Toyota City, Japan, June 28, 2018―Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces its production, domestic sales, and export results for May 2018, including those for subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. and Hino Motors, Ltd.

May 2018 Results
Unit = vehicles; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change
  Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total
Production in Japan*1        
Passenger cars 205,710(2.9) 56,686(-2.0) 262,396(1.8)
Trucks & buses 25,964(4.1) 12,194(-2.9) 12,606(26.8) 50,764(7.0)
Total 231,674(3.0) 68,880(-2.2) 12,606(26.8) 313,160(2.6)
Sales in Japan*2        
Passenger cars 96,653(-7.3) 34,155(-10.7) 130,808(-8.2)
Trucks & buses 14,360(8.4) 10,530(1.2) 4,869(30.8) 29,759(8.7)
Total 111,013(-5.6) 44,685(-8.2) 4,869(30.8) 160,567(-5.5)
Exports        
Passenger cars 122,621(-1.0) 0 122,621(-1.0)
Trucks & buses 12,378(4.1) 6,291(23.5) 18,669(9.9)
Total 134,999(-0.6) 0 6,291(23.5) 141,290(0.3)
Production
Outside of Japan*3
507,222(-0.5) 47,342(54.0) 4,732(29.3) 559,296(2.8)
Worldwide production 738,896(0.6) 116,222(14.9) 17,338(27.4) 872,456(2.7)
*1Includes kits for overseas assembly; *2Includes overseas production; *3Excludes kits from Japan

May 2018 Key Points (year-on-year)

Production in Japan

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

Sales in Japan

Toyota
  • Decreased
  • Lexus vehicle sales totaled 4,116 units (56.6 percent increase)
  • Minivehicle sales totaled 3,241 units (52.0 percent increase)
  • 45.6 percent share of market excluding minivehicles (2.9 percentage point decrease)
  • 29.8 percent share of market including minivehicles (1.7 percentage point decrease)
Daihatsu
  • First decrease in fourteen months
  • Minivehicle sales totaled approximately 42,300 units (8.8 percent decrease); first decrease in five months
  • 31.1 percent share of minivehicle market (3.2 percentage point decrease)
Hino
  • Second consecutive month of increase
  • Standard truck sales totaled approximately 2,600 units (32.2 percent increase); second consecutive month of increase
  • 40.5 percent share of the truck* market (6.4 percentage point increase)
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First decrease in two months
  • 43.2 percent share of market including minivehicles (2.4 percentage point decrease)

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

Exports

Toyota
  • First decrease in eight months; due to decreased exports to North America and Africa
Daihatsu
  • There have been no exports for Daihatsu since May 2017.
Hino
  • Fourth consecutive month of increase; due to increased exports to North America, Latin America, Asia, Oceania, and Africa
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Tenth consecutive month of increase

Production Outside of Japan

Toyota
  • First decrease in two months; due to decreased production in North America, Europe, and Australia
Daihatsu
  • Fifth consecutive month of increase; due to increased production in Indonesia
Hino
  • Eleventh consecutive month of increase; due to increased production in Asia
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Second consecutive month of increase; record high for May
Year to Date (January 1 to May 31, 2018)
Unit = vehicles; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change
  Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total
Production in Japan*1 1,320,998(1.5) 385,440(0.4) 66,221(9.2) 1,772,659(1.5)
Sales in Japan*2 665,715(-6.0) 281,586(3.8) 29,108(4.0) 976,409(-3.1)
Exports 792,506(13.7) 0 32,641(11.4) 825,147(13.6)
Production
Outside of Japan*3
2,369,210(-3.5) 217,480(38.1) 21,391(32.2) 2,608,081(-0.8)
Worldwide production 3,690,208(-1.8) 602,920(11.4) 87,612(14.0) 4,380,740(0.1)
*1Includes kits for overseas assembly; *2Includes overseas production; *3Excludes kits from Japan

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