New car sales in July decreased 13% year-on-year.

New car sales in July decreased by 13% compared to the same month the year before, and the trend of improvement was on a downward trend.

Last month new car sales were down 13% compared to the same month last year. The effect of the new coronavirus continues, but the amount of decrease gradually becomes smaller, and there is a tendency for improvement.

According to announcements from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association, etc., the number of new cars sold in Japan last month was 396,346 units, down 13.7% from the same month last year.

Of these, sales of ordinary cars, small cars, and trucks were 239,355 units, a decrease of 20.4%, and mini vehicles were 156,991 units, a decrease of 1%.

This is mainly due to the fact that the demand for automobiles has not recovered sufficiently due to the effects of the new coronavirus, and that production adjustments at factories have continued.

However, there are also movements to resume sales promotion on weekends, etc., and the decrease compared to the same period of the previous year was 44% in May and 22% in June, gradually decreasing, improving. You can also see the tendency of.

Regarding future outlook, an industry group says, "I am worried that the number of infected people is increasing nationwide, and I would like to carefully watch the transition."