	28.7%	50,716	28.7%	0.1%	462,171	31.5%	461,236	32.4%	0.2%
Honda	37,048	20.9%	38,591	21.8%	-4.0%	278,145	19.0%	256,749	18.1%	8.3%
Nissan	19,157	10.8%	20,000	11.3%	-4.2%	146,567	10.0%	146,761	10.3%	-0.1%
Mitsubishi	6,329	3.6%	6,787	3.8%	-6.7%	45,577	3.1%	43,604	3.1%	4.5%
Mazda	3,929	2.2%	4,165	2.4%	-5.7%	33,684	2.3%	31,638	2.2%	6.5%
Toyota	3,289	1.9%	2,760	1.6%	19.2%	28,728	2.0%	23,409	1.6%	22.7%
Subaru	2,882	1.6%	3,209	1.8%	-10.2%	22,871	1.6%	26,419	1.9%	-13.4%
Others	12	0.0%	9	0.0%	33.3%	68	0.0%	55	0.0%	23.6%
Total	177,055	100.0%	177,013	100.0%	0.0%	1,467,692	100.0%	1,421,831	100.0%	3.2%

Source: Japan Mini Vehicles Association

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Cars Total

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Sep.	Share	Sep.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Sep.	Share	Jan.-Sep.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	109,326	41.2%	117,367	42.5%	-6.9%	982,079	44.4%	1,069,694	46.7%	-8.2%
Nissan	35,320	13.3%	34,038	12.3%	3.8%	290,238	13.1%	296,367	12.9%	-2.1%
Honda	34,047	12.8%	37,417	13.6%	-9.0%	287,265	13.0%	295,432	12.9%	-2.8%
Mazda	17,557	6.6%	18,208	6.6%	-3.6%	129,108	5.8%	123,880	5.4%	4.2%
Subaru	12,334	4.7%	13,266	4.8%	-7.0%	91,416	4.1%	113,083	4.9%	-19.2%
Suzuki	11,548	4.4%	9,971	3.6%	15.8%	99,656	4.5%	86,384	3.8%	15.4%
Mitsubishi	4,982	1.9%	3,832	1.4%	30.0%	36,904	1.7%	27,840	1.2%	32.6%
Lexus	3,550	1.3%	3,632	1.3%	-2.3%	43,162	2.0%	30,957	1.4%	39.4%
Daihatsu	3,322	1.3%	3,230	1.2%	2.8%	24,769	1.1%	19,551	0.9%	26.7%
Others	33,073	12.5%	35,088	12.7%	-5.7%	227,714	10.3%	227,974	10.0%	-0.1%
Total	265,059	100.0%	276,049	100.0%	-4.0%	2,212,311	100.0%	2,291,162	100.0%	-3.4%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Standard cars

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Sep.	Share	Sep.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	52,947	34.8%	55,174	37.1%	-4.0%
Nissan	17,506	11.5%	14,120	9.5%	24.0%
Honda	16,052	10.6%	13,673	9.2%	17.4%
Mazda	12,914	8.5%	12,865	8.7%	0.4%
Subaru	12,098	8.0%	12,962	8.7%	-6.7%
Mitsubishi	4,004	2.6%	2,574	1.7%	55.6%
Lexus	3,550	2.3%	3,632	2.4%	-2.3%
Suzuki	1,571	1.0%	1,320	0.9%	19.0%
Daihatsu	16	0.0%	24	0.0%	-33.3%
Others	31,417	20.7%	32,279	21.7%	-2.7%
Total	152,075	100.0%	148,623	100.0%	2.3%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Small cars

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Sep.	Share	Sep.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	56,379	49.9%	62,193	48.8%	-9.3%
Honda	17,995	15.9%	23,744	18.6%	-24.2%
Nissan	17,814	15.8%	19,918	15.6%	-10.6%
Suzuki	9,977	8.8%	8,651	6.8%	15.3%
Mazda	4,643	4.1%	5,343	4.2%	-13.1%
Daihatsu	3,306	2.9%	3,206	2.5%	3.1%
Mitsubishi	978	0.9%	1,258	1.0%	-22.3%
Subaru	236	0.2%	304	0.2%	-22.4%
Others	1,656	1.5%	2,809	2.2%	-41.0%
Total	112,984	100.0%	127,426	100.0%	-11.3%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Trucks Total

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Sep.	Share	Sep.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Sep.	Share	Jan.-Sep.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	12,782	30.4%	13,656	33.3%	-6.4%	122,420	36.8%	120,666	36.0%	1.5%
Isuzu	9,453	22.5%	8,791	21.4%	7.5%	57,176	17.2%	62,006	18.5%	-7.8%
Hino	7,187	17.1%	5,148	12.6%	39.6%	50,482	15.2%	48,743	14.6%	3.6%
Nissan	6,463	15.4%	6,445	15.7%	0.3%	53,415	16.0%	52,593	15.7%	1.6%
Mitsubishi Fuso	3,767	9.0%	4,383	10.7%	-14.1%	30,091	9.0%	30,562	9.1%	-1.5%
Mazda	1,356	3.2%	1,382	3.4%	-1.9%	10,903	3.3%	10,961	3.3%	-0.5%
UD Trucks	837	2.0%	1,010	2.5%	-17.1%	7,038	2.1%	7,736	2.3%	-9.0%
Mitsubishi	83	0.2%	118	0.3%	-29.7%	768	0.2%	836	0.2%	-8.1%
Others	59	0.1%	73	0.2%	-19.2%	796	0.2%	677	0.2%	17.6%
Total	41,987	100.0%	41,006	100.0%	2.4%	333,089	100.0%	334,780	100.0%	-0.5%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Standard Trucks

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Sep.	Share	Sep.	Share	Y-o-Y
Isuzu	7,421	39.3%	7,026	43.0%	5.6%
Hino	5,833	30.9%	3,950	24.2%	47.7%
Mitsubishi Fuso	2,536	13.4%	2,481	15.2%	2.2%
Toyota	1,760	9.3%	1,366	8.4%	28.8%
UD Trucks	834	4.4%	1,003	6.1%	-16.8%
Nissan	358	1.9%	358	2.2%	0.0%
Mazda	65	0.3%	74	0.5%	-12.2%
Others	59	0.3%	73	0.4%	-19.2%
Total	18,866	100.0%	16,331	100.0%	15.5%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Small Trucks

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Sep.	Share	Sep.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	11,022	47.7%	12,290	49.8%	-10.3%
Nissan	6,105	26.4%	6,087	24.7%	0.3%
Isuzu	2,032	8.8%	1,765	7.2%	15.1%
Hino	1,354	5.9%	1,198	4.9%	13.0%
Mazda	1,291	5.6%	1,308	5.3%	-1.3%
Mitsubishi Fuso	1,231	5.3%	1,902	7.7%	-35.3%
Mitsubishi	83	0.4%	118	0.5%	-29.7%
UD Trucks	3	0.0%	7	0.0%	-57.1%
Total	23,121	100.0%	24,675	100.0%	-6.3%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Buses

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Sep.	Share	Sep.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Sep.	Share	Jan.-Sep.	Share	Y-o-Y
Hino	428	33.5%	271	24.2%	57.9%	2,953	28.1%	3,296	25.7%	-10.4%
Toyota	363	28.4%	487	43.5%	-25.5%	3,759	35.7%	4,181	32.6%	-10.1%
Isuzu	223	17.4%	124	11.1%	79.8%	1,363	13.0%	2,106	16.4%	-35.3%
Mitsubishi Fuso	209	16.4%	191	17.1%	9.4%	1,808	17.2%	2,558	20.0%	-29.3%
Nissan	54	4.2%	39	3.5%	38.5%	613	5.8%	574	4.5%	6.8%
Others	1	0.1%	8	0.7%	-87.5%	20	0.2%	95	0.7%	-78.9%
Total	1,278	100.0%	1,120	100.0%	14.1%	10,516	100.0%	12,810	100.0%	-17.9%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association

Japan - Top 10 best selling models

-	Maker/Brand	Model	Sep. 2018	Sep. 2017	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Sep. 2018	Jan.-Sep. 2017	Y-o-Y
1	Honda	N BOX	22,540	26,983	-16.5%	185,265	157,795	17.4%
2	Nissan	DAYZ	15,070	15,153	-0.5%	108,547	113,641	-4.5%
3	Suzuki	Suzuki Spacia	13,801	9,573	44.2%	116,336	82,208	41.5%
4	Nissan	Note	13,589	15,469	-12.2%	108,872	121,796	-10.6%
5	Daihatsu	Tanto	11,858	11,636	1.9%	104,092	112,696	-7.6%
6	Daihatsu	Hijet	11,197	11,437	-2.1%	111,574	102,378	9.0%
7	Daihatsu	Move	11,158	12,771	-12.6%	103,427	105,037	-1.5%
8	Daihatsu	Mira (Cuore)	10,113	9,104	11.1%	80,791	77,936	3.7%
9	Nissan	Serena	9,402	8,187	14.8%	80,783	74,242	8.8%
10	Suzuki	Wagon R	9,004	11,920	-24.5%	86,542	88,385	-2.1%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association, Japan Mini Vehicles Association

Registrations of new imported cars (Including Japanese makers)

Brand	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brand	Sep.	Share	Sep.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Sep.	Share	Jan.-Sep.	Share	Y-o-Y
Mercedes-Benz	7,016	18.4%	8,480	21.2%	-17.3%	48,935	17.9%	51,083	19.5%	-4.2%
BMW	5,836	15.3%	6,031	15.1%	-3.2%	36,342	13.3%	38,832	14.8%	-6.4%
VW	5,067	13.3%	5,410	13.5%	-6.3%	38,487	14.1%	37,205	14.2%	3.4%
Audi	3,165	8.3%	3,350	8.4%	-5.5%	20,816	7.6%	20,916	8.0%	-0.5%
BMW MINI	2,841	7.4%	2,729	6.8%	4.1%	19,189	7.0%	18,584	7.1%	3.3%
Toyota	1,948	5.1%	1,519	3.8%	28.2%	17,375	6.4%	12,052	4.6%	44.2%
Volvo	1,592	4.2%	1,578	3.9%	0.9%	12,922	4.7%	11,999	4.6%	7.7%
Honda	1,249	3.3%	999	2.5%	25.0%	11,023	4.0%	1,146	0.4%	861.9%
Nissan	1,223	3.2%	1,268	3.2%	-3.5%	10,044	3.7%	13,605	5.2%	-26.2%
Jeep	1,217	3.2%	1,150	2.9%	5.8%	8,523	3.1%	7,494	2.9%	13.7%
Peugeot	1,047	2.7%	1,006	2.5%	4.1%	7,696	2.8%	6,057	2.3%	27.1%
Porsche	836	2.2%	801	2.0%	4.4%	5,263	1.9%	4,990	1.9%	5.5%
Renault	759	2.0%	698	1.7%	8.7%	5,530	2.0%	5,787	2.2%	-4.4%
Fiat	587	1.5%	769	1.9%	-23.7%	4,505	1.7%	4,944	1.9%	-8.9%
Jaguar	497	1.3%	295	0.7%	68.5%	2,446	0.9%	2,106	0.8%	16.1%
Citroen	470	1.2%	355	0.9%	32.4%	2,714	1.0%	2,110	0.8%	28.6%
Land Rover	442	1.2%	489	1.2%	-9.6%	2,965	1.1%	2,552	1.0%	16.2%
Suzuki	373	1.0%	648	1.6%	-42.4%	3,775	1.4%	4,488	1.7%	-15.9%
Mitsubishi	354	0.9%	530	1.3%	-33.2%	2,592	0.9%	3,224	1.2%	-19.6%
ABARTH	297	0.8%	281	0.7%	5.7%	1,877	0.7%	1,829	0.7%	2.6%
Alfa Romeo	280	0.7%	240	0.6%	16.7%	1,886	0.7%	1,131	0.4%	66.8%
smart	262	0.7%	488	1.2%	-46.3%	1,756	0.6%	3,547	1.4%	-50.5%
Maserati	150	0.4%	162	0.4%	-7.4%	1,007	0.4%	1,257	0.5%	-19.9%
DS	117	0.3%	89	0.2%	31.5%	529	0.2%	653	0.2%	-19.0%
Chevrolet	78	0.2%	58	0.1%	34.5%	655	0.2%	431	0.2%	52.0%
Cadillac	76	0.2%	78	0.2%	-2.6%	454	0.2%	405	0.2%	12.1%
Ford	41	0.1%	52	0.1%	-21.2%	357	0.1%	404	0.2%	-11.6%
Lamborghini	37	0.1%	32	0.1%	15.6%	432	0.2%	375	0.1%	15.2%
Dodge	35	0.1%	29	0.1%	20.7%	288	0.1%	258	0.1%	11.6%
Bentley	35	0.1%	52	0.1%	-32.7%	211	0.1%	284	0.1%	-25.7%
Ferrari	32	0.1%	60	0.1%	-46.7%	578	0.2%	602	0.2%	-4.0%
BMW Alpina	25	0.1%	29	0.1%	-13.8%	203	0.1%	161	0.1%	26.1%
Aston Martin	20	0.1%	15	0.0%	33.3%	200	0.1%	247	0.1%	-19.0%
Scania	19	0.0%	15	0.0%	26.7%	161	0.1%	118	0.0%	36.4%
Rolls Royce	17	0.0%	17	0.0%	0.0%	151	0.1%	170	0.1%	-11.2%
Lotus	15	0.0%	11	0.0%	36.4%	189	0.1%	127	0.0%	48.8%
Mclaren	14	0.0%	17	0.0%	-17.6%	159	0.1%	119	0.0%	33.6%
Autobianchi	8	0.0%	8	0.0%	0.0%	52	0.0%	40	0.0%	30.0%
Chrysler	6	0.0%	15	0.0%	-60.0%	38	0.0%	173	0.1%	-78.0%
GMC	3	0.0%	6	0.0%	-50.0%	40	0.0%	39	0.0%	2.6%
Lancia	3	0.0%	-	-%	-%	12	0.0%	16	0.0%	-25.0%
MG	3	0.0%	1	0.0%	200.0%	7	0.0%	9	0.0%	-22.2%
Hyundai	2	0.0%	8	0.0%	-75.0%	13	0.0%	99	0.0%	-86.9%
Morgan	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	0.0%	19	0.0%	18	0.0%	5.6%
Pontiac	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%	11	0.0%	9	0.0%	22.2%
Buick	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%	3	0.0%	9	0.0%	-66.7%
Opel	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	0.0%	2	0.0%	1	0.0%	100.0%
Rover	-	-%	2	0.0%	-%	20	0.0%	30	0.0%	-33.3%
Bugatti	-	-%	-	-%	-%	6	0.0%	1	0.0%	500.0%
Unimog	-	-%	-	-%	-%	2	0.0%	1	0.0%	100.0%
Hummer	-	-%	-	-%	-%	2	0.0%	-	-%	-%
Mini	-	-%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	0.0%
Kia	-	-%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%
Saturn	-	-%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%
Detomaso	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Innocenti	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Maybach	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
RUF	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Saab	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Others	121	0.3%	147	0.4%	-17.7%	459	0.2%	695	0.3%	-34.0%
Total	38,219	100.0%	40,019	100.0%	-4.5%	272,924	100.0%	262,438	100.0%	4.0%

Source: Japan Automobile Importers Association (JAIA)

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Flash report, August 2018

3 Sep. 2018

August new vehicle sales in Japan grow 2.5% y/y to 364,000 unit level
* The Japan Automobile Dealers Association and Japan Mini Vehicle Association announced that sales in August 2018 rose 2.5% y/y to 364,216 units. Sales of vehicles with engine displacements above 660 cc declined 0.2% to 233,358 units, while those for vehicles with engine displacements below 660 cc rose 7.7% to 130,858 units.
* Cumulative sales for the period January to August fell 0.8% to 3,538,227 units.

Sales of new vehicles

	Aug. 2018	Aug. 2017	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Aug. 2018	Jan.-Aug. 2017	Y-o-Y
Non-mini vehicles	233,358	233,810	-0.2%	2,247,592	2,320,577	-3.1%
Mini Vehicles	130,858	121,497	7.7%	1,290,635	1,244,818	3.7%
Total	364,216	355,307	2.5%	3,538,227	3,565,395	-0.8%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association, Japan Mini Vehicles Association

Non-mini vehicles Total (Breakdown by vehicle type)

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Aug.	Share	Aug.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Aug.	Share	Jan.-Aug.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	105,012	45.0%	104,397	44.7%	0.6%	985,787	43.9%	1,063,031	45.8%	-7.3%
Nissan	29,995	12.9%	27,854	11.9%	7.7%	302,429	13.5%	309,012	13.3%	-2.1%
Honda	23,394	10.0%	25,533	10.9%	-8.4%	253,218	11.3%	258,015	11.1%	-1.9%
Mazda	11,863	5.1%	10,677	4.6%	11.1%	121,098	5.4%	115,251	5.0%	5.1%
Suzuki	8,611	3.7%	7,109	3.0%	21.1%	88,108	3.9%	76,413	3.3%	15.3%
Subaru	8,491	3.6%	10,113	4.3%	-16.0%	79,082	3.5%	99,817	4.3%	-20.8%
Isuzu	6,427	2.8%	7,641	3.3%	-15.9%	48,863	2.2%	55,197	2.4%	-11.5%
Hino	5,279	2.3%	7,771	3.3%	-32.1%	45,820	2.0%	46,620	2.0%	-1.7%
Mitsubishi	3,278	1.4%	2,376	1.0%	38.0%	32,607	1.5%	24,726	1.1%	31.9%
Mitsubishi Fuso	3,053	1.3%	3,757	1.6%	-18.7%	27,923	1.2%	28,546	1.2%	-2.2%
Lexus	3,019	1.3%	2,489	1.1%	21.3%	39,612	1.8%	27,325	1.2%	45.0%
Daihatsu	2,684	1.2%	2,280	1.0%	17.7%	21,447	1.0%	16,321	0.7%	31.4%
UD Trucks	846	0.4%	882	0.4%	-4.1%	6,201	0.3%	6,726	0.3%	-7.8%
Others	21,406	9.2%	20,931	9.0%	2.3%	195,397	8.7%	193,577	8.3%	0.9%
Total	233,358	100.0%	233,810	100.0%	-0.2%	2,247,592	100.0%	2,320,577	100.0%	-3.1%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association

Mini Vehicles

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Aug.	Share	Aug.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Aug.	Share	Jan.-Aug.	Share	Y-o-Y
Suzuki	41,183	31.5%	37,044	30.5%	11.2%	396,224	30.7%	381,184	30.6%	3.9%
Daihatsu	40,921	31.3%	41,350	34.0%	-1.0%	411,417	31.9%	410,520	33.0%	0.2%
Honda	24,306	18.6%	18,635	15.3%	30.4%	241,097	18.7%	218,158	17.5%	10.5%
Nissan	12,793	9.8%	12,767	10.5%	0.2%	127,409	9.9%	126,761	10.2%	0.5%
Mitsubishi	3,599	2.8%	3,547	2.9%	1.5%	39,248	3.0%	36,817	3.0%	6.6%
Mazda	3,539	2.7%	3,113	2.6%	13.7%	29,755	2.3%	27,473	2.2%	8.3%
Toyota	2,809	2.1%	2,758	2.3%	1.8%	25,438	2.0%	20,649	1.7%	23.2%
Subaru	1,702	1.3%	2,276	1.9%	-25.2%	19,989	1.5%	23,210	1.9%	-13.9%
Others	6	0.0%	7	0.0%	-14.3%	58	0.0%	46	0.0%	26.1%
Total	130,858	100.0%	121,497	100.0%	7.7%	1,290,635	100.0%	1,244,818	100.0%	3.7%

