OREANDA-NEWS. Toyota Motor Corporation announces its production, domestic sales, and export results for October 2015, including those for subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd., and Hino Motors, Ltd.

October 2015 Highlights (year-on-year)

Production in Japan

Toyota
  • Third consecutive month of increase
Daihatsu
  • First increase in ten months
Hino
  • Decreased
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First increase in ten months

Sales in Japan

Toyota
  • First increase in two months
  • Lexus vehicle sales totaled 4,111 units (8.9 percent decrease)
  • Minivehicle sales totaled 2,233 units (8.9 percent decrease)
  • 51.1 percent share of market excluding minivehicles (1.4 percentage point increase)
  • 33.0 percent share of market including minivehicles (2.2 percentage point increase)
Daihatsu
  • Decreased
  • Minivehicle sales totaled approximately 46,600 units (2.7 percent decrease)
  • 33.5 percent share of minivehicle market (2.8 percentage point increase)
Hino
  • Seventh consecutive month of increase
  • Standard truck sales totaled approximately 2,400 units (10.4 percent increase); first increase in two months
  • 40.0 percent share of the truck* market (3.0 percentage point decrease)
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First increase in two months
  • 46.5 percent share of market including minivehicles (2.6 percentage point increase)

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

Exports

Toyota
  • First increase in four months; due to increased exports to North America and Asia
Daihatsu
  • Ninth consecutive month of increase; due to increased exports to Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East
Hino
  • Decreased; due to decreased exports to Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First increase in four months

Production outside Japan

Toyota
  • Second consecutive month of increase; due to increased production in Europe and Asia; record high for the month of October
Daihatsu
  • Decreased; due to decreased production in Indonesia
Hino
  • Eighth consecutive month of increase; due to increased production in Asia
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First decrease in two months