Last year, the best-selling car in Japan was Toyota Yaris.
Light cars continued to be the number one year, but small cars became the top sellers for the first time in five years.
Industry groups such as the Japan Automobile Dealers Association announced the number of new cars sold by vehicle type last year.
According to this, Toyota Motor's compact car "Yaris" sold the most at 212,927 units.
Not only engine cars but also hybrid cars are available, and good fuel economy led to an increase in sales, so compact cars became the top seller for the first time in five years.
Honda's light car "N-BOX", which was the top of the list, came in second with 188,940 units.
Toyota's compact car "Roomy" came in third with 134,801 units.
Light vehicles occupy five of the top ten, and continue to be very popular. However, due to the shortage of parts supply and other factors, the number of vehicles sold in many models decreased from the previous year.
On the other hand, the best-selling EV = electric vehicle was Nissan's "Leaf", which sold only 10,843 units.
Regarding EVs, Toyota and SUBARU are planning to start selling SUV type EVs, and also plan to start selling mini vehicle size EVs jointly developed by Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors. Will be noticed.