Source: Japan Mini Vehicles Association

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Cars Total

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Aug.	Share	Aug.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Aug.	Share	Jan.-Aug.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	93,821	46.8%	92,889	47.4%	1.0%	872,753	44.8%	952,327	47.3%	-8.4%
Nissan	25,032	12.5%	23,037	11.7%	8.7%	254,918	13.1%	262,329	13.0%	-2.8%
Honda	23,394	11.7%	25,533	13.0%	-8.4%	253,218	13.0%	258,015	12.8%	-1.9%
Mazda	10,828	5.4%	9,592	4.9%	12.9%	111,551	5.7%	105,672	5.2%	5.6%
Suzuki	8,611	4.3%	7,109	3.6%	21.1%	88,108	4.5%	76,413	3.8%	15.3%
Subaru	8,491	4.2%	10,113	5.2%	-16.0%	79,082	4.1%	99,817	5.0%	-20.8%
Mitsubishi	3,208	1.6%	2,297	1.2%	39.7%	31,922	1.6%	24,008	1.2%	33.0%
Lexus	3,019	1.5%	2,489	1.3%	21.3%	39,612	2.0%	27,325	1.4%	45.0%
Daihatsu	2,684	1.3%	2,280	1.2%	17.7%	21,447	1.1%	16,321	0.8%	31.4%
Others	21,267	10.6%	20,830	10.6%	2.1%	194,641	10.0%	192,886	9.6%	0.9%
Total	200,355	100.0%	196,169	100.0%	2.1%	1,947,252	100.0%	2,015,113	100.0%	-3.4%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Standard cars

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Aug.	Share	Aug.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	45,194	41.1%	44,330	43.8%	1.9%
Nissan	12,108	11.0%	9,633	9.5%	25.7%
Honda	10,606	9.6%	7,945	7.8%	33.5%
Subaru	8,343	7.6%	9,897	9.8%	-15.7%
Mazda	6,815	6.2%	5,852	5.8%	16.5%
Lexus	3,019	2.7%	2,489	2.5%	21.3%
Mitsubishi	2,398	2.2%	1,507	1.5%	59.1%
Suzuki	1,323	1.2%	583	0.6%	126.9%
Daihatsu	14	0.0%	27	0.0%	-48.1%
Others	20,211	18.4%	19,027	18.8%	6.2%
Total	110,031	100.0%	101,290	100.0%	8.6%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Small cars

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Aug.	Share	Aug.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	48,627	53.8%	48,559	51.2%	0.1%
Nissan	12,924	14.3%	13,404	14.1%	-3.6%
Honda	12,788	14.2%	17,588	18.5%	-27.3%
Suzuki	7,288	8.1%	6,526	6.9%	11.7%
Mazda	4,013	4.4%	3,740	3.9%	7.3%
Daihatsu	2,670	3.0%	2,253	2.4%	18.5%
Mitsubishi	810	0.9%	790	0.8%	2.5%
Subaru	148	0.2%	216	0.2%	-31.5%
Others	1,056	1.2%	1,803	1.9%	-41.4%
Total	90,324	100.0%	94,879	100.0%	-4.8%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Trucks Total

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Aug.	Share	Aug.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Aug.	Share	Jan.-Aug.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	10,837	33.8%	11,085	30.9%	-2.2%	109,638	37.7%	107,010	36.4%	2.5%
Isuzu	6,310	19.7%	7,229	20.2%	-12.7%	47,723	16.4%	53,215	18.1%	-10.3%
Hino	5,032	15.7%	7,235	20.2%	-30.4%	43,295	14.9%	43,595	14.8%	-0.7%
Nissan	4,883	15.2%	4,751	13.2%	2.8%	46,952	16.1%	46,148	15.7%	1.7%
Mitsubishi Fuso	2,880	9.0%	3,437	9.6%	-16.2%	26,324	9.0%	26,179	8.9%	0.6%
Mazda	1,035	3.2%	1,085	3.0%	-4.6%	9,547	3.3%	9,579	3.3%	-0.3%
UD Trucks	846	2.6%	882	2.5%	-4.1%	6,201	2.1%	6,726	2.3%	-7.8%
Mitsubishi	70	0.2%	79	0.2%	-11.4%	685	0.2%	718	0.2%	-4.6%
Others	139	0.4%	80	0.2%	73.8%	737	0.3%	604	0.2%	22.0%
Total	32,032	100.0%	35,863	100.0%	-10.7%	291,102	100.0%	293,774	100.0%	-0.9%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Standard Trucks

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Aug.	Share	Aug.	Share	Y-o-Y
Isuzu	5,027	35.6%	6,051	35.3%	-16.9%
Hino	4,113	29.1%	6,293	36.7%	-34.6%
Mitsubishi Fuso	2,055	14.5%	2,423	14.1%	-15.2%
Toyota	1,623	11.5%	1,085	6.3%	49.6%
UD Trucks	841	6.0%	876	5.1%	-4.0%
Nissan	270	1.9%	292	1.7%	-7.5%
Mazda	56	0.4%	59	0.3%	-5.1%
Others	139	1.0%	80	0.5%	73.8%
Total	14,124	100.0%	17,159	100.0%	-17.7%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Small Trucks

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Aug.	Share	Aug.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	9,214	51.5%	10,000	53.5%	-7.9%
Nissan	4,613	25.8%	4,459	23.8%	3.5%
Isuzu	1,283	7.2%	1,178	6.3%	8.9%
Mazda	979	5.5%	1,026	5.5%	-4.6%
Hino	919	5.1%	942	5.0%	-2.4%
Mitsubishi Fuso	825	4.6%	1,014	5.4%	-18.6%
Mitsubishi	70	0.4%	79	0.4%	-11.4%
UD Trucks	5	0.0%	6	0.0%	-16.7%
Total	17,908	100.0%	18,704	100.0%	-4.3%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Buses

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Aug.	Share	Aug.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Aug.	Share	Jan.-Aug.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	354	36.5%	423	23.8%	-16.3%	3,396	36.8%	3,694	31.6%	-8.1%
Hino	247	25.4%	536	30.1%	-53.9%	2,525	27.3%	3,025	25.9%	-16.5%
Mitsubishi Fuso	173	17.8%	320	18.0%	-45.9%	1,599	17.3%	2,367	20.2%	-32.4%
Isuzu	117	12.0%	412	23.2%	-71.6%	1,140	12.3%	1,982	17.0%	-42.5%
Nissan	80	8.2%	66	3.7%	21.2%	559	6.1%	535	4.6%	4.5%
Others	0	0.0%	21	1.2%	-100.0%	19	0.2%	87	0.7%	-78.2%
Total	971	100.0%	1,778	100.0%	-45.4%	9,238	100.0%	11,690	100.0%	-21.0%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association

Japan - Top 10 best selling models

-	Maker/Brand	Model	Aug. 2018	Aug. 2017	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Aug. 2018	Jan.-Aug. 2017	Y-o-Y
1	Honda	N BOX	15,509	10,079	53.9%	162,725	130,812	24.4%
2	Suzuki	Suzuki Spacia	10,974	6,699	63.8%	102,535	72,635	41.2%
3	Nissan	Note	10,647	9,685	9.9%	95,283	106,327	-10.4%
4	Nissan	DAYZ	9,996	9,644	3.6%	93,477	98,488	-5.1%
5	Daihatsu	Tanto	9,717	8,743	11.1%	92,234	101,060	-8.7%
6	Daihatsu	Hijet	9,712	9,285	4.6%	100,377	90,941	10.4%
7	Daihatsu	Mira (Cuore)	8,569	8,300	3.2%	70,678	68,832	2.7%
8	Toyota	Aqua (Prius C)	8,094	8,174	-1.0%	77,539	82,282	-5.8%
9	Toyota	Corolla	7,991	4,969	60.8%	57,584	50,316	14.4%
10	Daihatsu	Move	7,964	10,364	-23.2%	92,269	92,266	0.0%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association, Japan Mini Vehicles Association
* The Aqua (Prius C) category does not include the Aqua Crossover.

Registrations of new imported cars (Including Japanese makers)

Brand	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brand	Aug.	Share	Aug.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Aug.	Share	Jan.-Aug.	Share	Y-o-Y
Mercedes-Benz	4,744	18.8%	4,823	20.0%	-1.6%	41,919	17.9%	42,603	19.2%	-1.6%
VW	3,660	14.5%	3,071	12.7%	19.2%	33,420	14.2%	31,795	14.3%	5.1%
BMW	3,296	13.0%	3,786	15.7%	-12.9%	30,506	13.0%	32,801	14.7%	-7.0%
Audi	2,096	8.3%	2,269	9.4%	-7.6%	17,651	7.5%	17,566	7.9%	0.5%
BMW MINI	1,774	7.0%	1,692	7.0%	4.8%	16,348	7.0%	15,855	7.1%	3.1%
Toyota	1,678	6.6%	1,061	4.4%	58.2%	15,427	6.6%	10,533	4.7%	46.5%
Volvo	1,297	5.1%	1,220	5.1%	6.3%	11,330	4.8%	10,421	4.7%	8.7%
Honda	1,035	4.1%	17	0.1%	5988.2%	9,774	4.2%	147	0.1%	6549.0%
Jeep	820	3.2%	717	3.0%	14.4%	7,306	3.1%	6,344	2.9%	15.2%
Nissan	699	2.8%	1,234	5.1%	-43.4%	8,821	3.8%	12,337	5.5%	-28.5%
Peugeot	567	2.2%	475	2.0%	19.4%	6,649	2.8%	5,051	2.3%	31.6%
Porsche	482	1.9%	338	1.4%	42.6%	4,427	1.9%	4,189	1.9%	5.7%
Renault	478	1.9%	442	1.8%	8.1%	4,771	2.0%	5,089	2.3%	-6.2%
Fiat	373	1.5%	437	1.8%	-14.6%	3,918	1.7%	4,175	1.9%	-6.2%
Suzuki	280	1.1%	582	2.4%	-51.9%	3,402	1.4%	3,840	1.7%	-11.4%
Jaguar	230	0.9%	112	0.5%	105.4%	1,949	0.8%	1,811	0.8%	7.6%
Mitsubishi	228	0.9%	384	1.6%	-40.6%	2,238	1.0%	2,694	1.2%	-16.9%
Land Rover	213	0.8%	232	1.0%	-8.2%	2,523	1.1%	2,063	0.9%	22.3%
Alfa Romeo	208	0.8%	82	0.3%	153.7%	1,606	0.7%	891	0.4%	80.2%
smart	194	0.8%	263	1.1%	-26.2%	1,494	0.6%	3,059	1.4%	-51.2%
Citroen	193	0.8%	152	0.6%	27.0%	2,244	1.0%	1,755	0.8%	27.9%
ABARTH	167	0.7%	185	0.8%	-9.7%	1,580	0.7%	1,548	0.7%	2.1%
Chevrolet	76	0.3%	50	0.2%	52.0%	577	0.2%	373	0.2%	54.7%
Maserati	74	0.3%	107	0.4%	-30.8%	857	0.4%	1,095	0.5%	-21.7%
Ferrari	59	0.2%	47	0.2%	25.5%	546	0.2%	542	0.2%	0.7%
DS	52	0.2%	24	0.1%	116.7%	412	0.2%	564	0.3%	-27.0%
Ford	46	0.2%	52	0.2%	-11.5%	316	0.1%	352	0.2%	-10.2%
Dodge	37	0.1%	25	0.1%	48.0%	253	0.1%	229	0.1%	10.5%
Lamborghini	36	0.1%	31	0.1%	16.1%	395	0.2%	343	0.2%	15.2%
Aston Martin	27	0.1%	25	0.1%	8.0%	180	0.1%	232	0.1%	-22.4%
Cadillac	26	0.1%	24	0.1%	8.3%	378	0.2%	327	0.1%	15.6%
Bentley	24	0.1%	27	0.1%	-11.1%	176	0.1%	232	0.1%	-24.1%
Scania	24	0.1%	10	0.0%	140.0%	142	0.1%	103	0.0%	37.9%
Rolls Royce	18	0.1%	16	0.1%	12.5%	134	0.1%	153	0.1%	-12.4%
Lotus	15	0.1%	13	0.1%	15.4%	174	0.1%	116	0.1%	50.0%
BMW Alpina	13	0.1%	14	0.1%	-7.1%	178	0.1%	132	0.1%	34.8%
Mclaren	11	0.0%	16	0.1%	-31.3%	145	0.1%	102	0.0%	42.2%
Autobianchi	3	0.0%	5	0.0%	-40.0%	44	0.0%	32	0.0%	37.5%
GMC	3	0.0%	4	0.0%	-25.0%	37	0.0%	33	0.0%	12.1%
Chrysler	3	0.0%	6	0.0%	-50.0%	32	0.0%	158	0.1%	-79.7%
Rover	2	0.0%	4	0.0%	-50.0%	20	0.0%	28	0.0%	-28.6%
Morgan	2	0.0%	-	-%	-%	18	0.0%	17	0.0%	5.9%
Hyundai	-	-%	21	0.1%	-%	11	0.0%	91	0.0%	-87.9%
Pontiac	-	-%	2	0.0%	-%	10	0.0%	9	0.0%	11.1%
Lancia	-	-%	3	0.0%	-%	9	0.0%	16	0.0%	-43.8%
Bugatti	-	-%	-	-%	-%	6	0.0%	1	0.0%	500.0%
MG	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%	4	0.0%	8	0.0%	-50.0%
Buick	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%	2	0.0%	9	0.0%	-77.8%
Unimog	-	-%	-	-%	-%	2	0.0%	1	0.0%	100.0%
Hummer	-	-%	-	-%	-%	2	0.0%	-	-%	-%
Mini	-	-%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	0.0%
Kia	-	-%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%
Opel	-	-%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%
Saturn	-	-%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%
Detomaso	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Innocenti	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Maybach	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
RUF	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Saab	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Others	28	0.1%	54	0.2%	-48.1%	338	0.1%	548	0.2%	-38.3%
Total	25,291	100.0%	24,156	100.0%	4.7%	234,705	100.0%	222,419	100.0%	5.5%

Source: Japan Automobile Importers Association (JAIA)

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Flash report, July 2018

1 Aug. 2018

Japanese new vehicles sales rise 3.3% y/y to 442,000 unit level in July
* In the July 2018 sales figures announced by the Japan Automobile Dealers Association and Japan Mini Vehicles Association, sales rose 3.3% to 441,534 units. Sales of vehicles with engine displacements above 660cc rose 1.2% to 281,876 units, and those for vehicles with engine displacements below 660cc rose 7.1% to 159,658 units.
* Total sales for the period January – July declined 1.1% y/y to 3,174,012 units.

Sales of new vehicles

	Jul. 2018	Jul. 2017	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Jul. 2018	Jan.-Jul. 2017	Y-o-Y
Non-mini vehicles	281,876	278,517	1.2%	2,014,234	2,086,767	-3.5%
Mini Vehicles	159,658	149,030	7.1%	1,159,778	1,123,321	3.2%
Total	441,534	427,547	3.3%	3,174,012	3,210,088	-1.1%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association, Japan Mini Vehicles Association

Non-mini vehicles Total (Breakdown by vehicle type)

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Jul.	Share	Jul.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Jul.	Share	Jan.-Jul.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	134,768	47.8%	130,062	46.7%	3.6%	880,775	43.7%	958,634	45.9%	-8.1%
Nissan	35,310	12.5%	35,305	12.7%	0.0%	272,434	13.5%	281,158	13.5%	-3.1%
Honda	30,729	10.9%	32,402	11.6%	-5.2%	229,824	11.4%	232,482	11.1%	-1.1%
Mazda	12,136	4.3%	14,159	5.1%	-14.3%	109,235	5.4%	104,574	5.0%	4.5%
Suzuki	11,191	4.0%	9,402	3.4%	19.0%	79,497	3.9%	69,304	3.3%	14.7%
Subaru	10,162	3.6%	11,794	4.2%	-13.8%	70,591	3.5%	89,704	4.3%	-21.3%
Isuzu	6,263	2.2%	6,599	2.4%	-5.1%	42,436	2.1%	47,556	2.3%	-10.8%
Hino	5,240	1.9%	5,342	1.9%	-1.9%	40,541	2.0%	38,849	1.9%	4.4%
Lexus	3,681	1.3%	2,815	1.0%	30.8%	36,593	1.8%	24,836	1.2%	47.3%
Mitsubishi	3,456	1.2%	2,763	1.0%	25.1%	29,329	1.5%	22,350	1.1%	31.2%
Mitsubishi Fuso	3,229	1.1%	3,436	1.2%	-6.0%	24,870	1.2%	24,789	1.2%	0.3%
Daihatsu	3,131	1.1%	2,657	1.0%	17.8%	18,763	0.9%	14,041	0.7%	33.6%
UD Trucks	672	0.2%	703	0.3%	-4.4%	5,355	0.3%	5,844	0.3%	-8.4%
Others	21,908	7.8%	21,078	7.6%	3.9%	173,991	8.6%	172,646	8.3%	0.8%
Total	281,876	100.0%	278,517	100.0%	1.2%	2,014,234	100.0%	2,086,767	100.0%	-3.5%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association

Mini Vehicles

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Jul.	Share	Jul.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Jul.	Share	Jan.-Jul.	Share	Y-o-Y
Daihatsu	51,014	32.0%	51,046	34.3%	-0.1%	370,496	31.9%	369,170	32.9%	0.4%
Suzuki	49,269	30.9%	45,894	30.8%	7.4%	355,041	30.6%	344,140	30.6%	3.2%
Honda	30,144	18.9%	22,965	15.4%	31.3%	216,791	18.7%	199,523	17.8%	8.7%
Nissan	15,743	9.9%	15,896	10.7%	-1.0%	114,616	9.9%	113,994	10.1%	0.5%
Mitsubishi	5,095	3.2%	4,316	2.9%	18.0%	35,649	3.1%	33,270	3.0%	7.2%
Mazda	3,414	2.1%	3,224	2.2%	5.9%	26,216	2.3%	24,360	2.2%	7.6%
Toyota	2,853	1.8%	2,831	1.9%	0.8%	22,629	2.0%	17,891	1.6%	26.5%
Subaru	2,116	1.3%	2,845	1.9%	-25.6%	18,287	1.6%	20,934	1.9%	-12.6%
Others	10	0.0%	13	0.0%	-23.1%	53	0.0%	39	0.0%	35.9%
Total	159,658	100.0%	149,030	100.0%	7.1%	1,159,778	100.0%	1,123,321	100.0%	3.2%

