Toyota City, Japan, November 29, 2018―Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces its production, domestic sales, and export results for October 2018, including those for subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. and Hino Motors, Ltd.

October 2018 Results
Unit = vehicles; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change
  Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total
Production in Japan*1        
Passenger cars 250,808(3.3) 68,259(14.9) 319,067(5.6)
Trucks & buses 29,557(14.1) 16,909(23.6) 14,266(-2.7) 60,732(12.0)
Total 280,365(4.3) 85,168(16.5) 14,266(-2.7) 379,799(6.5)
Sales in Japan*2        
Passenger cars 118,236(7.5) 43,515(6.2) 161,751(7.1)
Trucks & buses 14,162(2.5) 12,925(21.1) 5,288(22.4) 32,375(12.4)
Total 132,398(6.9) 56,440(9.3) 5,288(22.4) 194,126(8.0)
Exports        
Passenger cars 149,960(3.8) 0 149,960(3.8)
Trucks & buses 14,570(6.8) 7,261(-8.9) 21,831(1.0)
Total 164,530(4.0) 0 7,261(-8.9) 171,791(3.4)
Production
Outside of Japan*3
521,690(3.9) 57,157(96.9) 5,143(23.3) 583,990(9.1)
Worldwide production 802,055(4.0) 142,325(39.4) 19,409(3.1) 963,789(8.1)
*1Includes kits for overseas assembly; *2Includes overseas production; *3Excludes kits from Japan

October 2018 Key Points (year-on-year)

Production in Japan

Toyota
  • First increase in two months
Daihatsu
  • First increase in two months
Hino
  • Decreased
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First increase in two months

Sales in Japan

Toyota
  • First increase in two months
  • Lexus vehicle sales totaled 3,469 units (11.1 percent decrease)
  • Minivehicle sales totaled 3,169 units (31.8 percent increase)
  • 49.4 percent share of market excluding minivehicles (3.0 percentage point decrease)
  • 31.6 percent share of market including minivehicles (1.6 percentage point decrease)
Daihatsu
  • Second consecutive month of increase
  • Minivehicle sales totaled approximately 52,600 units (7.4 percent increase); second consecutive month of increase
  • 33.4 percent share of minivehicle market (1.4 percentage point decrease)
Hino
  • Second consecutive month of increase
  • Standard truck sales totaled approximately 2,600 units (30.7 percent increase); second consecutive month of increase
  • 42.3 percent share of the truck* market (7.9 percentage point increase)
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First increase in three months
  • 46.3 percent share of market including minivehicles (1.9 percentage point decrease)

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

Exports

Toyota
  • First increase in two months; due to increased exports to North America, Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, and Africa.
Daihatsu
  • There were no exports for Daihatsu.
Hino
  • Decreased; due to decreased exports to North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First increase in two months

Production Outside of Japan

Toyota
  • First increase in two months; due to increased production in Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Africa
Daihatsu
  • Tenth consecutive month of increase; due to increased production in Indonesia
Hino
  • Sixteenth consecutive month of increase; due to increased production in Asia
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First increase in two months and a record high for October
Year to Date (January 1 to October 31, 2018)
Unit = vehicles; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change
  Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total
Production in Japan*1 2,610,197(-0.8) 766,788(0.6) 133,945(4.5) 3,510,930(-0.3)
Sales in Japan*2 1,312,945(-4.4) 543,442(2.1) 58,722(4.2) 1,915,109(-2.4)
Exports 1,570,800(6.8) 1(-50.0) 67,609(3.9) 1,638,410(6.7)
Production
Outside of Japan*3
4,821,020(-1.3) 447,342(52.4) 43,097(32.6) 5,311,459(1.9)
Worldwide production 7,431,217(-1.1) 1,214,130(15.0) 177,042(10.2) 8,822,389(1.0)
*1Includes kits for overseas assembly; *2Includes overseas production; *3Excludes kits from Japan

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