Toyota City, Japan, January 30, 2018―Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces its production, domestic sales, and export results for December 2017 and for CY2017, including those for subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd., and Hino Motors, Ltd.

December 2017 Results
Unit = vehicles; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change
  Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total
Production in Japan*1        
Passenger cars 236,146(7.7) 62,496(5.4) 298,642(7.2)
Trucks & buses 26,255(16.6) 14,840(26.1) 13,377(10.6) 54,472(17.4)
Total 262,401(8.5) 77,336(8.8) 13,377(10.6) 353,114(8.7)
Sales in Japan*2        
Passenger cars 114,718(0.2) 34,473(-2.6) 149,191(-0.5)
Trucks & buses 12,616(-6.9) 12,297(21.4) 5,828(2.5) 30,741(4.7)
Total 127,334(-0.6) 46,770(2.8) 5,828(2.5) 179,932(0.4)
Exports        
Passenger cars 161,849(21.0) 0(―) 161,849(21.0)
Trucks & buses 13,386(0.9) 7,132(9.8) 20,518(3.8)
Total 175,235(19.2) 0(―) 7,132(9.8) 182,367(18.8)
Production
Outside of Japan*3
425,880(-4.8) 22,460(-25.9) 3,152(32.4) 451,492(-5.9)
Worldwide production 688,281(-0.1) 99,796(-1.5) 16,529(14.2) 804,606(-0.03)
*1Includes kits for overseas assembly; *2Includes overseas production; *3Excludes kits from Japan

December 2017 Key Points (year-on-year)

Production in Japan

Toyota
  • Third consecutive month of increase
Daihatsu
  • Twentieth consecutive month of increase
Hino
  • Third consecutive month of increase
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Third consecutive month of increase

Sales in Japan

Toyota
  • First decrease in three months
  • Lexus vehicle sales totaled 5,063 units (47.5 percent increase)
  • Minivehicle sales totaled 2,324 units (2.3 percent decrease)
  • 47.6 percent share of market excluding minivehicles (0.2 percentage point increase)
  • 32.3 percent share of market including minivehicles (0.1 percentage point increase)
Daihatsu
  • Ninth consecutive month of increase
  • Minivehicle sales totaled approximately 43,900 units (1.1 percent decrease); 33.3 percent share of minivehicle market (0.2 percentage point decrease)
Hino
  • Second consecutive month of increase
  • Standard truck sales totaled approximately 2,800 units (9.2 percent decrease)
  • 36.0 percent share of the truck* market (2.4 percentage point increase)
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Third consecutive month of increase and a record high for December
  • 45.6 percent share of market including minivehicles (0.5 percentage point increase)

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

Exports

Toyota
  • Third consecutive month of increase; due to increased exports to North America, Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, and Africa
Daihatsu
  • There have been no exports for Daihatsu since May 2017.
Hino
  • Sixth consecutive month of increase; due to increased exports to North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, and Africa
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Fifth consecutive month of increase

Production Outside of Japan

Toyota
  • Decreased, due to decreased production in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and other regions
Daihatsu
  • Decreased; due to decreased production in Indonesia
Hino
  • Sixth consecutive month of increase; due to increased production in Asia
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Decreased
CY2017 Results
Unit = one vehicle; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change
  Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total
Production in Japan*1        
Passenger cars 2,869,600(0.8) 749,828(33.3) 3,619,428(6.2)
Trucks & buses 319,956(0.3) 169,688(5.7) 155,932(6.8) 645,576(3.2)
Total 3,189,556(0.7) 919,516(27.2) 155,932(6.8) 4,265,004(5.7)
Sales in Japan*2        
Passenger cars 1,460,624(3.5) 487,896(9.2) 1,948,520(4.9)
Trucks & buses 172,537(1.9) 143,006(2.0) 67,776(7.1) 383,319(2.8)
Total 1,633,161(3.3) 630,902(7.5) 67,776(7.1) 2,331,839(4.5)
Exports        
Passenger cars 1,656,566(6.5) 2(0.0) 1,656,568(6.5)
Trucks & buses 160,366(-6.6) 79,395(7.9) 239,761(-2.2)
Total 1,816,932(5.2) 2(0.0) 79,395(7.9) 1,896,329(5.3)
Production
Outside of Japan*3
5,817,955(0.2) 343,880(1.6) 39,612(23.3) 6,201,447(0.4)
Worldwide production 9,007,511(0.4) 1,263,396(19.0) 195,544(9.8) 10,466,451(2.5)
*1Includes kits for overseas assembly; *2Includes overseas production; *3Excludes kits from Japan
REFERENCE: CY2017 Outside Japan and Worldwide Sales Results
Unit = one vehicle; figures rounded; ( ) show year-on-year percentage change
  Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total
Sales Outside of Japan 7,751,000(1.4) 186,000(-3.7) 117,000(9.5) 8,054,000(1.4)
Worldwide sales 9,384,000(1.7) 817,000(4.7) 185,000(8.6) 10,386,000(2.1)

CY2017 Key Points (year-on-year)

Production in Japan

Toyota
  • First increase in five years
Daihatsu
  • Second consecutive year of increase
Hino
  • First increase in three years
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First increase in five years

Sales in Japan

Toyota
  • Second consecutive year of increase
  • Lexus vehicle sales totaled 45,605 units (12.5 percent decrease)
  • Minivehicle sales totaled 30,761 units (4.6 percent increase)
  • 47.2 percent share of market excluding minivehicles (0.6 percentage point decrease)
  • 31.2 percent share of market including minivehicles (0.6 percentage point decrease)
Daihatsu
  • First increase in three years
  • Minivehicle sales totaled approximately 603,000 (3.9 percent increase); first increase in three years
  • 32.7 percent share of minivehicle market (0.9 percentage point decrease)
Hino
  • Eighth consecutive year of increase
  • Standard truck sales totaled approximately 36,000 (6.1 percent increase); eighth consecutive year of increase
  • 38.2 percent share of the truck* market (1.8 percentage point increase)
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Second consecutive year of increase
  • 44.5 percent share of market including minivehicles (0.3 percentage point decrease)

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

Exports

Toyota
  • First increase in five years, due to increased exports to North America, Latin America, Asia, Oceania, and Africa
Daihatsu
  • Two exports to Asia, the same results as the same period of the previous year
Hino
  • First increase in five years, due to increased exports to North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First increase in five years

Production Outside of Japan

Toyota
  • Sixth consecutive year of increase and a record high, due to increased production in Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Africa
Daihatsu
  • Second consecutive year of increase, due to increased production in Indonesia
Hino
  • Third consecutive year of increase, due to increased production in Asia
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Second consecutive year of increase and a record high

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