Source: Japan Mini Vehicles Association

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Cars Total

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Jul.	Share	Jul.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Jul.	Share	Jan.-Jul.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	120,515	49.2%	116,029	48.1%	3.9%	778,932	44.6%	859,438	47.2%	-9.4%
Honda	30,729	12.5%	32,402	13.4%	-5.2%	229,824	13.2%	232,482	12.8%	-1.1%
Nissan	29,555	12.1%	29,458	12.2%	0.3%	229,886	13.2%	239,292	13.2%	-3.9%
Suzuki	11,191	4.6%	9,402	3.9%	19.0%	79,497	4.6%	69,304	3.8%	14.7%
Mazda	10,920	4.5%	12,898	5.3%	-15.3%	100,723	5.8%	96,080	5.3%	4.8%
Subaru	10,162	4.1%	11,794	4.9%	-13.8%	70,591	4.0%	89,704	4.9%	-21.3%
Lexus	3,681	1.5%	2,815	1.2%	30.8%	36,593	2.1%	24,836	1.4%	47.3%
Mitsubishi	3,374	1.4%	2,663	1.1%	26.7%	28,714	1.6%	21,711	1.2%	32.3%
Daihatsu	3,131	1.3%	2,657	1.1%	17.8%	18,763	1.1%	14,041	0.8%	33.6%
Others	21,810	8.9%	21,009	8.7%	3.8%	173,374	9.9%	172,056	9.5%	0.8%
Total	245,068	100.0%	241,127	100.0%	1.6%	1,746,897	100.0%	1,818,944	100.0%	-4.0%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Standard cars

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Jul.	Share	Jul.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	55,295	43.4%	55,271	45.6%	0.0%
Nissan	14,139	11.1%	12,671	10.5%	11.6%
Honda	12,032	9.4%	8,929	7.4%	34.8%
Subaru	9,926	7.8%	11,496	9.5%	-13.7%
Mazda	7,507	5.9%	8,400	6.9%	-10.6%
Lexus	3,681	2.9%	2,815	2.3%	30.8%
Mitsubishi	2,601	2.0%	1,813	1.5%	43.5%
Suzuki	1,567	1.2%	678	0.6%	131.1%
Daihatsu	18	0.0%	18	0.0%	0.0%
Others	20,644	16.2%	19,122	15.8%	8.0%
Total	127,410	100.0%	121,213	100.0%	5.1%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Small cars

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Jul.	Share	Jul.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	65,220	55.4%	60,758	50.7%	7.3%
Honda	18,697	15.9%	23,473	19.6%	-20.3%
Nissan	15,416	13.1%	16,787	14.0%	-8.2%
Suzuki	9,624	8.2%	8,724	7.3%	10.3%
Mazda	3,413	2.9%	4,498	3.8%	-24.1%
Daihatsu	3,113	2.6%	2,639	2.2%	18.0%
Mitsubishi	773	0.7%	850	0.7%	-9.1%
Subaru	236	0.2%	298	0.2%	-20.8%
Others	1,166	1.0%	1,887	1.6%	-38.2%
Total	117,658	100.0%	119,914	100.0%	-1.9%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Trucks Total

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Jul.	Share	Jul.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Jul.	Share	Jan.-Jul.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	13,867	38.7%	13,532	37.7%	2.5%	98,801	38.1%	95,925	37.2%	3.0%
Isuzu	6,153	17.2%	6,320	17.6%	-2.6%	41,413	16.0%	45,986	17.8%	-9.9%
Nissan	5,686	15.9%	5,804	16.2%	-2.0%	42,069	16.2%	41,397	16.1%	1.6%
Hino	4,946	13.8%	4,963	13.8%	-0.3%	38,263	14.8%	36,360	14.1%	5.2%
Mitsubishi Fuso	3,072	8.6%	3,120	8.7%	-1.5%	23,444	9.0%	22,742	8.8%	3.1%
Mazda	1,216	3.4%	1,261	3.5%	-3.6%	8,512	3.3%	8,494	3.3%	0.2%
UD Trucks	672	1.9%	703	2.0%	-4.4%	5,355	2.1%	5,844	2.3%	-8.4%
Mitsubishi	82	0.2%	100	0.3%	-18.0%	615	0.2%	639	0.2%	-3.8%
Others	96	0.3%	67	0.2%	43.3%	598	0.2%	524	0.2%	14.1%
Total	35,790	100.0%	35,870	100.0%	-0.2%	259,070	100.0%	257,911	100.0%	0.4%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Standard Trucks

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Jul.	Share	Jul.	Share	Y-o-Y
Isuzu	4,971	35.0%	5,242	37.2%	-5.2%
Hino	4,000	28.2%	4,190	29.7%	-4.5%
Mitsubishi Fuso	2,203	15.5%	2,193	15.6%	0.5%
Toyota	1,853	13.0%	1,325	9.4%	39.8%
UD Trucks	668	4.7%	700	5.0%	-4.6%
Nissan	352	2.5%	305	2.2%	15.4%
Mazda	66	0.5%	73	0.5%	-9.6%
Others	96	0.7%	66	0.5%	45.5%
Total	14,209	100.0%	14,094	100.0%	0.8%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Small Trucks

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Jul.	Share	Jul.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	12,014	55.7%	12,207	56.1%	-1.6%
Nissan	5,334	24.7%	5,499	25.3%	-3.0%
Isuzu	1,182	5.5%	1,078	5.0%	9.6%
Mazda	1,150	5.3%	1,188	5.5%	-3.2%
Hino	946	4.4%	773	3.5%	22.4%
Mitsubishi Fuso	869	4.0%	927	4.3%	-6.3%
Mitsubishi	82	0.4%	100	0.5%	-18.0%
UD Trucks	4	0.0%	3	0.0%	33.3%
Others	0	0.0%	1	0.0%	-100.0%
Total	21,581	100.0%	21,776	100.0%	-0.9%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Buses

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Jul.	Share	Jul.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Jul.	Share	Jan.-Jul.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	386	37.9%	501	33.0%	-23.0%	3,042	36.8%	3,271	33.0%	-7.0%
Hino	294	28.9%	379	24.9%	-22.4%	2,278	27.6%	2,489	25.1%	-8.5%
Mitsubishi Fuso	157	15.4%	316	20.8%	-50.3%	1,426	17.2%	2,047	20.7%	-30.3%
Isuzu	110	10.8%	279	18.4%	-60.6%	1,023	12.4%	1,570	15.8%	-34.8%
Nissan	69	6.8%	43	2.8%	60.5%	479	5.8%	469	4.7%	2.1%
Others	2	0.2%	2	0.1%	0.0%	19	0.2%	66	0.7%	-71.2%
Total	1,018	100.0%	1,520	100.0%	-33.0%	8,267	100.0%	9,912	100.0%	-16.6%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association

Japan - Top 10 best selling models

-	Maker/Brand	Model	Jul. 2018	Jul. 2017	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Jul. 2018	Jan.-Jul. 2017	Y-o-Y
1	Honda	N BOX	19,668	14,503	35.6%	147,216	120,733	21.9%
2	Daihatsu	Hijet	12,719	11,339	12.2%	90,665	81,656	11.0%
3	Suzuki	Suzuki Spacia	11,843	8,173	44.9%	91,561	65,936	38.9%
4	Nissan	DAYZ	11,703	12,137	-3.6%	83,481	88,844	-6.0%
5	Nissan	Note	11,256	12,431	-9.5%	84,636	96,642	-12.4%
6	Daihatsu	Mira (Cuore)	11,238	12,070	-6.9%	62,109	60,532	2.6%
7	Toyota	Vitz (Yaris)	11,184	6,988	60.0%	53,713	58,605	-8.3%
8	Daihatsu	Tanto	10,708	11,710	-8.6%	82,517	92,317	-10.6%
9	Toyota	Aqua (Prius C)	10,560	9,940	6.2%	69,445	74,108	-6.3%
10	Daihatsu	Move	10,196	9,735	4.7%	84,305	81,902	2.9%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association, Japan Mini Vehicles Association
* The Aqua (Prius C) category does not include the Aqua Crossover.

Registrations of new imported cars (Including Japanese makers)

Brand	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brand	Jul.	Share	Jul.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Jul.	Share	Jan.-Jul.	Share	Y-o-Y
Mercedes-Benz	4,672	17.4%	5,081	20.8%	-8.0%	37,175	17.8%	37,780	19.1%	-1.6%
BMW	3,752	14.0%	3,586	14.7%	4.6%	27,210	13.0%	29,015	14.6%	-6.2%
VW	3,682	13.7%	3,128	12.8%	17.7%	29,760	14.2%	28,724	14.5%	3.6%
Toyota	2,151	8.0%	1,357	5.6%	58.5%	13,749	6.6%	9,472	4.8%	45.2%
BMW MINI	1,802	6.7%	1,695	6.9%	6.3%	14,574	7.0%	14,163	7.1%	2.9%
Audi	1,503	5.6%	1,839	7.5%	-18.3%	15,555	7.4%	15,297	7.7%	1.7%
Volvo	1,308	4.9%	1,328	5.4%	-1.5%	10,033	4.8%	9,201	4.6%	9.0%
Honda	1,288	4.8%	18	0.1%	7055.6%	8,739	4.2%	130	0.1%	6622.3%
Nissan	929	3.5%	1,145	4.7%	-18.9%	8,122	3.9%	11,103	5.6%	-26.8%
Peugeot	851	3.2%	634	2.6%	34.2%	6,082	2.9%	4,576	2.3%	32.9%
Jeep	846	3.1%	644	2.6%	31.4%	6,486	3.1%	5,627	2.8%	15.3%
Renault	590	2.2%	639	2.6%	-7.7%	4,293	2.1%	4,647	2.3%	-7.6%
Fiat	492	1.8%	434	1.8%	13.4%	3,545	1.7%	3,738	1.9%	-5.2%
Porsche	392	1.5%	266	1.1%	47.4%	3,945	1.9%	3,851	1.9%	2.4%
Mitsubishi	350	1.3%	240	1.0%	45.8%	2,010	1.0%	2,310	1.2%	-13.0%
Citroen	328	1.2%	300	1.2%	9.3%	2,051	1.0%	1,603	0.8%	27.9%
Suzuki	308	1.1%	676	2.8%	-54.4%	3,122	1.5%	3,258	1.6%	-4.2%
Land Rover	303	1.1%	182	0.7%	66.5%	2,310	1.1%	1,831	0.9%	26.2%
Alfa Romeo	227	0.8%	87	0.4%	160.9%	1,398	0.7%	809	0.4%	72.8%
ABARTH	162	0.6%	129	0.5%	25.6%	1,413	0.7%	1,363	0.7%	3.7%
smart	158	0.6%	277	1.1%	-43.0%	1,300	0.6%	2,796	1.4%	-53.5%
Jaguar	121	0.4%	111	0.5%	9.0%	1,719	0.8%	1,699	0.9%	1.2%
Maserati	96	0.4%	130	0.5%	-26.2%	783	0.4%	988	0.5%	-20.7%
Ferrari	95	0.4%	92	0.4%	3.3%	487	0.2%	495	0.2%	-1.6%
DS	88	0.3%	32	0.1%	175.0%	360	0.2%	540	0.3%	-33.3%
Chevrolet	75	0.3%	53	0.2%	41.5%	501	0.2%	323	0.2%	55.1%
Ford	43	0.2%	51	0.2%	-15.7%	270	0.1%	300	0.2%	-10.0%
Lamborghini	40	0.1%	33	0.1%	21.2%	359	0.2%	312	0.2%	15.1%
Dodge	36	0.1%	27	0.1%	33.3%	216	0.1%	204	0.1%	5.9%
Cadillac	35	0.1%	29	0.1%	20.7%	352	0.2%	303	0.2%	16.2%
Bentley	26	0.1%	21	0.1%	23.8%	152	0.1%	205	0.1%	-25.9%
BMW Alpina	25	0.1%	11	0.0%	127.3%	165	0.1%	118	0.1%	39.8%
Lotus	20	0.1%	11	0.0%	81.8%	159	0.1%	103	0.1%	54.4%
Aston Martin	18	0.1%	20	0.1%	-10.0%	153	0.1%	207	0.1%	-26.1%
Mclaren	18	0.1%	16	0.1%	12.5%	134	0.1%	86	0.0%	55.8%
Scania	17	0.1%	11	0.0%	54.5%	118	0.1%	93	0.0%	26.9%
Rolls Royce	9	0.0%	15	0.1%	-40.0%	116	0.1%	137	0.1%	-15.3%
Autobianchi	7	0.0%	2	0.0%	250.0%	41	0.0%	27	0.0%	51.9%
GMC	5	0.0%	6	0.0%	-16.7%	34	0.0%	29	0.0%	17.2%
Rover	3	0.0%	1	0.0%	200.0%	18	0.0%	24	0.0%	-25.0%
Chrysler	2	0.0%	13	0.1%	-84.6%	29	0.0%	152	0.1%	-80.9%
Hyundai	2	0.0%	2	0.0%	0.0%	11	0.0%	70	0.0%	-84.3%
Pontiac	2	0.0%	-	-%	-%	10	0.0%	7	0.0%	42.9%
Saturn	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%
Morgan	-	-%	4	0.0%	-%	16	0.0%	17	0.0%	-5.9%
Lancia	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%	9	0.0%	13	0.0%	-30.8%
Bugatti	-	-%	-	-%	-%	6	0.0%	1	0.0%	500.0%
MG	-	-%	-	-%	-%	4	0.0%	7	0.0%	-42.9%
Buick	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%	2	0.0%	8	0.0%	-75.0%
Unimog	-	-%	-	-%	-%	2	0.0%	1	0.0%	100.0%
Hummer	-	-%	-	-%	-%	2	0.0%	-	-%	-%
Mini	-	-%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	0.0%
Kia	-	-%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%
Opel	-	-%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%
Innocenti	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Detomaso	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Maybach	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
RUF	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Saab	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Others	17	0.1%	50	0.2%	-66.0%	310	0.1%	494	0.2%	-37.2%
Total	26,895	100.0%	24,429	100.0%	10.1%	209,414	100.0%	198,263	100.0%	5.6%

Source: Japan Automobile Importers Association (JAIA)

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Flash report, June 2018

2 Jul. 2018

June vehicle sales in Japan fall 5% y/y to 454,000 unit level
* According to the Japan Automobile Dealers Association and Japan Mini Vehicles Association, sales in Japan in June 2018 declined 5% to 453,765 units. Sales of vehicles with engine displacements above 660 cc fell 7.3% to 292,761 units, and those for vehicles with engine displacements above 660 cc declined 0.4% to 161,004 units.
* Total sales from January to June declined 1.8% to 2,732,478 units.

Sales of new vehicles

	Jun. 2018	Jun. 2017	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Jun. 2018	Jan.-Jun. 2017	Y-o-Y
Non-mini vehicles	292,761	315,744	-7.3%	1,732,358	1,808,250	-4.2%
Mini Vehicles	161,004	161,725	-0.4%	1,000,120	974,291	2.7%
Total	453,765	477,469	-5.0%	2,732,478	2,782,541	-1.8%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association, Japan Mini Vehicles Association

Non-mini vehicles Total (Breakdown by vehicle type)

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Jun.	Share	Jun.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Jun.	Share	Jan.-Jun.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	126,252	43.1%	151,920	48.1%	-16.9%	746,007	43.1%	828,572	45.8%	-10.0%
Nissan	36,709	12.5%	35,815	11.3%	2.5%	237,124	13.7%	245,853	13.6%	-3.6%
Honda	33,137	11.3%	32,988	10.4%	0.5%	199,095	11.5%	200,080	11.1%	-0.5%
Mazda	15,425	5.3%	12,905	4.1%	19.5%	97,099	5.6%	90,415	5.0%	7.4%
Suzuki	11,700	4.0%	9,841	3.1%	18.9%	68,306	3.9%	59,902	3.3%	14.0%
Subaru	9,859	3.4%	13,140	4.2%	-25.0%	60,429	3.5%	77,910	4.3%	-22.4%
Hino	6,192	2.1%	5,526	1.8%	12.1%	35,301	2.0%	33,507	1.9%	5.4%
Isuzu	5,810	2.0%	6,407	2.0%	-9.3%	36,173	2.1%	40,957	2.3%	-11.7%
Mitsubishi Fuso	4,112	1.4%	4,286	1.4%	-4.1%	21,641	1.2%	21,353	1.2%	1.3%
Mitsubishi	3,845	1.3%	3,517	1.1%	9.3%	25,873	1.5%	19,587	1.1%	32.1%
Lexus	3,776	1.3%	3,006	1.0%	25.6%	32,912	1.9%	22,021	1.2%	49.5%
Daihatsu	3,025	1.0%	2,997	0.9%	0.9%	15,632	0.9%	11,384	0.6%	37.3%
UD Trucks	1,074	0.4%	1,166	0.4%	-7.9%	4,683	0.3%	5,141	0.3%	-8.9%
Others	31,845	10.9%	32,230	10.2%	-1.2%	152,083	8.8%	151,568	8.4%	0.3%
Total	292,761	100.0%	315,744	100.0%	-7.3%	1,732,358	100.0%	1,808,250	100.0%	-4.2%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association

Mini Vehicles

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Jun.	Share	Jun.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Jun.	Share	Jan.-Jun.	Share	Y-o-Y
Suzuki	51,667	32.1%	48,298	29.9%	7.0%	305,772	30.6%	298,246	30.6%	2.5%
Daihatsu	50,537	31.4%	55,335	34.2%	-8.7%	319,482	31.9%	318,124	32.7%	0.4%
Honda	29,487	18.3%	28,104	17.4%	4.9%	186,647	18.7%	176,558	18.1%	5.7%
Nissan	14,965	9.3%	16,240	10.0%	-7.9%	98,873	9.9%	98,098	10.1%	0.8%
Mitsubishi	5,409	3.4%	4,714	2.9%	14.7%	30,554	3.1%	28,954	3.0%	5.5%
Mazda	3,461	2.1%	3,367	2.1%	2.8%	22,802	2.3%	21,136	2.2%	7.9%
Toyota	3,148	2.0%	2,709	1.7%	16.2%	19,776	2.0%	15,060	1.5%	31.3%
Subaru	2,325	1.4%	2,953	1.8%	-21.3%	16,171	1.6%	18,089	1.9%	-10.6%
Others	5	0.0%	5	0.0%	0.0%	43	0.0%	26	0.0%	65.4%
Total	161,004	100.0%	161,725	100.0%	-0.4%	1,000,120	100.0%	974,291	100.0%	2.7%

Source: Japan Mini Vehicles Association

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Cars Total

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Jun.	Share	Jun.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Jun.	Share	Jan.-Jun.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	110,978	44.0%	135,387	49.4%	-18.0%	658,417	43.8%	743,409	47.1%	-11.4%
Honda	33,137	13.1%	32,988	12.0%	0.5%	199,095	13.3%	200,080	12.7%	-0.5%
Nissan	30,471	12.1%	29,462	10.8%	3.4%	200,331	13.3%	209,834	13.3%	-4.5%
Mazda	14,041	5.6%	11,625	4.2%	20.8%	89,803	6.0%	83,182	5.3%	8.0%
Suzuki	11,700	4.6%	9,841	3.6%	18.9%	68,306	4.5%	59,902	3.8%	14.0%
Subaru	9,859	3.9%	13,140	4.8%	-25.0%	60,429	4.0%	77,910	4.9%	-22.4%
Lexus	3,776	1.5%	3,006	1.1%	25.6%	32,912	2.2%	22,021	1.4%	49.5%
Mitsubishi	3,751	1.5%	3,406	1.2%	10.1%	25,340	1.7%	19,048	1.2%	33.0%
Daihatsu	3,025	1.2%	2,997	1.1%	0.9%	15,632	1.0%	11,384	0.7%	37.3%
Others	31,739	12.6%	32,148	11.7%	-1.3%	151,564	10.1%	151,047	9.6%	0.3%
Total	252,477	100.0%	274,000	100.0%	-7.9%	1,501,829	100.0%	1,577,817	100.0%	-4.8%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Standard cars

