Of the eight major Japanese automakers, worldwide sales in January exceeded the same month in the previous year for seven of the eight companies, excluding Daihatsu Motor Corporation, which suspended shipments due to issues with fraudulent acquisition of national certification. Ta.
On the other hand, in domestic sales, Toyota Motor Corporation, whose vehicles are supplied by Daihatsu Motor Corporation, decreased for the first time in 13 months.
The eight major Japanese automakers announced that Toyota sold more than 784,000 units worldwide last month, an increase of 10.5% compared to the same month last year, and the highest ever for January. I did.
This was mainly due to strong sales in North America and other countries.
Honda also
increased by 26.9% compared to the same month last year,
Nissan by 16.8%
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Suzuki by 10.2%
, Mazda by 6.8%
, Mitsubishi Motors by 5.9%
, and SUBARU by 2.5%.
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Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. suspended domestic shipments due to issues with fraudulent acquisition of national certification, resulting in a 31.5% drop from the same month last year.
On the other hand, domestic sales last month decreased by 13.7% for Toyota, whose cars are supplied by Daihatsu, and 4.1% for Subaru, compared to the previous year.
This is the first time in 13 months that Toyota's domestic sales have fallen below the previous year's level, and the impact of Daihatsu's fraud scandal has spread to other manufacturers.