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Jun.	Share	Jun.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	49,640	36.1%	64,021	44.6%	-22.5%
Nissan	14,788	10.8%	13,526	9.4%	9.3%
Honda	14,308	10.4%	11,291	7.9%	26.7%
Mazda	10,330	7.5%	6,780	4.7%	52.4%
Subaru	9,595	7.0%	12,772	8.9%	-24.9%
Lexus	3,776	2.7%	3,006	2.1%	25.6%
Mitsubishi	3,111	2.3%	2,310	1.6%	34.7%
Suzuki	1,916	1.4%	340	0.2%	463.5%
Daihatsu	18	0.0%	9	0.0%	100.0%
Others	29,874	21.7%	29,372	20.5%	1.7%
Total	137,356	100.0%	143,427	100.0%	-4.2%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Small cars

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Jun.	Share	Jun.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	61,338	53.3%	71,366	54.7%	-14.1%
Honda	18,829	16.4%	21,697	16.6%	-13.2%
Nissan	15,683	13.6%	15,936	12.2%	-1.6%
Suzuki	9,784	8.5%	9,501	7.3%	3.0%
Mazda	3,711	3.2%	4,845	3.7%	-23.4%
Daihatsu	3,007	2.6%	2,988	2.3%	0.6%
Mitsubishi	640	0.6%	1,096	0.8%	-41.6%
Subaru	264	0.2%	368	0.3%	-28.3%
Others	1,865	1.6%	2,776	2.1%	-32.8%
Total	115,121	100.0%	130,573	100.0%	-11.8%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Trucks Total

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Jun.	Share	Jun.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Jun.	Share	Jan.-Jun.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	14,879	37.8%	16,028	39.6%	-7.2%	84,934	38.0%	82,393	37.1%	3.1%
Nissan	6,185	15.7%	6,310	15.6%	-2.0%	36,383	16.3%	35,593	16.0%	2.2%
Hino	6,005	15.2%	5,246	13.0%	14.5%	33,317	14.9%	31,397	14.1%	6.1%
Isuzu	5,729	14.5%	6,256	15.4%	-8.4%	35,260	15.8%	39,666	17.9%	-11.1%
Mitsubishi Fuso	3,953	10.0%	4,026	9.9%	-1.8%	20,372	9.1%	19,622	8.8%	3.8%
Mazda	1,384	3.5%	1,280	3.2%	8.1%	7,296	3.3%	7,233	3.3%	0.9%
UD Trucks	1,074	2.7%	1,166	2.9%	-7.9%	4,683	2.1%	5,141	2.3%	-8.9%
Mitsubishi	94	0.2%	111	0.3%	-15.3%	533	0.2%	539	0.2%	-1.1%
Others	104	0.3%	81	0.2%	28.4%	502	0.2%	457	0.2%	9.8%
Total	39,407	100.0%	40,504	100.0%	-2.7%	223,280	100.0%	222,041	100.0%	0.6%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Standard Trucks

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Jun.	Share	Jun.	Share	Y-o-Y
Hino	4,900	31.3%	4,246	28.4%	15.4%
Isuzu	4,610	29.4%	5,057	33.8%	-8.8%
Mitsubishi Fuso	2,638	16.8%	2,621	17.5%	0.6%
Toyota	1,871	11.9%	1,427	9.5%	31.1%
UD Trucks	1,063	6.8%	1,163	7.8%	-8.6%
Nissan	408	2.6%	318	2.1%	28.3%
Mazda	70	0.4%	62	0.4%	12.9%
Others	104	0.7%	80	0.5%	30.0%
Total	15,664	100.0%	14,974	100.0%	4.6%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Small Trucks

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Jun.	Share	Jun.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	13,008	54.8%	14,601	57.2%	-10.9%
Nissan	5,777	24.3%	5,992	23.5%	-3.6%
Mitsubishi Fuso	1,315	5.5%	1,405	5.5%	-6.4%
Mazda	1,314	5.5%	1,218	4.8%	7.9%
Isuzu	1,119	4.7%	1,199	4.7%	-6.7%
Hino	1,105	4.7%	1,000	3.9%	10.5%
Mitsubishi	94	0.4%	111	0.4%	-15.3%
UD Trucks	11	0.0%	3	0.0%	266.7%
Others	0	0.0%	1	0.0%	-100.0%
Total	23,743	100.0%	25,530	100.0%	-7.0%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Buses

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Jun.	Share	Jun.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Jun.	Share	Jan.-Jun.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	395	45.0%	505	40.7%	-21.8%	2,656	36.6%	2,770	33.0%	-4.1%
Hino	187	21.3%	280	22.6%	-33.2%	1,984	27.4%	2,110	25.1%	-6.0%
Mitsubishi Fuso	159	18.1%	260	21.0%	-38.8%	1,269	17.5%	1,731	20.6%	-26.7%
Isuzu	81	9.2%	151	12.2%	-46.4%	913	12.6%	1,291	15.4%	-29.3%
Nissan	53	6.0%	43	3.5%	23.3%	410	5.7%	426	5.1%	-3.8%
Others	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	100.0%	17	0.2%	64	0.8%	-73.4%
Total	877	100.0%	1,240	100.0%	-29.3%	7,249	100.0%	8,392	100.0%	-13.6%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association

Japan - Top 10 best selling models

-	Maker/Brand	Model	Jun. 2018	Jun. 2017	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Jun. 2018	Jan.-Jun. 2017	Y-o-Y
1	Honda	NBOX	20,682	17,653	17.2%	127,548	106,230	20.1%
2	Daihatsu	Hijet	13,620	12,581	8.3%	77,946	70,317	10.8%
3	Suzuki	Suzuki Spacia	13,450	8,757	53.6%	79,718	57,763	38.0%
4	Nissan	Note	11,321	11,601	-2.4%	73,380	84,211	-12.9%
5	Daihatsu	Tanto	11,147	11,342	-1.7%	71,809	80,607	-10.9%
6	Daihatsu	Move	10,464	11,699	-10.6%	74,109	72,167	2.7%
7	Toyota	Aqua(Prius C)	10,443	11,453	-8.8%	58,885	64,168	-8.2%
8	Nissan	DAYZ	10,260	10,937	-6.2%	71,778	76,707	-6.4%
9	Suzuki	Wagon R	9,500	9,340	1.7%	61,987	57,205	8.4%
10	Nissan	Serena	9,244	7,252	27.5%	56,095	54,344	3.2%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association, Japan Mini Vehicles Association
* The Aqua (Prius C) category does not include the Aqua Crossover.

Registrations of new imported cars (Including Japanese makers)

Brand	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brand	Jun.	Share	Jun.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Jun.	Share	Jan.-Jun.	Share	Y-o-Y
Mercedes-Benz	6,127	16.6%	6,594	18.6%	-7.1%	32,503	17.8%	32,699	18.8%	-0.6%
BMW	5,387	14.6%	5,970	16.8%	-9.8%	23,458	12.9%	25,429	14.6%	-7.8%
VW	5,336	14.5%	5,238	14.7%	1.9%	26,078	14.3%	25,596	14.7%	1.9%
Audi	3,154	8.5%	3,207	9.0%	-1.7%	14,052	7.7%	13,458	7.7%	4.4%
BMW MINI	2,571	7.0%	2,773	7.8%	-7.3%	12,772	7.0%	12,468	7.2%	2.4%
Toyota	2,150	5.8%	1,504	4.2%	43.0%	11,598	6.4%	8,115	4.7%	42.9%
Volvo	1,953	5.3%	1,587	4.5%	23.1%	8,725	4.8%	7,873	4.5%	10.8%
Honda	1,315	3.6%	20	0.1%	6475.0%	7,451	4.1%	112	0.1%	6552.7%
Jeep	1,263	3.4%	1,138	3.2%	11.0%	5,640	3.1%	4,983	2.9%	13.2%
Nissan	1,054	2.9%	1,217	3.4%	-13.4%	7,193	3.9%	9,958	5.7%	-27.8%
Peugeot	1,031	2.8%	850	2.4%	21.3%	5,231	2.9%	3,942	2.3%	32.7%
Porsche	773	2.1%	769	2.2%	0.5%	3,553	1.9%	3,585	2.1%	-0.9%
Fiat	699	1.9%	770	2.2%	-9.2%	3,053	1.7%	3,304	1.9%	-7.6%
Renault	663	1.8%	626	1.8%	5.9%	3,703	2.0%	4,008	2.3%	-7.6%
Jaguar	424	1.1%	286	0.8%	48.3%	1,598	0.9%	1,588	0.9%	0.6%
Suzuki	385	1.0%	332	0.9%	16.0%	2,814	1.5%	2,582	1.5%	9.0%
Citroen	375	1.0%	293	0.8%	28.0%	1,723	0.9%	1,303	0.7%	32.2%
Land Rover	332	0.9%	367	1.0%	-9.5%	2,007	1.1%	1,649	0.9%	21.7%
smart	319	0.9%	389	1.1%	-18.0%	1,142	0.6%	2,519	1.4%	-54.7%
Alfa Romeo	259	0.7%	146	0.4%	77.4%	1,171	0.6%	722	0.4%	62.2%
ABARTH	257	0.7%	245	0.7%	4.9%	1,251	0.7%	1,234	0.7%	1.4%
Mitsubishi	197	0.5%	313	0.9%	-37.1%	1,660	0.9%	2,070	1.2%	-19.8%
Maserati	187	0.5%	206	0.6%	-9.2%	687	0.4%	858	0.5%	-19.9%
Chevrolet	84	0.2%	48	0.1%	75.0%	426	0.2%	270	0.2%	57.8%
Ferrari	61	0.2%	93	0.3%	-34.4%	392	0.2%	403	0.2%	-2.7%
Lamborghini	57	0.2%	59	0.2%	-3.4%	319	0.2%	279	0.2%	14.3%
Cadillac	55	0.1%	56	0.2%	-1.8%	317	0.2%	274	0.2%	15.7%
DS	55	0.1%	64	0.2%	-14.1%	272	0.1%	508	0.3%	-46.5%
Dodge	49	0.1%	36	0.1%	36.1%	180	0.1%	177	0.1%	1.7%
Ford	47	0.1%	53	0.1%	-11.3%	227	0.1%	249	0.1%	-8.8%
Scania	29	0.1%	16	0.0%	81.3%	101	0.1%	82	0.0%	23.2%
Aston Martin	27	0.1%	33	0.1%	-18.2%	135	0.1%	187	0.1%	-27.8%
BMW Alpina	24	0.1%	12	0.0%	100.0%	140	0.1%	107	0.1%	30.8%
Bentley	24	0.1%	36	0.1%	-33.3%	126	0.1%	184	0.1%	-31.5%
Mclaren	21	0.1%	13	0.0%	61.5%	116	0.1%	70	0.0%	65.7%
Lotus	18	0.0%	14	0.0%	28.6%	139	0.1%	92	0.1%	51.1%
Rolls Royce	16	0.0%	26	0.1%	-38.5%	107	0.1%	122	0.1%	-12.3%
GMC	9	0.0%	6	0.0%	50.0%	29	0.0%	23	0.0%	26.1%
Autobianchi	5	0.0%	8	0.0%	-37.5%	34	0.0%	25	0.0%	36.0%
Morgan	3	0.0%	3	0.0%	0.0%	16	0.0%	13	0.0%	23.1%
Pontiac	3	0.0%	1	0.0%	200.0%	8	0.0%	7	0.0%	14.3%
Chrysler	2	0.0%	18	0.1%	-88.9%	27	0.0%	139	0.1%	-80.6%
Rover	2	0.0%	3	0.0%	-33.3%	15	0.0%	23	0.0%	-34.8%
Bugatti	2	0.0%	-	-%	-%	6	0.0%	1	0.0%	500.0%
MG	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%	4	0.0%	7	0.0%	-42.9%
Buick	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	0.0%	2	0.0%	7	0.0%	-71.4%
Mini	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	0.0%
Hyundai	-	-%	2	0.0%	-%	9	0.0%	68	0.0%	-86.8%
Lancia	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%	9	0.0%	12	0.0%	-25.0%
Unimog	-	-%	-	-%	-%	2	0.0%	1	0.0%	100.0%
Hummer	-	-%	-	-%	-%	2	0.0%	-	-%	-%
Kia	-	-%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%
Opel	-	-%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%
Detomaso	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Maybach	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
RUF	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Saab	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Others	82	0.2%	86	0.2%	-4.7%	293	0.2%	444	0.3%	-34.0%
Total	36,889	100.0%	35,528	100.0%	3.8%	182,519	100.0%	173,834	100.0%	5.0%

Source: Japan Automobile Importers Association (JAIA)

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Flash report, May 2018

1 Jun. 2018

Japanese new car sales in May decline 0.2% y/y to 372,000 unit level
* According to the sales figures released by the Japan Automobile Dealers Association and Japan Mini Vehicles Association, sales declined 0.2% y/y to 371,867 units. Sales of vehicles with engine displacements above 660 cc fell 0.6% to 236,023 units, while those for vehicles with engine displacements below 660 cc (mini vehicles) rose 0.6% to 135,844 units.
* Total sales for the January – May period fell 1.1% to 2,278,716 units.

Sales of new vehicles

	May 2018	May 2017	Y-o-Y	Jan.-May 2018	Jan.-May 2017	Y-o-Y
Non-mini vehicles	236,023	237,512	-0.6%	1,439,597	1,492,506	-3.5%
Mini Vehicles	135,844	135,064	0.6%	839,119	812,566	3.3%
Total	371,867	372,576	-0.2%	2,278,716	2,305,072	-1.1%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association, Japan Mini Vehicles Association

Non-mini vehicles Total (Breakdown by vehicle type)

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	May	Share	May	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-May	Share	Jan.-May	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	103,611	43.9%	112,744	47.5%	-8.1%	619,755	43.1%	676,652	45.3%	-8.4%
Nissan	29,740	12.6%	29,049	12.2%	2.4%	200,415	13.9%	210,038	14.1%	-4.6%
Honda	25,828	10.9%	25,142	10.6%	2.7%	165,958	11.5%	167,092	11.2%	-0.7%
Mazda	12,902	5.5%	10,150	4.3%	27.1%	81,674	5.7%	77,510	5.2%	5.4%
Suzuki	10,292	4.4%	8,576	3.6%	20.0%	56,606	3.9%	50,061	3.4%	13.1%
Subaru	6,537	2.8%	10,839	4.6%	-39.7%	50,570	3.5%	64,770	4.3%	-21.9%
Hino	4,869	2.1%	3,724	1.6%	30.7%	29,109	2.0%	27,981	1.9%	4.0%
Isuzu	4,867	2.1%	4,926	2.1%	-1.2%	30,363	2.1%	34,550	2.3%	-12.1%
Lexus	4,116	1.7%	2,629	1.1%	56.6%	29,136	2.0%	19,015	1.3%	53.2%
Mitsubishi Fuso	3,068	1.3%	2,863	1.2%	7.2%	17,529	1.2%	17,067	1.1%	2.7%
Mitsubishi	2,975	1.3%	2,267	1.0%	31.2%	22,028	1.5%	16,070	1.1%	37.1%
Daihatsu	2,371	1.0%	2,255	0.9%	5.1%	12,607	0.9%	8,387	0.6%	50.3%
UD Trucks	697	0.3%	696	0.3%	0.1%	3,609	0.3%	3,975	0.3%	-9.2%
Others	24,150	10.2%	21,652	9.1%	11.5%	120,238	8.4%	119,338	8.0%	0.8%
Total	236,023	100.0%	237,512	100.0%	-0.6%	1,439,597	100.0%	1,492,506	100.0%	-3.5%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association

Mini Vehicles

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	May	Share	May	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-May	Share	Jan.-May	Share	Y-o-Y
Suzuki	43,797	32.2%	41,812	31.0%	4.7%	254,105	30.3%	249,948	30.8%	1.7%
Daihatsu	42,305	31.1%	46,410	34.4%	-8.8%	268,945	32.1%	262,789	32.3%	2.3%
Honda	25,810	19.0%	22,836	16.9%	13.0%	157,160	18.7%	148,454	18.3%	5.9%
Nissan	11,852	8.7%	13,107	9.7%	-9.6%	83,908	10.0%	81,858	10.1%	2.5%
Mitsubishi	3,526	2.6%	3,566	2.6%	-1.1%	25,145	3.0%	24,240	3.0%	3.7%
Mazda	3,298	2.4%	2,891	2.1%	14.1%	19,341	2.3%	17,769	2.2%	8.8%
Toyota	3,241	2.4%	2,132	1.6%	52.0%	16,628	2.0%	12,351	1.5%	34.6%
Subaru	2,005	1.5%	2,301	1.7%	-12.9%	13,846	1.7%	15,136	1.9%	-8.5%
Others	10	0.0%	9	0.0%	11.1%	41	0.0%	21	0.0%	95.2%
Total	135,844	100.0%	135,064	100.0%	0.6%	839,119	100.0%	812,566	100.0%	3.3%

Source: Japan Mini Vehicles Association

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Cars Total

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	May	Share	May	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-May	Share	Jan.-May	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	89,823	44.5%	100,314	48.5%	-10.5%	547,439	43.8%	608,022	46.6%	-10.0%
Honda	25,828	12.8%	25,142	12.1%	2.7%	165,958	13.3%	167,092	12.8%	-0.7%
Nissan	24,336	12.0%	24,359	11.8%	-0.1%	169,860	13.6%	180,372	13.8%	-5.8%
Mazda	11,764	5.8%	9,044	4.4%	30.1%	75,762	6.1%	71,557	5.5%	5.9%
Suzuki	10,292	5.1%	8,576	4.1%	20.0%	56,606	4.5%	50,061	3.8%	13.1%
Subaru	6,537	3.2%	10,839	5.2%	-39.7%	50,570	4.0%	64,770	5.0%	-21.9%
Lexus	4,116	2.0%	2,629	1.3%	56.6%	29,136	2.3%	19,015	1.5%	53.2%
Mitsubishi	2,900	1.4%	2,188	1.1%	32.5%	21,589	1.7%	15,642	1.2%	38.0%
Daihatsu	2,371	1.2%	2,255	1.1%	5.1%	12,607	1.0%	8,387	0.6%	50.3%
Others	24,064	11.9%	21,590	10.4%	11.5%	119,825	9.6%	118,900	9.1%	0.8%
Total	202,031	100.0%	206,936	100.0%	-2.4%	1,249,352	100.0%	1,303,818	100.0%	-4.2%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Standard cars

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	May	Share	May	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	39,547	36.5%	51,460	45.9%	-23.2%
Nissan	12,503	11.5%	11,279	10.1%	10.9%
Honda	10,636	9.8%	8,974	8.0%	18.5%
Mazda	8,245	7.6%	6,003	5.4%	37.3%
Subaru	6,321	5.8%	10,552	9.4%	-40.1%
Lexus	4,116	3.8%	2,629	2.3%	56.6%
Mitsubishi	2,266	2.1%	1,496	1.3%	51.5%
Suzuki	1,968	1.8%	365	0.3%	439.2%
Daihatsu	16	0.0%	9	0.0%	77.8%
Others	22,652	20.9%	19,270	17.2%	17.6%
Total	108,270	100.0%	112,037	100.0%	-3.4%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Small cars

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	May	Share	May	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	50,276	53.6%	48,854	51.5%	2.9%
Honda	15,192	16.2%	16,168	17.0%	-6.0%
Nissan	11,833	12.6%	13,080	13.8%	-9.5%
Suzuki	8,324	8.9%	8,211	8.7%	1.4%
Mazda	3,519	3.8%	3,041	3.2%	15.7%
Daihatsu	2,355	2.5%	2,246	2.4%	4.9%
Mitsubishi	634	0.7%	692	0.7%	-8.4%
Subaru	216	0.2%	287	0.3%	-24.7%
Others	1,412	1.5%	2,320	2.4%	-39.1%
Total	93,761	100.0%	94,899	100.0%	-1.2%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Trucks Total

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	May	Share	May	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-May	Share	Jan.-May	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	13,443	40.5%	12,065	40.6%	11.4%	70,055	38.1%	66,365	36.6%	5.6%
Nissan	5,371	16.2%	4,655	15.7%	15.4%	30,198	16.4%	29,283	16.1%	3.1%
Isuzu	4,800	14.5%	4,840	16.3%	-0.8%	29,531	16.1%	33,410	18.4%	-11.6%
Hino	4,648	14.0%	3,532	11.9%	31.6%	27,312	14.9%	26,151	14.4%	4.4%
Mitsubishi Fuso	2,944	8.9%	2,692	9.1%	9.4%	16,419	8.9%	15,596	8.6%	5.3%
Mazda	1,138	3.4%	1,106	3.7%	2.9%	5,912	3.2%	5,953	3.3%	-0.7%
UD Trucks	697	2.1%	696	2.3%	0.1%	3,609	2.0%	3,975	2.2%	-9.2%
Mitsubishi	75	0.2%	79	0.3%	-5.1%	439	0.2%	428	0.2%	2.6%
Others	85	0.3%	62	0.2%	37.1%	398	0.2%	375	0.2%	6.1%
Total	33,201	100.0%	29,727	100.0%	11.7%	183,873	100.0%	181,536	100.0%	1.3%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Standard Trucks

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	May	Share	May	Share	Y-o-Y
Isuzu	3,886	30.4%	3,889	36.1%	-0.1%
Hino	3,769	29.5%	2,927	27.2%	28.8%
Mitsubishi Fuso	2,174	17.0%	1,829	17.0%	18.9%
Toyota	1,706	13.3%	1,034	9.6%	65.0%
UD Trucks	694	5.4%	691	6.4%	0.4%
Nissan	422	3.3%	283	2.6%	49.1%
Mazda	54	0.4%	58	0.5%	-6.9%
Others	85	0.7%	62	0.6%	37.1%
Total	12,790	100.0%	10,773	100.0%	18.7%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Small Trucks

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	May	Share	May	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	11,737	57.5%	11,031	58.2%	6.4%
Nissan	4,949	24.2%	4,372	23.1%	13.2%
Mazda	1,084	5.3%	1,048	5.5%	3.4%
Isuzu	914	4.5%	951	5.0%	-3.9%
Hino	879	4.3%	605	3.2%	45.3%
Mitsubishi Fuso	770	3.8%	863	4.6%	-10.8%
Mitsubishi	75	0.4%	79	0.4%	-5.1%
UD Trucks	3	0.0%	5	0.0%	-40.0%
Total	20,411	100.0%	18,954	100.0%	7.7%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Buses

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	May	Share	May	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-May	Share	Jan.-May	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	345	43.6%	365	43.0%	-5.5%	2,261	35.5%	2,265	31.7%	-0.2%
Hino	221	27.9%	192	22.6%	15.1%	1,797	28.2%	1,830	25.6%	-1.8%
Mitsubishi Fuso	124	15.7%	171	20.1%	-27.5%	1,110	17.4%	1,471	20.6%	-24.5%
Isuzu	67	8.5%	86	10.1%	-22.1%	832	13.1%	1,140	15.9%	-27.0%
Nissan	33	4.2%	35	4.1%	-5.7%	357	5.6%	383	5.4%	-6.8%
Others	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%	15	0.2%	63	0.9%	-76.2%
Total	791	100.0%	849	100.0%	-6.8%	6,372	100.0%	7,152	100.0%	-10.9%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association

Japan - Top 10 best selling models

-	Maker/Brand	Model	May 2018	May 2017	Y-o-Y	Jan.-May 2018	Jan.-May 2017	Y-o-Y
1	Honda	N BOX	18,817	13,118	43.4%	106,866	88,577	20.6%
2	Suzuki	Suzuki Spacia	11,298	7,747	45.8%	66,268	49,006	35.2%
3	Daihatsu	Hijet	10,451	10,019	4.3%	64,326	57,736	11.4%
4	Daihatsu	Tanto	9,575	9,868	-3.0%	60,662	69,265	-12.4%
5	Daihatsu	Move	9,550	10,448	-8.6%	63,645	60,468	5.3%
6	Toyota	Aqua (Prius C)	9,192	7,551	21.7%	48,442	52,715	-8.1%
7	Nissan	Note	8,654	9,992	-13.4%	62,059	72,610	-14.5%
8	Nissan	DAYZ	8,543	10,198	-16.2%	61,518	65,770	-6.5%
9	Suzuki	Wagon R	8,038	8,807	-8.7%	52,487	47,865	9.7%
10	Toyota	Prius	7,840	13,843	-43.4%	47,235	64,998	-27.3%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association, Japan Mini Vehicles Association
* The Prius category does not include the Prius alpha.
* The Aqua (Prius C) category does not include the Aqua Crossover.

Registrations of new imported cars (Including Japanese makers)

Brand	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brand	May	Share	May	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-May	Share	Jan.-May	Share	Y-o-Y
Mercedes-Benz	4,771	16.7%	4,735	19.4%	0.8%	26,376	18.1%	26,105	18.9%	1.0%
VW	4,667	16.3%	3,865	15.9%	20.8%	20,742	14.2%	20,358	14.7%	1.9%
BMW	3,724	13.0%	3,641	14.9%	2.3%	18,071	12.4%	19,459	14.1%	-7.1%
Audi	2,190	7.6%	1,855	7.6%	18.1%	10,898	7.5%	10,251	7.4%	6.3%
BMW MINI	2,141	7.5%	1,800	7.4%	18.9%	10,201	7.0%	9,695	7.0%	5.2%
Toyota	1,895	6.6%	1,237	5.1%	53.2%	9,448	6.5%	6,611	4.8%	42.9%
Volvo	1,518	5.3%	1,145	4.7%	32.6%	6,772	4.7%	6,286	4.5%	7.7%
Honda	1,137	4.0%	22	0.1%	5068.2%	6,136	4.2%	92	0.1%	6569.6%
Jeep	900	3.1%	733	3.0%	22.8%	4,377	3.0%	3,845	2.8%	13.8%
Nissan	857	3.0%	978	4.0%	-12.4%	6,139	4.2%	8,741	6.3%	-29.8%
Peugeot	725	2.5%	527	2.2%	37.6%	4,200	2.9%	3,092	2.2%	35.8%
Fiat	478	1.7%	458	1.9%	4.4%	2,354	1.6%	2,534	1.8%	-7.1%
Suzuki	451	1.6%	347	1.4%	30.0%	2,429	1.7%	2,250	1.6%	8.0%
Renault	434	1.5%	522	2.1%	-16.9%	3,040	2.1%	3,382	2.4%	-10.1%
Porsche	410	1.4%	507	2.1%	-19.1%	2,780	1.9%	2,816	2.0%	-1.3%
smart	379	1.3%	465	1.9%	-18.5%	823	0.6%	2,130	1.5%	-61.4%
Jaguar	270	0.9%	128	0.5%	110.9%	1,174	0.8%	1,302	0.9%	-9.8%
Land Rover	267	0.9%	185	0.8%	44.3%	1,675	1.2%	1,282	0.9%	30.7%
ABARTH	237	0.8%	152	0.6%	55.9%	994	0.7%	989	0.7%	0.5%
Citroen	215	0.8%	120	0.5%	79.2%	1,348	0.9%	1,010	0.7%	33.5%
Mitsubishi	180	0.6%	192	0.8%	-6.3%	1,463	1.0%	1,757	1.3%	-16.7%
Alfa Romeo	157	0.5%	92	0.4%	70.7%	912	0.6%	576	0.4%	58.3%
Maserati	96	0.3%	133	0.5%	-27.8%	500	0.3%	652	0.5%	-23.3%
Ferrari	80	0.3%	64	0.3%	25.0%	331	0.2%	310	0.2%	6.8%
Chevrolet	74	0.3%	40	0.2%	85.0%	342	0.2%	222	0.2%	54.1%
Dodge	43	0.2%	28	0.1%	53.6%	131	0.1%	141	0.1%	-7.1%
Lamborghini	38	0.1%	37	0.2%	2.7%	262	0.2%	220	0.2%	19.1%
DS	38	0.1%	85	0.3%	-55.3%	217	0.1%	444	0.3%	-51.1%
Cadillac	36	0.1%	39	0.2%	-7.7%	262	0.2%	218	0.2%	20.2%
Ford	31	0.1%	35	0.1%	-11.4%	180	0.1%	196	0.1%	-8.2%
BMW Alpina	24	0.1%	11	0.0%	118.2%	116	0.1%	95	0.1%	22.1%
Lotus	21	0.1%	6	0.0%	250.0%	121	0.1%	78	0.1%	55.1%
Bentley	21	0.1%	33	0.1%	-36.4%	102	0.1%	148	0.1%	-31.1%
Rolls Royce	21	0.1%	18	0.1%	16.7%	91	0.1%	96	0.1%	-5.2%
Mclaren	17	0.1%	6	0.0%	183.3%	95	0.1%	57	0.0%	66.7%
Aston Martin	15	0.1%	34	0.1%	-55.9%	108	0.1%	154	0.1%	-29.9%
Scania	13	0.0%	6	0.0%	116.7%	72	0.0%	66	0.0%	9.1%
Autobianchi	6	0.0%	2	0.0%	200.0%	29	0.0%	17	0.0%	70.6%
GMC	5	0.0%	2	0.0%	150.0%	20	0.0%	17	0.0%	17.6%
Morgan	5	0.0%	1	0.0%	400.0%	13	0.0%	10	0.0%	30.0%
Chrysler	3	0.0%	20	0.1%	-85.0%	25	0.0%	121	0.1%	-79.3%
Hyundai	3	0.0%	8	0.0%	-62.5%	9	0.0%	66	0.0%	-86.4%
Lancia	3	0.0%	1	0.0%	200.0%	9	0.0%	11	0.0%	-18.2%
Pontiac	2	0.0%	1	0.0%	100.0%	5	0.0%	6	0.0%	-16.7%
Hummer	2	0.0%	-	-%	-%	2	0.0%	-	-%	-%
Rover	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%	13	0.0%	20	0.0%	-35.0%
MG	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	0.0%	3	0.0%	7	0.0%	-57.1%
Unimog	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%	2	0.0%	1	0.0%	100.0%
Kia	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%
Bugatti	-	-%	-	-%	-%	4	0.0%	1	0.0%	300.0%
Buick	-	-%	3	0.0%	-%	1	0.0%	6	0.0%	-83.3%
Opel	-	-%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%
Detomaso	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Maybach	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Mini	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
RUF	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Saab	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Others	24	0.1%	58	0.2%	-58.6%	211	0.1%	358	0.3%	-41.1%
Total	28,628	100.0%	24,378	100.0%	17.4%	145,630	100.0%	138,306	100.0%	5.3%

Source: Japan Automobile Importers Association (JAIA)

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Flash report, April 2018

1 May 2018

Japanese new vehicle sales rise 3.2% y/y to 366,000 unit level in April
* In the April 2018 sales figures announced by the Japan Automobile Dealers Association and Japan Mini Vehicles Association, sales rose 3.2% to 366,155 units. Sales of vehicles with engine displacements above 660cc rose 0.5% to 225,390 units, and those for vehicles with engine displacements below 660cc rose 7.8% to 140,765 units.
* Totoal sales for the period January to April fell to 1,906,848 units.

Sales of new vehicles

	Apr. 2018	Apr. 2017	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Apr. 2018	Jan.-Apr. 2017	Y-o-Y
Non-mini vehicles	225,390	224,220	0.5%	1,203,574	1,254,994	-4.1%
Mini Vehicles	140,765	130,527	7.8%	703,274	677,502	3.8%
Total	366,155	354,747	3.2%	1,906,848	1,932,496	-1.3%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association, Japan Mini Vehicles Association

Non-mini vehicles Total (Breakdown by vehicle type)

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Apr.	Share	Apr.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Apr.	Share	Jan.-Apr.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	106,428	47.2%	109,837	49.0%	-3.1%	516,144	42.9%	563,908	44.9%	-8.5%
Nissan	25,903	11.5%	24,384	10.9%	6.2%	170,675	14.2%	180,989	14.4%	-5.7%
Honda	25,340	11.2%	27,452	12.2%	-7.7%	140,130	11.6%	141,950	11.3%	-1.3%
Suzuki	11,428	5.1%	9,079	4.0%	25.9%	46,314	3.8%	41,485	3.3%	11.6%
Mazda	10,613	4.7%	8,977	4.0%	18.2%	68,772	5.7%	67,360	5.4%	2.1%
Subaru	7,110	3.2%	9,495	4.2%	-25.1%	44,033	3.7%	53,931	4.3%	-18.4%
Lexus	4,632	2.1%	3,050	1.4%	51.9%	25,020	2.1%	16,386	1.3%	52.7%
Hino	4,319	1.9%	3,150	1.4%	37.1%	24,240	2.0%	24,257	1.9%	-0.1%
Isuzu	4,113	1.8%	4,537	2.0%	-9.3%	25,496	2.1%	29,624	2.4%	-13.9%
Mitsubishi Fuso	2,817	1.2%	2,696	1.2%	4.5%	14,461	1.2%	14,204	1.1%	1.8%
Mitsubishi	2,346	1.0%	2,028	0.9%	15.7%	19,053	1.6%	13,803	1.1%	38.0%
Daihatsu	2,240	1.0%	2,215	1.0%	1.1%	10,236	0.9%	6,132	0.5%	66.9%
UD Trucks	662	0.3%	637	0.3%	3.9%	2,912	0.2%	3,279	0.3%	-11.2%
Others	17,439	7.7%	16,683	7.4%	4.5%	96,088	8.0%	97,686	7.8%	-1.6%
Total	225,390	100.0%	224,220	100.0%	0.5%	1,203,574	100.0%	1,254,994	100.0%	-4.1%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association

Mini Vehicles

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Apr.	Share	Apr.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Apr.	Share	Jan.-Apr.	Share	Y-o-Y
Daihatsu	46,578	33.1%	44,478	34.1%	4.7%	226,640	32.2%	216,379	31.9%	4.7%
Suzuki	44,601	31.7%	42,243	32.4%	5.6%	210,308	29.9%	208,136	30.7%	1.0%
Honda	27,148	19.3%	21,070	16.1%	28.8%	131,350	18.7%	125,618	18.5%	4.6%
Nissan	10,645	7.6%	12,330	9.4%	-13.7%	72,056	10.2%	68,751	10.1%	4.8%
Toyota	3,900	2.8%	2,370	1.8%	64.6%	13,387	1.9%	10,219	1.5%	31.0%
Mazda	3,262	2.3%	3,024	2.3%	7.9%	16,043	2.3%	14,878	2.2%	7.8%
Mitsubishi	2,725	1.9%	2,783	2.1%	-2.1%	21,619	3.1%	20,674	3.1%	4.6%
Subaru	1,897	1.3%	2,226	1.7%	-14.8%	11,841	1.7%	12,835	1.9%	-7.7%
Others	9	0.0%	3	0.0%	200.0%	30	0.0%	12	0.0%	150.0%
Total	140,765	100.0%	130,527	100.0%	7.8%	703,274	100.0%	677,502	100.0%	3.8%

Source: Japan Mini Vehicles Association

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Cars Total

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Apr.	Share	Apr.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Apr.	Share	Jan.-Apr.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	93,262	48.2%	98,044	50.1%	-4.9%	457,616	43.7%	507,708	46.3%	-9.9%
Honda	25,340	13.1%	27,452	14.0%	-7.7%	140,130	13.4%	141,950	12.9%	-1.3%
Nissan	20,400	10.5%	20,062	10.2%	1.7%	145,524	13.9%	156,013	14.2%	-6.7%
Suzuki	11,428	5.9%	9,079	4.6%	25.9%	46,314	4.4%	41,485	3.8%	11.6%
Mazda	9,564	4.9%	7,933	4.1%	20.6%	63,998	6.1%	62,513	5.7%	2.4%
Subaru	7,110	3.7%	9,495	4.8%	-25.1%	44,033	4.2%	53,931	4.9%	-18.4%
Lexus	4,632	2.4%	3,050	1.6%	51.9%	25,020	2.4%	16,386	1.5%	52.7%
Mitsubishi	2,254	1.2%	1,941	1.0%	16.1%	18,689	1.8%	13,454	1.2%	38.9%
Daihatsu	2,240	1.2%	2,215	1.1%	1.1%	10,236	1.0%	6,132	0.6%	66.9%
Others	17,355	9.0%	16,603	8.5%	4.5%	95,761	9.1%	97,310	8.9%	-1.6%
Total	193,585	100.0%	195,874	100.0%	-1.2%	1,047,321	100.0%	1,096,882	100.0%	-4.5%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Standard cars

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Apr.	Share	Apr.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	38,894	40.2%	46,862	48.0%	-17.0%
Honda	9,805	10.1%	8,508	8.7%	15.2%
Nissan	9,615	9.9%	7,689	7.9%	25.0%
Subaru	6,844	7.1%	9,213	9.4%	-25.7%
Mazda	6,789	7.0%	5,886	6.0%	15.3%
Lexus	4,632	4.8%	3,050	3.1%	51.9%
Suzuki	1,956	2.0%	398	0.4%	391.5%
Mitsubishi	1,793	1.9%	1,261	1.3%	42.2%
Daihatsu	12	0.0%	13	0.0%	-7.7%
Others	16,308	16.9%	14,839	15.2%	9.9%
Total	96,648	100.0%	97,719	100.0%	-1.1%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Small cars

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Apr.	Share	Apr.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	54,368	56.1%	51,182	52.1%	6.2%
Honda	15,535	16.0%	18,944	19.3%	-18.0%
Nissan	10,785	11.1%	12,373	12.6%	-12.8%
Suzuki	9,472	9.8%	8,681	8.8%	9.1%
Mazda	2,775	2.9%	2,047	2.1%	35.6%
Daihatsu	2,228	2.3%	2,202	2.2%	1.2%
Mitsubishi	461	0.5%	680	0.7%	-32.2%
Subaru	266	0.3%	282	0.3%	-5.7%
Others	1,047	1.1%	1,764	1.8%	-40.6%
Total	96,937	100.0%	98,155	100.0%	-1.2%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Trucks Total

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Apr.	Share	Apr.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Apr.	Share	Jan.-Apr.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	12,700	41.3%	11,329	41.6%	12.1%	56,612	37.6%	54,300	35.8%	4.3%
Nissan	5,462	17.8%	4,285	15.7%	27.5%	24,827	16.5%	24,628	16.2%	0.8%
Isuzu	4,035	13.1%	4,405	16.2%	-8.4%	24,731	16.4%	28,570	18.8%	-13.4%
Hino	4,027	13.1%	2,877	10.6%	40.0%	22,664	15.0%	22,619	14.9%	0.2%
Mitsubishi Fuso	2,661	8.6%	2,469	9.1%	7.8%	13,475	8.9%	12,904	8.5%	4.4%
Mazda	1,049	3.4%	1,044	3.8%	0.5%	4,774	3.2%	4,847	3.2%	-1.5%
UD Trucks	662	2.2%	637	2.3%	3.9%	2,912	1.9%	3,279	2.2%	-11.2%
Mitsubishi	92	0.3%	87	0.3%	5.7%	364	0.2%	349	0.2%	4.3%
Others	82	0.3%	78	0.3%	5.1%	313	0.2%	313	0.2%	0.0%
Total	30,770	100.0%	27,211	100.0%	13.1%	150,672	100.0%	151,809	100.0%	-0.7%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Standard Trucks

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Apr.	Share	Apr.	Share	Y-o-Y
Isuzu	3,297	29.0%	3,564	36.4%	-7.5%
Hino	3,242	28.5%	2,409	24.6%	34.6%
Mitsubishi Fuso	1,907	16.8%	1,677	17.1%	13.7%
Toyota	1,775	15.6%	1,055	10.8%	68.2%
UD Trucks	659	5.8%	632	6.5%	4.3%
Nissan	376	3.3%	323	3.3%	16.4%
Mazda	31	0.3%	46	0.5%	-32.6%
Others	82	0.7%	78	0.8%	5.1%
Total	11,369	100.0%	9,784	100.0%	16.2%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Small Trucks

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Apr.	Share	Apr.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	10,925	56.3%	10,274	59.0%	6.3%
Nissan	5,086	26.2%	3,962	22.7%	28.4%
Mazda	1,018	5.2%	998	5.7%	2.0%
Hino	785	4.0%	468	2.7%	67.7%
Mitsubishi Fuso	754	3.9%	792	4.5%	-4.8%
Isuzu	738	3.8%	841	4.8%	-12.2%
Mitsubishi	92	0.5%	87	0.5%	5.7%
UD Trucks	3	0.0%	5	0.0%	-40.0%
Total	19,401	100.0%	17,427	100.0%	11.3%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Buses

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Apr.	Share	Apr.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Apr.	Share	Jan.-Apr.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	466	45.0%	464	40.9%	0.4%	1,916	34.3%	1,900	30.1%	0.8%
Hino	292	28.2%	273	24.1%	7.0%	1,576	28.2%	1,638	26.0%	-3.8%
Mitsubishi Fuso	156	15.1%	227	20.0%	-31.3%	986	17.7%	1,300	20.6%	-24.2%
Isuzu	78	7.5%	132	11.6%	-40.9%	765	13.7%	1,054	16.7%	-27.4%
Nissan	41	4.0%	37	3.3%	10.8%	324	5.8%	348	5.5%	-6.9%
Others	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	0.0%	14	0.3%	63	1.0%	-77.8%
Total	1,035	100.0%	1,135	100.0%	-8.8%	5,581	100.0%	6,303	100.0%	-11.5%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association

Japan - Top 10 best selling models

-	Maker/Brand	Model	Apr. 2018	Apr. 2017	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Apr. 2018	Jan.-Apr. 2017	Y-o-Y
1	Honda	N BOX	19,884	12,265	62.1%	88,049	75,459	16.7%
2	Suzuki	Suzuki Spacia	12,240	7,457	64.1%	54,970	41,259	33.2%
3	Daihatsu	Hijet	11,848	10,275	15.3%	53,875	47,717	12.9%
4	Daihatsu	Move	11,809	12,004	-1.6%	54,095	50,020	8.1%
5	Daihatsu	Tanto	10,268	11,926	-13.9%	51,087	59,397	-14.0%
6	Toyota	Aqua (Prius C)	8,593	7,762	10.7%	39,250	45,164	-13.1%
7	Suzuki	Wagon R	8,532	9,654	-11.6%	44,449	39,058	13.8%
8	Nissan	Note	7,836	9,263	-15.4%	53,405	62,618	-14.7%
9	Toyota	ROOMY	7,726	5,852	32.0%	29,711	27,235	9.1%
10	Nissan	DAYZ	7,605	9,193	-17.3%	52,975	55,572	-4.7%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association, Japan Mini Vehicles Association
* The Aqua (Prius C) category does not include the Aqua Crossover.

Registrations of new imported cars (Including Japanese makers)

Brand	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brand	Apr.	Share	Apr.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Apr.	Share	Jan.-Apr.	Share	Y-o-Y
Mercedes-Benz	3,614	16.5%	3,595	18.8%	0.5%	21,605	18.5%	21,370	18.8%	1.1%
VW	2,880	13.2%	2,410	12.6%	19.5%	16,075	13.7%	16,493	14.5%	-2.5%
BMW	2,465	11.3%	2,708	14.1%	-9.0%	14,347	12.3%	15,818	13.9%	-9.3%
Toyota	1,687	7.7%	1,184	6.2%	42.5%	7,553	6.5%	5,374	4.7%	40.5%
BMW MINI	1,542	7.0%	1,516	7.9%	1.7%	8,060	6.9%	7,895	6.9%	2.1%
Audi	1,467	6.7%	1,439	7.5%	1.9%	8,708	7.4%	8,396	7.4%	3.7%
Honda	1,184	5.4%	24	0.1%	4833.3%	4,999	4.3%	70	0.1%	7041.4%
Volvo	1,057	4.8%	935	4.9%	13.0%	5,254	4.5%	5,141	4.5%	2.2%
Nissan	898	4.1%	829	4.3%	8.3%	5,282	4.5%	7,763	6.8%	-32.0%
Jeep	655	3.0%	634	3.3%	3.3%	3,477	3.0%	3,112	2.7%	11.7%
Peugeot	631	2.9%	407	2.1%	55.0%	3,475	3.0%	2,565	2.3%	35.5%
Suzuki	543	2.5%	342	1.8%	58.8%	1,978	1.7%	1,903	1.7%	3.9%
Porsche	445	2.0%	308	1.6%	44.5%	2,370	2.0%	2,309	2.0%	2.6%
Renault	407	1.9%	495	2.6%	-17.8%	2,606	2.2%	2,860	2.5%	-8.9%
Citroen	378	1.7%	178	0.9%	112.4%	1,133	1.0%	890	0.8%	27.3%
Fiat	376	1.7%	426	2.2%	-11.7%	1,876	1.6%	2,076	1.8%	-9.6%
Land Rover	222	1.0%	177	0.9%	25.4%	1,408	1.2%	1,097	1.0%	28.4%
smart	206	0.9%	259	1.4%	-20.5%	444	0.4%	1,665	1.5%	-73.3%
ABARTH	180	0.8%	145	0.8%	24.1%	757	0.6%	837	0.7%	-9.6%
Alfa Romeo	158	0.7%	78	0.4%	102.6%	755	0.6%	484	0.4%	56.0%
Mitsubishi	157	0.7%	181	0.9%	-13.3%	1,283	1.1%	1,565	1.4%	-18.0%
Jaguar	125	0.6%	170	0.9%	-26.5%	904	0.8%	1,174	1.0%	-23.0%
Maserati	88	0.4%	123	0.6%	-28.5%	404	0.3%	519	0.5%	-22.2%
Ferrari	74	0.3%	70	0.4%	5.7%	251	0.2%	246	0.2%	2.0%
Lamborghini	64	0.3%	40	0.2%	60.0%	224	0.2%	183	0.2%	22.4%
Chevrolet	54	0.2%	45	0.2%	20.0%	268	0.2%	182	0.2%	47.3%
Ford	46	0.2%	47	0.2%	-2.1%	149	0.1%	161	0.1%	-7.5%
Cadillac	34	0.2%	31	0.2%	9.7%	226	0.2%	179	0.2%	26.3%
DS	34	0.2%	61	0.3%	-44.3%	179	0.2%	359	0.3%	-50.1%
Lotus	31	0.1%	14	0.1%	121.4%	100	0.1%	72	0.1%	38.9%
Aston Martin	24	0.1%	32	0.2%	-25.0%	93	0.1%	120	0.1%	-22.5%
Dodge	21	0.1%	22	0.1%	-4.5%	88	0.1%	113	0.1%	-22.1%
Rolls Royce	20	0.1%	15	0.1%	33.3%	70	0.1%	78	0.1%	-10.3%
Mclaren	19	0.1%	10	0.1%	90.0%	78	0.1%	51	0.0%	52.9%
Bentley	18	0.1%	37	0.2%	-51.4%	81	0.1%	115	0.1%	-29.6%
Scania	18	0.1%	12	0.1%	50.0%	59	0.1%	60	0.1%	-1.7%
BMW Alpina	14	0.1%	13	0.1%	7.7%	92	0.1%	84	0.1%	9.5%
Autobianchi	7	0.0%	9	0.0%	-22.2%	23	0.0%	15	0.0%	53.3%
GMC	7	0.0%	4	0.0%	75.0%	15	0.0%	15	0.0%	0.0%
Rover	6	0.0%	5	0.0%	20.0%	12	0.0%	20	0.0%	-40.0%
Chrysler	4	0.0%	44	0.2%	-90.9%	22	0.0%	101	0.1%	-78.2%
Morgan	2	0.0%	4	0.0%	-50.0%	8	0.0%	9	0.0%	-11.1%
Lancia	2	0.0%	3	0.0%	-33.3%	6	0.0%	10	0.0%	-40.0%
Hyundai	2	0.0%	2	0.0%	0.0%	6	0.0%	58	0.1%	-89.7%
MG	1	0.0%	2	0.0%	-50.0%	2	0.0%	6	0.0%	-66.7%
Bugatti	-	-%	-	-%	-%	4	0.0%	1	0.0%	300.0%
Pontiac	-	-%	2	0.0%	-%	3	0.0%	5	0.0%	-40.0%
Buick	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%	1	0.0%	3	0.0%	-66.7%
Unimog	-	-%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	0.0%
Opel	-	-%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%
Mini	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Detomaso	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Maybach	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
RUF	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Saab	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Others	14	0.1%	62	0.3%	-77.4%	187	0.2%	300	0.3%	-37.7%
Total	21,881	100.0%	19,151	100.0%	14.3%	117,002	100.0%	113,928	100.0%	2.7%

Source: Japan Automobile Importers Association (JAIA)

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Flash report, March 2018

2 Apr. 2018

March new car sales in Japan decline 3.5% y/y to 667,000 unit level
* According to the March 2018 new vehicles sales figures announced by the Japan Automobile Dealers Association and Japan Mini Vehicles Association, sales fell 3.5% y/y to 667,275 units. Sales of vehicles with engine displacements above 660 cc dropped 4.9% to 438,084 units, and those for vehicles with engine displacements below 660 cc declined 0.7% to 229,191 units.
* Cumulative sales from January to March fell 2.3% to 1,540,691 units.

Sales of new vehicles

	Mar. 2018	Mar. 2017	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Mar. 2018	Jan.-Mar. 2017	Y-o-Y
Non-mini vehicles	438,084	460,654	-4.9%	978,184	1,030,774	-5.1%
Mini Vehicles	229,191	230,720	-0.7%	562,507	546,975	2.8%
Total	667,275	691,374	-3.5%	1,540,691	1,577,749	-2.3%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association, Japan Mini Vehicles Association

Non-mini vehicles Total (Breakdown by vehicle type)

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Mar.	Share	Mar.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Mar.	Share	Jan.-Mar.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	176,183	40.2%	196,794	42.7%	-10.5%	409,716	41.9%	454,071	44.1%	-9.8%
Nissan	63,232	14.4%	67,992	14.8%	-7.0%	144,772	14.8%	156,605	15.2%	-7.6%
Honda	50,705	11.6%	49,880	10.8%	1.7%	114,790	11.7%	114,498	11.1%	0.3%
Mazda	29,438	6.7%	28,587	6.2%	3.0%	58,159	5.9%	58,383	5.7%	-0.4%
Subaru	16,934	3.9%	18,496	4.0%	-8.4%	36,923	3.8%	44,436	4.3%	-16.9%
Suzuki	14,358	3.3%	13,550	2.9%	6.0%	34,886	3.6%	32,406	3.1%	7.7%
Isuzu	10,449	2.4%	13,160	2.9%	-20.6%	21,383	2.2%	25,087	2.4%	-14.8%
Mitsubishi	9,799	2.2%	6,134	1.3%	59.7%	16,707	1.7%	11,775	1.1%	41.9%
Hino	9,764	2.2%	11,443	2.5%	-14.7%	19,921	2.0%	21,107	2.0%	-5.6%
Lexus	7,769	1.8%	5,626	1.2%	38.1%	20,388	2.1%	13,336	1.3%	52.9%
Mitsubishi Fuso	5,869	1.3%	5,878	1.3%	-0.2%	11,644	1.2%	11,508	1.1%	1.2%
Daihatsu	3,298	0.8%	1,819	0.4%	81.3%	7,996	0.8%	3,917	0.4%	104.1%
UD Trucks	1,154	0.3%	1,366	0.3%	-15.5%	2,251	0.2%	2,642	0.3%	-14.8%
Others	39,132	8.9%	39,929	8.7%	-2.0%	78,648	8.0%	81,003	7.9%	-2.9%
Total	438,084	100.0%	460,654	100.0%	-4.9%	978,184	100.0%	1,030,774	100.0%	-5.1%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association

Mini Vehicles

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Mar.	Share	Mar.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Mar.	Share	Jan.-Mar.	Share	Y-o-Y
Daihatsu	72,266	31.5%	70,857	30.7%	2.0%	180,062	32.0%	171,901	31.4%	4.7%
Suzuki	69,539	30.3%	71,215	30.9%	-2.4%	165,709	29.5%	165,893	30.3%	-0.1%
Honda	43,121	18.8%	42,895	18.6%	0.5%	104,202	18.5%	104,548	19.1%	-0.3%
Nissan	22,253	9.7%	23,549	10.2%	-5.5%	61,411	10.9%	56,421	10.3%	8.8%
Mitsubishi	8,685	3.8%	9,050	3.9%	-4.0%	18,892	3.4%	17,891	3.3%	5.6%
Mazda	5,098	2.2%	5,208	2.3%	-2.1%	12,781	2.3%	11,854	2.2%	7.8%
Subaru	4,201	1.8%	4,777	2.1%	-12.1%	9,944	1.8%	10,609	1.9%	-6.3%
Toyota	4,022	1.8%	3,165	1.4%	27.1%	9,487	1.7%	7,849	1.4%	20.9%
Others	6	0.0%	4	0.0%	50.0%	19	0.0%	9	0.0%	111.1%
Total	229,191	100.0%	230,720	100.0%	-0.7%	562,507	100.0%	546,975	100.0%	2.8%

Source: Japan Mini Vehicles Association

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Cars Total

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Mar.	Share	Mar.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Mar.	Share	Jan.-Mar.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	156,401	41.3%	177,457	44.6%	-11.9%	364,354	42.7%	409,664	45.5%	-11.1%
Nissan	52,973	14.0%	58,577	14.7%	-9.6%	125,124	14.7%	135,951	15.1%	-8.0%
Honda	50,705	13.4%	49,880	12.5%	1.7%	114,790	13.4%	114,498	12.7%	0.3%
Mazda	27,751	7.3%	26,863	6.7%	3.3%	54,434	6.4%	54,580	6.1%	-0.3%
Subaru	16,934	4.5%	18,496	4.6%	-8.4%	36,923	4.3%	44,436	4.9%	-16.9%
Suzuki	14,358	3.8%	13,550	3.4%	6.0%	34,886	4.1%	32,406	3.6%	7.7%
Mitsubishi	9,690	2.6%	5,981	1.5%	62.0%	16,435	1.9%	11,513	1.3%	42.8%
Lexus	7,769	2.1%	5,626	1.4%	38.1%	20,388	2.4%	13,336	1.5%	52.9%
Daihatsu	3,298	0.9%	1,819	0.5%	81.3%	7,996	0.9%	3,917	0.4%	104.1%
Others	39,019	10.3%	39,799	10.0%	-2.0%	78,406	9.2%	80,707	9.0%	-2.9%
Total	378,898	100.0%	398,048	100.0%	-4.8%	853,736	100.0%	901,008	100.0%	-5.2%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Standard cars

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Mar.	Share	Mar.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	75,739	35.0%	82,959	39.6%	-8.7%
Nissan	26,207	12.1%	24,854	11.9%	5.4%
Honda	22,514	10.4%	17,977	8.6%	25.2%
Mazda	20,158	9.3%	19,781	9.4%	1.9%
Subaru	16,631	7.7%	17,623	8.4%	-5.6%
Mitsubishi	8,247	3.8%	4,244	2.0%	94.3%
Lexus	7,769	3.6%	5,626	2.7%	38.1%
Suzuki	2,087	1.0%	783	0.4%	166.5%
Daihatsu	25	0.0%	9	0.0%	177.8%
Others	37,180	17.2%	35,778	17.1%	3.9%
Total	216,557	100.0%	209,634	100.0%	3.3%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Small cars

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Mar.	Share	Mar.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	80,662	49.7%	94,498	50.2%	-14.6%
Honda	28,191	17.4%	31,903	16.9%	-11.6%
Nissan	26,766	16.5%	33,723	17.9%	-20.6%
Suzuki	12,271	7.6%	12,767	6.8%	-3.9%
Mazda	7,593	4.7%	7,082	3.8%	7.2%
Daihatsu	3,273	2.0%	1,810	1.0%	80.8%
Mitsubishi	1,443	0.9%	1,737	0.9%	-16.9%
Subaru	303	0.2%	873	0.5%	-65.3%
Others	1,839	1.1%	4,021	2.1%	-54.3%
Total	162,341	100.0%	188,414	100.0%	-13.8%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Trucks Total

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Mar.	Share	Mar.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Mar.	Share	Jan.-Mar.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	18,948	33.5%	18,597	31.1%	1.9%	43,912	36.6%	42,971	34.5%	2.2%
Nissan	10,105	17.9%	9,224	15.4%	9.6%	19,365	16.2%	20,343	16.3%	-4.8%
Isuzu	10,074	17.8%	12,659	21.2%	-20.4%	20,696	17.3%	24,165	19.4%	-14.4%
Hino	8,991	15.9%	10,661	17.8%	-15.7%	18,637	15.5%	19,742	15.8%	-5.6%
Mitsubishi Fuso	5,402	9.5%	5,293	8.9%	2.1%	10,814	9.0%	10,435	8.4%	3.6%
Mazda	1,687	3.0%	1,724	2.9%	-2.1%	3,725	3.1%	3,803	3.1%	-2.1%
UD Trucks	1,154	2.0%	1,366	2.3%	-15.5%	2,251	1.9%	2,642	2.1%	-14.8%
Mitsubishi	109	0.2%	153	0.3%	-28.8%	272	0.2%	262	0.2%	3.8%
Others	107	0.2%	115	0.2%	-7.0%	230	0.2%	235	0.2%	-2.1%
Total	56,577	100.0%	59,792	100.0%	-5.4%	119,902	100.0%	124,598	100.0%	-3.8%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Standard Trucks

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Mar.	Share	Mar.	Share	Y-o-Y
Isuzu	7,904	33.5%	10,119	36.9%	-21.9%
Hino	7,534	31.9%	9,368	34.2%	-19.6%
Mitsubishi Fuso	3,467	14.7%	3,441	12.6%	0.8%
Toyota	2,573	10.9%	1,833	6.7%	40.4%
UD Trucks	1,145	4.8%	1,357	5.0%	-15.6%
Nissan	816	3.5%	1,095	4.0%	-25.5%
Mazda	80	0.3%	69	0.3%	15.9%
Others	107	0.5%	115	0.4%	-7.0%
Total	23,626	100.0%	27,397	100.0%	-13.8%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Small Trucks

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Mar.	Share	Mar.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	16,375	49.7%	16,764	51.7%	-2.3%
Nissan	9,289	28.2%	8,129	25.1%	14.3%
Isuzu	2,170	6.6%	2,540	7.8%	-14.6%
Mitsubishi Fuso	1,935	5.9%	1,852	5.7%	4.5%
Mazda	1,607	4.9%	1,655	5.1%	-2.9%
Hino	1,457	4.4%	1,293	4.0%	12.7%
Mitsubishi	109	0.3%	153	0.5%	-28.8%
UD Trucks	9	0.0%	9	0.0%	0.0%
Total	32,951	100.0%	32,395	100.0%	1.7%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Buses

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Mar.	Share	Mar.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Mar.	Share	Jan.-Mar.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	834	32.0%	740	26.3%	12.7%	1,450	31.9%	1,436	27.8%	1.0%
Hino	773	29.6%	782	27.8%	-1.2%	1,284	28.2%	1,365	26.4%	-5.9%
Mitsubishi Fuso	467	17.9%	585	20.8%	-20.2%	830	18.3%	1,073	20.8%	-22.6%
Isuzu	375	14.4%	501	17.8%	-25.1%	687	15.1%	922	17.8%	-25.5%
Nissan	154	5.9%	191	6.8%	-19.4%	283	6.2%	311	6.0%	-9.0%
Others	6	0.2%	15	0.5%	-60.0%	12	0.3%	61	1.2%	-80.3%
Total	2,609	100.0%	2,814	100.0%	-7.3%	4,546	100.0%	5,168	100.0%	-12.0%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association

Japan - Top 10 best selling models

-	Maker/Brand	Model	Mar. 2018	Mar. 2017	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Mar. 2018	Jan.-Mar. 2017	Y-o-Y
1	Honda	N BOX	26,851	26,124	2.8%	68,165	63,194	7.9%
2	Nissan	Note	19,356	24,383	-20.6%	45,569	53,355	-14.6%
3	Suzuki	Suzuki Spacia	18,711	15,042	24.4%	42,730	33,802	26.4%
4	Daihatsu	Move	17,465	15,077	15.8%	42,286	38,016	11.2%
5	Daihatsu	Hijet	16,710	15,956	4.7%	42,027	37,442	12.2%
6	Nissan	DAYZ	16,233	18,923	-14.2%	45,370	46,379	-2.2%
7	Daihatsu	Tanto	15,783	19,209	-17.8%	40,819	47,471	-14.0%
8	Nissan	Serena	15,080	14,577	3.5%	33,311	36,739	-9.3%
9	Suzuki	Wagon R	14,392	13,949	3.2%	35,917	29,404	22.2%
10	Toyota	Prius	14,010	19,879	-29.5%	32,095	42,461	-24.4%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association, Japan Mini Vehicles Association
* The Prius category does not include the Prius alpha.

Registrations of new imported cars (Including Japanese makers)

Brand	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brand	Mar.	Share	Mar.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Mar.	Share	Jan.-Mar.	Share	Y-o-Y
Mercedes-Benz	8,654	18.7%	8,579	18.4%	0.9%	17,991	18.9%	17,775	18.8%	1.2%
VW	6,455	13.9%	6,775	14.5%	-4.7%	13,195	13.9%	14,083	14.9%	-6.3%
BMW	6,265	13.5%	6,699	14.4%	-6.5%	11,882	12.5%	13,110	13.8%	-9.4%
Audi	3,569	7.7%	3,262	7.0%	9.4%	7,241	7.6%	6,957	7.3%	4.1%
BMW MINI	3,384	7.3%	3,278	7.0%	3.2%	6,518	6.9%	6,379	6.7%	2.2%
Toyota	2,467	5.3%	1,833	3.9%	34.6%	5,866	6.2%	4,190	4.4%	40.0%
Nissan	2,172	4.7%	3,597	7.7%	-39.6%	4,384	4.6%	6,934	7.3%	-36.8%
Volvo	1,889	4.1%	1,900	4.1%	-0.6%	4,196	4.4%	4,206	4.4%	-0.2%
Honda	1,596	3.4%	33	0.1%	4736.4%	3,815	4.0%	46	0.0%	8193.5%
Peugeot	1,405	3.0%	1,223	2.6%	14.9%	2,844	3.0%	2,158	2.3%	31.8%
Jeep	1,319	2.8%	1,289	2.8%	2.3%	2,822	3.0%	2,478	2.6%	13.9%
Renault	1,064	2.3%	1,333	2.9%	-20.2%	2,199	2.3%	2,365	2.5%	-7.0%
Porsche	974	2.1%	879	1.9%	10.8%	1,925	2.0%	2,001	2.1%	-3.8%
Fiat	776	1.7%	889	1.9%	-12.7%	1,500	1.6%	1,650	1.7%	-9.1%
Land Rover	751	1.6%	473	1.0%	58.8%	1,186	1.2%	920	1.0%	28.9%
Mitsubishi	548	1.2%	640	1.4%	-14.4%	1,126	1.2%	1,384	1.5%	-18.6%
Jaguar	539	1.2%	611	1.3%	-11.8%	779	0.8%	1,004	1.1%	-22.4%
Citroen	447	1.0%	367	0.8%	21.8%	755	0.8%	712	0.8%	6.0%
Suzuki	442	1.0%	716	1.5%	-38.3%	1,435	1.5%	1,561	1.6%	-8.1%
Alfa Romeo	280	0.6%	165	0.4%	69.7%	597	0.6%	406	0.4%	47.0%
ABARTH	279	0.6%	401	0.9%	-30.4%	577	0.6%	692	0.7%	-16.6%
Maserati	158	0.3%	194	0.4%	-18.6%	316	0.3%	396	0.4%	-20.2%
Cadillac	114	0.2%	79	0.2%	44.3%	192	0.2%	148	0.2%	29.7%
Chevrolet	98	0.2%	62	0.1%	58.1%	214	0.2%	137	0.1%	56.2%
DS	87	0.2%	139	0.3%	-37.4%	145	0.2%	298	0.3%	-51.3%
Lamborghini	67	0.1%	83	0.2%	-19.3%	160	0.2%	143	0.2%	11.9%
Ferrari	51	0.1%	71	0.2%	-28.2%	177	0.2%	176	0.2%	0.6%
smart	50	0.1%	527	1.1%	-90.5%	238	0.3%	1,406	1.5%	-83.1%
Ford	38	0.1%	63	0.1%	-39.7%	103	0.1%	114	0.1%	-9.6%
BMW Alpina	34	0.1%	19	0.0%	78.9%	78	0.1%	71	0.1%	9.9%
Lotus	32	0.1%	19	0.0%	68.4%	69	0.1%	58	0.1%	19.0%
Bentley	30	0.1%	43	0.1%	-30.2%	63	0.1%	78	0.1%	-19.2%
Dodge	27	0.1%	36	0.1%	-25.0%	67	0.1%	91	0.1%	-26.4%
Mclaren	26	0.1%	11	0.0%	136.4%	59	0.1%	41	0.0%	43.9%
Aston Martin	25	0.1%	48	0.1%	-47.9%	69	0.1%	88	0.1%	-21.6%
Scania	24	0.1%	24	0.1%	0.0%	41	0.0%	48	0.1%	-14.6%
Rolls Royce	17	0.0%	22	0.0%	-22.7%	50	0.1%	63	0.1%	-20.6%
Chrysler	9	0.0%	36	0.1%	-75.0%	18	0.0%	57	0.1%	-68.4%
Autobianchi	7	0.0%	3	0.0%	133.3%	16	0.0%	6	0.0%	166.7%
GMC	4	0.0%	7	0.0%	-42.9%	8	0.0%	11	0.0%	-27.3%
Rover	4	0.0%	6	0.0%	-33.3%	6	0.0%	15	0.0%	-60.0%
Morgan	3	0.0%	3	0.0%	0.0%	6	0.0%	5	0.0%	20.0%
Pontiac	3	0.0%	2	0.0%	50.0%	3	0.0%	3	0.0%	0.0%
Hyundai	2	0.0%	12	0.0%	-83.3%	4	0.0%	56	0.1%	-92.9%
Lancia	1	0.0%	3	0.0%	-66.7%	4	0.0%	7	0.0%	-42.9%
Buick	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	0.0%	1	0.0%	2	0.0%	-50.0%
Unimog	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	0.0%
Bugatti	-	-%	-	-%	-%	4	0.0%	1	0.0%	300.0%
MG	-	-%	2	0.0%	-%	1	0.0%	4	0.0%	-75.0%
Opel	-	-%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%
RUF	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Detomaso	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Maybach	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Saab	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Others	93	0.2%	126	0.3%	-26.2%	173	0.2%	238	0.3%	-27.3%
Total	46,281	100.0%	46,584	100.0%	-0.7%	95,120	100.0%	94,777	100.0%	0.4%

Source: Japan Automobile Importers Association (JAIA)

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Flash report, February 2018

1 Mar. 2018

New vehicle sales in Japan for February decline 2.2% y/y to 474,000 unit level
* The Japan Automobile Dealers Association and Japan Mini Vehicle Association announced that sales in February 2018 declined 2.2% y/y to 473,878 units. Sales of vehicles with engine displacements above 660 cc dropped 4.9% to 296,665 units, while those for vehicles with engine displacements below 660 cc rose 2.6% to 177,213 units.
* Cumulative sales for January and February fell 1.5% to 873,418 units.

Sales of new vehicles

	Feb. 2018	Feb. 2017	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Feb. 2018	Jan.-Feb. 2017	Y-o-Y
Non-mini vehicles	296,665	312,035	-4.9%	540,100	570,120	-5.3%
Mini Vehicles	177,213	172,690	2.6%	333,318	316,255	5.4%
Total	473,878	484,725	-2.2%	873,418	886,375	-1.5%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association, Japan Mini Vehicles Association

Non-mini vehicles Total (Breakdown by vehicle type)

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Feb.	Share	Feb.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Feb.	Share	Jan.-Feb.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	129,173	43.5%	145,255	46.6%	-11.1%	233,533	43.2%	257,277	45.1%	-9.2%
Nissan	44,478	15.0%	46,589	14.9%	-4.5%	81,540	15.1%	88,613	15.5%	-8.0%
Honda	35,989	12.1%	34,276	11.0%	5.0%	64,085	11.9%	64,618	11.3%	-0.8%
Mazda	14,701	5.0%	15,925	5.1%	-7.7%	28,721	5.3%	29,796	5.2%	-3.6%
Suzuki	10,874	3.7%	9,599	3.1%	13.3%	20,528	3.8%	18,856	3.3%	8.9%
Subaru	10,605	3.6%	13,218	4.2%	-19.8%	19,989	3.7%	25,940	4.5%	-22.9%
Lexus	6,171	2.1%	3,672	1.2%	68.1%	12,619	2.3%	7,710	1.4%	63.7%
Isuzu	6,101	2.1%	6,824	2.2%	-10.6%	10,934	2.0%	11,927	2.1%	-8.3%
Hino	5,558	1.9%	5,284	1.7%	5.2%	10,157	1.9%	9,664	1.7%	5.1%
Mitsubishi	3,615	1.2%	2,963	0.9%	22.0%	6,908	1.3%	5,641	1.0%	22.5%
Mitsubishi Fuso	3,232	1.1%	3,278	1.1%	-1.4%	5,775	1.1%	5,630	1.0%	2.6%
Daihatsu	2,646	0.9%	975	0.3%	171.4%	4,698	0.9%	2,098	0.4%	123.9%
UD Trucks	665	0.2%	699	0.2%	-4.9%	1,097	0.2%	1,276	0.2%	-14.0%
Others	22,857	7.7%	23,478	7.5%	-2.6%	39,516	7.3%	41,074	7.2%	-3.8%
Total	296,665	100.0%	312,035	100.0%	-4.9%	540,100	100.0%	570,120	100.0%	-5.3%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association

Mini Vehicles

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Feb.	Share	Feb.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Feb.	Share	Jan.-Feb.	Share	Y-o-Y
Daihatsu	56,249	31.7%	54,017	31.3%	4.1%	107,796	32.3%	101,044	32.0%	6.7%
Suzuki	52,429	29.6%	53,284	30.9%	-1.6%	96,170	28.9%	94,678	29.9%	1.6%
Honda	32,767	18.5%	32,478	18.8%	0.9%	61,083	18.3%	61,653	19.5%	-0.9%
Nissan	19,884	11.2%	19,057	11.0%	4.3%	39,158	11.7%	32,872	10.4%	19.1%
Mitsubishi	5,780	3.3%	4,713	2.7%	22.6%	10,207	3.1%	8,841	2.8%	15.5%
Mazda	4,008	2.3%	3,583	2.1%	11.9%	7,683	2.3%	6,646	2.1%	15.6%
Toyota	3,081	1.7%	2,484	1.4%	24.0%	5,465	1.6%	4,684	1.5%	16.7%
Subaru	3,009	1.7%	3,071	1.8%	-2.0%	5,743	1.7%	5,832	1.8%	-1.5%
Others	6	0.0%	3	0.0%	100.0%	13	0.0%	5	0.0%	160.0%
Total	177,213	100.0%	172,690	100.0%	2.6%	333,318	100.0%	316,255	100.0%	5.4%

Source: Japan Mini Vehicles Association

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Cars Total

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Feb.	Share	Feb.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Feb.	Share	Jan.-Feb.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	114,878	44.2%	131,310	47.9%	-12.5%	207,953	43.8%	232,207	46.2%	-10.4%
Nissan	38,706	14.9%	39,834	14.5%	-2.8%	72,151	15.2%	77,374	15.4%	-6.8%
Honda	35,989	13.9%	34,276	12.5%	5.0%	64,085	13.5%	64,618	12.8%	-0.8%
Mazda	13,590	5.2%	14,713	5.4%	-7.6%	26,683	5.6%	27,717	5.5%	-3.7%
Suzuki	10,874	4.2%	9,599	3.5%	13.3%	20,528	4.3%	18,856	3.7%	8.9%
Subaru	10,605	4.1%	13,218	4.8%	-19.8%	19,989	4.2%	25,940	5.2%	-22.9%
Lexus	6,171	2.4%	3,672	1.3%	68.1%	12,619	2.7%	7,710	1.5%	63.7%
Mitsubishi	3,537	1.4%	2,887	1.1%	22.5%	6,745	1.4%	5,532	1.1%	21.9%
Daihatsu	2,646	1.0%	975	0.4%	171.4%	4,698	1.0%	2,098	0.4%	123.9%
Others	22,784	8.8%	23,376	8.5%	-2.5%	39,387	8.3%	40,908	8.1%	-3.7%
Total	259,780	100.0%	273,860	100.0%	-5.1%	474,838	100.0%	502,960	100.0%	-5.6%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Standard cars

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Feb.	Share	Feb.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	54,541	38.8%	63,299	44.0%	-13.8%
Nissan	20,174	14.4%	19,208	13.4%	5.0%
Honda	15,596	11.1%	11,975	8.3%	30.2%
Subaru	10,414	7.4%	12,651	8.8%	-17.7%
Mazda	8,310	5.9%	9,779	6.8%	-15.0%
Lexus	6,171	4.4%	3,672	2.6%	68.1%
Mitsubishi	2,508	1.8%	1,744	1.2%	43.8%
Suzuki	1,475	1.0%	459	0.3%	221.4%
Daihatsu	23	0.0%	9	0.0%	155.6%
Others	21,265	15.1%	21,043	14.6%	1.1%
Total	140,477	100.0%	143,839	100.0%	-2.3%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Small cars

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Feb.	Share	Feb.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	60,337	50.6%	68,011	52.3%	-11.3%
Honda	20,393	17.1%	22,301	17.2%	-8.6%
Nissan	18,532	15.5%	20,626	15.9%	-10.2%
Suzuki	9,399	7.9%	9,140	7.0%	2.8%
Mazda	5,280	4.4%	4,934	3.8%	7.0%
Daihatsu	2,623	2.2%	966	0.7%	171.5%
Mitsubishi	1,029	0.9%	1,143	0.9%	-10.0%
Subaru	191	0.2%	567	0.4%	-66.3%
Others	1,519	1.3%	2,333	1.8%	-34.9%
Total	119,303	100.0%	130,021	100.0%	-8.2%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Trucks Total

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Feb.	Share	Feb.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Feb.	Share	Jan.-Feb.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	13,953	39.0%	13,530	36.8%	3.1%	24,964	39.4%	24,374	37.6%	2.4%
Isuzu	5,912	16.5%	6,548	17.8%	-9.7%	10,622	16.8%	11,506	17.8%	-7.7%
Nissan	5,707	16.0%	6,696	18.2%	-14.8%	9,260	14.6%	11,119	17.2%	-16.7%
Hino	5,277	14.8%	4,956	13.5%	6.5%	9,646	15.2%	9,081	14.0%	6.2%
Mitsubishi Fuso	3,003	8.4%	2,985	8.1%	0.6%	5,412	8.5%	5,142	7.9%	5.3%
Mazda	1,111	3.1%	1,212	3.3%	-8.3%	2,038	3.2%	2,079	3.2%	-2.0%
UD Trucks	665	1.9%	699	1.9%	-4.9%	1,097	1.7%	1,276	2.0%	-14.0%
Mitsubishi	78	0.2%	76	0.2%	2.6%	163	0.3%	109	0.2%	49.5%
Others	69	0.2%	63	0.2%	9.5%	123	0.2%	120	0.2%	2.5%
Total	35,775	100.0%	36,765	100.0%	-2.7%	63,325	100.0%	64,806	100.0%	-2.3%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Standard Trucks

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Feb.	Share	Feb.	Share	Y-o-Y
Isuzu	4,872	34.1%	5,288	37.4%	-7.9%
Hino	4,282	30.0%	4,180	29.5%	2.4%
Mitsubishi Fuso	2,004	14.0%	1,998	14.1%	0.3%
Toyota	1,806	12.7%	1,219	8.6%	48.2%
UD Trucks	663	4.6%	694	4.9%	-4.5%
Nissan	522	3.7%	646	4.6%	-19.2%
Mazda	54	0.4%	58	0.4%	-6.9%
Others	69	0.5%	63	0.4%	9.5%
Total	14,272	100.0%	14,146	100.0%	0.9%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Small Trucks

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Feb.	Share	Feb.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	12,147	56.5%	12,311	54.4%	-1.3%
Nissan	5,185	24.1%	6,050	26.7%	-14.3%
Mazda	1,057	4.9%	1,154	5.1%	-8.4%
Isuzu	1,040	4.8%	1,260	5.6%	-17.5%
Mitsubishi Fuso	999	4.6%	987	4.4%	1.2%
Hino	995	4.6%	776	3.4%	28.2%
Mitsubishi	78	0.4%	76	0.3%	2.6%
UD Trucks	2	0.0%	5	0.0%	-60.0%
Total	21,503	100.0%	22,619	100.0%	-4.9%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Buses

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Feb.	Share	Feb.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Feb.	Share	Jan.-Feb.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	342	30.8%	415	29.4%	-17.6%	616	31.8%	696	29.6%	-11.5%
Hino	281	25.3%	328	23.3%	-14.3%	511	26.4%	583	24.8%	-12.3%
Mitsubishi Fuso	229	20.6%	293	20.8%	-21.8%	363	18.7%	488	20.7%	-25.6%
Isuzu	189	17.0%	276	19.6%	-31.5%	312	16.1%	421	17.9%	-25.9%
Nissan	65	5.9%	59	4.2%	10.2%	129	6.7%	120	5.1%	7.5%
Others	4	0.4%	39	2.8%	-89.7%	6	0.3%	46	2.0%	-87.0%
Total	1,110	100.0%	1,410	100.0%	-21.3%	1,937	100.0%	2,354	100.0%	-17.7%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association

Japan - Top 10 best selling models

-	Maker/Brand	Model	Feb. 2018	Feb. 2017	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Feb. 2018	Jan.-Feb. 2017	Y-o-Y
1	Honda	N BOX	22,005	19,429	13.3%	41,314	37,070	11.4%
2	Nissan	DAYZ	14,294	16,093	-11.2%	29,137	27,456	6.1%
3	Nissan	Note	13,769	14,859	-7.3%	26,213	28,972	-9.5%
4	Suzuki	Suzuki Spacia	13,620	10,925	24.7%	24,019	18,760	28.0%
5	Daihatsu	Move	13,479	11,312	19.2%	24,821	22,939	8.2%
6	Daihatsu	Hijet	13,121	11,939	9.9%	25,317	21,486	17.8%
7	Daihatsu	Tanto	12,911	15,102	-14.5%	25,036	28,262	-11.4%
8	Suzuki	Wagon R	11,460	12,585	-8.9%	21,525	15,455	39.3%
9	Nissan	Serena	10,408	10,983	-5.2%	18,231	22,162	-17.7%
10	Toyota	Prius	10,106	14,148	-28.6%	18,085	22,582	-19.9%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association, Japan Mini Vehicles Association
* The Prius category does not include the Prius alpha.

Registrations of new imported cars (Including Japanese makers)

Brand	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brand	Feb.	Share	Feb.	Share	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Feb.	Share	Jan.-Feb.	Share	Y-o-Y
Mercedes-Benz	5,070	18.4%	5,034	18.6%	0.7%	9,337	19.1%	9,196	19.1%	1.5%
VW	3,945	14.3%	4,173	15.4%	-5.5%	6,740	13.8%	7,308	15.2%	-7.8%
BMW	3,628	13.2%	3,939	14.6%	-7.9%	5,617	11.5%	6,411	13.3%	-12.4%
Audi	2,166	7.9%	2,048	7.6%	5.8%	3,672	7.5%	3,695	7.7%	-0.6%
BMW MINI	1,952	7.1%	1,919	7.1%	1.7%	3,134	6.4%	3,101	6.4%	1.1%
Toyota	1,790	6.5%	1,213	4.5%	47.6%	3,399	7.0%	2,357	4.9%	44.2%
Volvo	1,303	4.7%	1,239	4.6%	5.2%	2,307	4.7%	2,306	4.8%	0.0%
Nissan	1,195	4.3%	1,637	6.1%	-27.0%	2,212	4.5%	3,337	6.9%	-33.7%
Honda	1,070	3.9%	9	0.0%	11788.9%	2,219	4.5%	13	0.0%	16969.2%
Jeep	839	3.0%	638	2.4%	31.5%	1,503	3.1%	1,189	2.5%	26.4%
Peugeot	770	2.8%	581	2.2%	32.5%	1,439	2.9%	935	1.9%	53.9%
Renault	644	2.3%	653	2.4%	-1.4%	1,135	2.3%	1,032	2.1%	10.0%
Porsche	461	1.7%	623	2.3%	-26.0%	951	1.9%	1,122	2.3%	-15.2%
Suzuki	424	1.5%	416	1.5%	1.9%	993	2.0%	845	1.8%	17.5%
Fiat	422	1.5%	425	1.6%	-0.7%	724	1.5%	761	1.6%	-4.9%
Land Rover	293	1.1%	305	1.1%	-3.9%	435	0.9%	447	0.9%	-2.7%
Mitsubishi	289	1.0%	367	1.4%	-21.3%	578	1.2%	744	1.5%	-22.3%
Alfa Romeo	189	0.7%	112	0.4%	68.8%	317	0.6%	241	0.5%	31.5%
Jaguar	181	0.7%	243	0.9%	-25.5%	240	0.5%	393	0.8%	-38.9%
Citroen	156	0.6%	192	0.7%	-18.8%	308	0.6%	345	0.7%	-10.7%
ABARTH	150	0.5%	186	0.7%	-19.4%	298	0.6%	291	0.6%	2.4%
Maserati	92	0.3%	109	0.4%	-15.6%	158	0.3%	202	0.4%	-21.8%
Chevrolet	65	0.2%	42	0.2%	54.8%	116	0.2%	75	0.2%	54.7%
smart	64	0.2%	402	1.5%	-84.1%	188	0.4%	879	1.8%	-78.6%
Ferrari	61	0.2%	62	0.2%	-1.6%	126	0.3%	105	0.2%	20.0%
Lamborghini	61	0.2%	32	0.1%	90.6%	93	0.2%	60	0.1%	55.0%
Cadillac	46	0.2%	38	0.1%	21.1%	78	0.2%	69	0.1%	13.0%
DS	36	0.1%	73	0.3%	-50.7%	58	0.1%	159	0.3%	-63.5%
Ford	32	0.1%	20	0.1%	60.0%	65	0.1%	51	0.1%	27.5%
Dodge	24	0.1%	32	0.1%	-25.0%	40	0.1%	55	0.1%	-27.3%
BMW Alpina	23	0.1%	30	0.1%	-23.3%	44	0.1%	52	0.1%	-15.4%
Aston Martin	19	0.1%	26	0.1%	-26.9%	44	0.1%	40	0.1%	10.0%
Lotus	18	0.1%	23	0.1%	-21.7%	37	0.1%	39	0.1%	-5.1%
Bentley	16	0.1%	21	0.1%	-23.8%	33	0.1%	35	0.1%	-5.7%
Rolls Royce	14	0.1%	14	0.1%	0.0%	33	0.1%	41	0.1%	-19.5%
Mclaren	13	0.0%	8	0.0%	62.5%	33	0.1%	30	0.1%	10.0%
Chrysler	8	0.0%	9	0.0%	-11.1%	9	0.0%	21	0.0%	-57.1%
Autobianchi	6	0.0%	1	0.0%	500.0%	9	0.0%	3	0.0%	200.0%
Scania	5	0.0%	15	0.1%	-66.7%	17	0.0%	24	0.0%	-29.2%
GMC	2	0.0%	2	0.0%	0.0%	4	0.0%	4	0.0%	0.0%
Lancia	2	0.0%	1	0.0%	100.0%	3	0.0%	4	0.0%	-25.0%
Rover	2	0.0%	6	0.0%	-66.7%	2	0.0%	9	0.0%	-77.8%
Bugatti	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	0.0%	4	0.0%	1	0.0%	300.0%
Morgan	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%	3	0.0%	2	0.0%	50.0%
Opel	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%	1	0.0%	-	-%	-%
Hyundai	-	-%	37	0.1%	-%	2	0.0%	44	0.1%	-95.5%
MG	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%	1	0.0%	2	0.0%	-50.0%
Detomaso	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Pontiac	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Unimog	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Buick	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Maybach	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Saab	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Others	36	0.1%	58	0.2%	-37.9%	80	0.2%	112	0.2%	-28.6%
Total	27,585	100.0%	27,018	100.0%	2.1%	48,839	100.0%	48,193	100.0%	1.3%

Source: Japan Automobile Importers Association (JAIA)

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Flash report, January 2018

1 Feb. 2018

New vehicle sales in Japan decline 0.5% y/y to fall below 400,000 unit level
* The Japan Automobile Dealers Association and Japan Mini Vehicle Association announced that January new vehicle sales declined 0.5% to 399,540 units. Vehicles with engine displacements larger than 660 cc saw a sales decline of 5.7% to 243,435 units, while mini vehicles (engine displacements below 660 cc) sales rose 8.7% to 156,105 units.

Sales of new vehicles

	Jan. 2018	Jan. 2017	Y-o-Y
Non-mini vehicles	243,435	258,085	-5.7%
Mini Vehicles	156,105	143,565	8.7%
Total	399,540	401,650	-0.5%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association, Japan Mini Vehicles Association

Non-mini vehicles Total (Breakdown by vehicle type)

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Jan.	Share	Jan.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	104,360	42.9%	112,022	43.4%	-6.8%
Nissan	37,062	15.2%	42,024	16.3%	-11.8%
Honda	28,096	11.5%	30,342	11.8%	-7.4%
Mazda	14,020	5.8%	13,871	5.4%	1.1%
Suzuki	9,654	4.0%	9,257	3.6%	4.3%
Subaru	9,384	3.9%	12,722	4.9%	-26.2%
Lexus	6,448	2.6%	4,038	1.6%	59.7%
Isuzu	4,833	2.0%	5,103	2.0%	-5.3%
Hino	4,599	1.9%	4,380	1.7%	5.0%
Mitsubishi	3,293	1.4%	2,678	1.0%	23.0%
Mitsubishi Fuso	2,543	1.0%	2,352	0.9%	8.1%
Daihatsu	2,052	0.8%	1,123	0.4%	82.7%
UD Trucks	432	0.2%	577	0.2%	-25.1%
Others	16,659	6.8%	17,596	6.8%	-5.3%
Total	243,435	100.0%	258,085	100.0%	-5.7%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association

Mini Vehicles

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Jan.	Share	Jan.	Share	Y-o-Y
Daihatsu	51,547	33.0%	47,027	32.8%	9.6%
Suzuki	43,741	28.0%	41,394	28.8%	5.7%
Honda	28,316	18.1%	29,175	20.3%	-2.9%
Nissan	19,274	12.3%	13,815	9.6%	39.5%
Mitsubishi	4,427	2.8%	4,128	2.9%	7.2%
Mazda	3,675	2.4%	3,063	2.1%	20.0%
Subaru	2,734	1.8%	2,761	1.9%	-1.0%
Toyota	2,384	1.5%	2,200	1.5%	8.4%
Others	7	0.0%	2	0.0%	250.0%
Total	156,105	100.0%	143,565	100.0%	8.7%

Source: Japan Mini Vehicles Association

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Cars Total

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Jan.	Share	Jan.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	93,075	43.3%	100,897	44.0%	-7.8%
Nissan	33,445	15.6%	37,540	16.4%	-10.9%
Honda	28,096	13.1%	30,342	13.2%	-7.4%
Mazda	13,093	6.1%	13,004	5.7%	0.7%
Suzuki	9,654	4.5%	9,257	4.0%	4.3%
Subaru	9,384	4.4%	12,722	5.6%	-26.2%
Lexus	6,448	3.0%	4,038	1.8%	59.7%
Mitsubishi	3,208	1.5%	2,645	1.2%	21.3%
Daihatsu	2,052	1.0%	1,123	0.5%	82.7%
Others	16,603	7.7%	17,532	7.7%	-5.3%
Total	215,058	100.0%	229,100	100.0%	-6.1%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Standard cars

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Jan.	Share	Jan.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	43,441	37.7%	48,036	40.1%	-9.6%
Nissan	16,715	14.5%	17,610	14.7%	-5.1%
Honda	11,597	10.1%	11,173	9.3%	3.8%
Subaru	9,214	8.0%	12,385	10.3%	-25.6%
Mazda	8,995	7.8%	8,777	7.3%	2.5%
Lexus	6,448	5.6%	4,038	3.4%	59.7%
Mitsubishi	2,253	2.0%	1,656	1.4%	36.1%
Suzuki	1,591	1.4%	475	0.4%	234.9%
Daihatsu	24	0.0%	4	0.0%	500.0%
Others	15,095	13.1%	15,613	13.0%	-3.3%
Total	115,373	100.0%	119,767	100.0%	-3.7%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Small cars

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Jan.	Share	Jan.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	49,634	49.8%	52,861	48.3%	-6.1%
Nissan	16,730	16.8%	19,930	18.2%	-16.1%
Honda	16,499	16.6%	19,169	17.5%	-13.9%
Suzuki	8,063	8.1%	8,782	8.0%	-8.2%
Mazda	4,098	4.1%	4,227	3.9%	-3.1%
Daihatsu	2,028	2.0%	1,119	1.0%	81.2%
Mitsubishi	955	1.0%	989	0.9%	-3.4%
Subaru	170	0.2%	337	0.3%	-49.6%
Others	1,508	1.5%	1,919	1.8%	-21.4%
Total	99,685	100.0%	109,333	100.0%	-8.8%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Trucks Total

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Jan.	Share	Jan.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	11,011	40.0%	10,844	38.7%	1.5%
Isuzu	4,710	17.1%	4,958	17.7%	-5.0%
Hino	4,369	15.9%	4,125	14.7%	5.9%
Nissan	3,553	12.9%	4,423	15.8%	-19.7%
Mitsubishi Fuso	2,409	8.7%	2,157	7.7%	11.7%
Mazda	927	3.4%	867	3.1%	6.9%
UD Trucks	432	1.6%	577	2.1%	-25.1%
Mitsubishi	85	0.3%	33	0.1%	157.6%
Others	54	0.2%	57	0.2%	-5.3%
Total	27,550	100.0%	28,041	100.0%	-1.8%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Standard Trucks

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Jan.	Share	Jan.	Share	Y-o-Y
Isuzu	3,766	33.9%	3,944	36.4%	-4.5%
Hino	3,526	31.8%	3,377	31.2%	4.4%
Mitsubishi Fuso	1,711	15.4%	1,511	14.0%	13.2%
Toyota	1,342	12.1%	1,033	9.5%	29.9%
UD Trucks	431	3.9%	574	5.3%	-24.9%
Nissan	234	2.1%	287	2.7%	-18.5%
Mazda	36	0.3%	40	0.4%	-10.0%
Others	54	0.5%	57	0.5%	-5.3%
Total	11,100	100.0%	10,823	100.0%	2.6%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Small Trucks

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Jan.	Share	Jan.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	9,669	58.8%	9,811	57.0%	-1.4%
Nissan	3,319	20.2%	4,136	24.0%	-19.8%
Isuzu	944	5.7%	1,014	5.9%	-6.9%
Mazda	891	5.4%	827	4.8%	7.7%
Hino	843	5.1%	748	4.3%	12.7%
Mitsubishi Fuso	698	4.2%	646	3.8%	8.0%
Mitsubishi	85	0.5%	33	0.2%	157.6%
UD Trucks	1	0.0%	3	0.0%	-66.7%
Total	16,450	100.0%	17,218	100.0%	-4.5%

Breakdown of Non-mini vehicles by vehicle type : Buses

Brands	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brands	Jan.	Share	Jan.	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	274	33.1%	281	29.8%	-2.5%
Hino	230	27.8%	255	27.0%	-9.8%
Mitsubishi Fuso	134	16.2%	195	20.7%	-31.3%
Isuzu	123	14.9%	145	15.4%	-15.2%
Nissan	64	7.7%	61	6.5%	4.9%
Others	2	0.2%	7	0.7%	-71.4%
Total	827	100.0%	944	100.0%	-12.4%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association

Japan - Top 10 best selling models

-	Maker/Brand	Model	Jan. 2018	Jan. 2017	Y-o-Y
1	Honda	N BOX	19,309	17,641	9.5%
2	Nissan	DAYZ	14,843	11,363	30.6%
3	Nissan	Note	12,444	14,113	-11.8%
4	Daihatsu	Hijet	12,196	9,547	27.7%
5	Daihatsu	Tanto	12,125	13,160	-7.9%
6	Daihatsu	Move	11,342	11,627	-2.5%
7	Suzuki	Suzuki Spacia	10,399	7,835	32.7%
8	Suzuki	Wagon R	10,065	2,870	250.7%
9	Toyota	Prius	9,264	8,434	9.8%
10	Nissan	Serena	7,823	11,179	-30.0%

Source: Japan Automobile Dealers Association, Japan Mini Vehicles Association
* The Prius category does not include the Prius alpha.

Registrations of new imported cars (Including Japanese makers)

Brand	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
Brand	Jan.	Share	Jan.	Share	Y-o-Y
Mercedes-Benz	4,267	20.1%	4,162	19.7%	2.5%
VW	2,795	13.2%	3,135	14.8%	-10.8%
BMW	1,989	9.4%	2,472	11.7%	-19.5%
Toyota	1,609	7.6%	1,144	5.4%	40.6%
Audi	1,506	7.1%	1,647	7.8%	-8.6%
BMW MINI	1,182	5.6%	1,182	5.6%	0.0%
Honda	1,149	5.4%	4	0.0%	28625.0%
Nissan	1,017	4.8%	1,700	8.0%	-40.2%
Volvo	1,004	4.7%	1,067	5.0%	-5.9%
Peugeot	669	3.1%	354	1.7%	89.0%
Jeep	664	3.1%	551	2.6%	20.5%
Suzuki	569	2.7%	429	2.0%	32.6%
Renault	491	2.3%	379	1.8%	29.6%
Porsche	490	2.3%	499	2.4%	-1.8%
Fiat	302	1.4%	336	1.6%	-10.1%
Mitsubishi	289	1.4%	377	1.8%	-23.3%
Citroen	152	0.7%	153	0.7%	-0.7%
ABARTH	148	0.7%	105	0.5%	41.0%
Land Rover	142	0.7%	142	0.7%	0.0%
Alfa Romeo	128	0.6%	129	0.6%	-0.8%
smart	124	0.6%	477	2.3%	-74.0%
Maserati	66	0.3%	93	0.4%	-29.0%
Ferrari	65	0.3%	43	0.2%	51.2%
Jaguar	59	0.3%	150	0.7%	-60.7%
Chevrolet	51	0.2%	33	0.2%	54.5%
Ford	33	0.2%	31	0.1%	6.5%
Cadillac	32	0.2%	31	0.1%	3.2%
Lamborghini	32	0.2%	28	0.1%	14.3%
Aston Martin	25	0.1%	14	0.1%	78.6%
DS	22	0.1%	86	0.4%	-74.4%
BMW Alpina	21	0.1%	22	0.1%	-4.5%
Mclaren	20	0.1%	22	0.1%	-9.1%
Rolls Royce	19	0.1%	27	0.1%	-29.6%
Lotus	19	0.1%	16	0.1%	18.8%
Bentley	17	0.1%	14	0.1%	21.4%
Dodge	16	0.1%	23	0.1%	-30.4%
Scania	12	0.1%	9	0.0%	33.3%
Autobianchi	3	0.0%	2	0.0%	50.0%
Bugatti	3	0.0%	-	-%	-%
Hyundai	2	0.0%	7	0.0%	-71.4%
GMC	2	0.0%	2	0.0%	0.0%
Morgan	2	0.0%	2	0.0%	0.0%
Chrysler	1	0.0%	12	0.1%	-91.7%
Lancia	1	0.0%	3	0.0%	-66.7%
MG	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	0.0%
Rover	-	-%	3	0.0%	-%
Buick	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Maybach	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Saab	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Others	44	0.2%	54	0.3%	-18.5%
Total	21,254	100.0%	21,175	100.0%	0.4%

Source: Japan Automobile Importers Association (JAIA)

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