OREANDA-NEWS. Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces its production, domestic sales, and export results for October 2017, including those for subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd., and Hino Motors, Ltd.
October 2017 Results
Unit = vehicles; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change
  Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total
Production in Japan*1
Passenger cars 242,826(3.5) 59,414(30.2) ―― 302,240(7.9)
Trucks & buses 25,901(-0.1) 13,679(4.3) 14,655(23.7) 54,235(6.6)
Total 268,727(3.2) 73,093(24.4) 14,655(23.7) 356,475(7.7)
Sales in Japan*2
Passenger cars 109,989(1.3) 40,989(12.7) ―― 150,978(4.2)
Trucks & buses 13,820(-4.4) 10,672(-2.4) 4,319(-4.6) 28,811(-3.7)
Total 123,809(0.7) 51,661(9.2) 4,319(-4.6) 179,789(2.8)
Exports
Passenger cars 144,509(2.0) 0― ―― 144,509(2.0)
Trucks & buses 13,640(-4.8) ―― 7,967(30.9) 21,607(5.9)
Total 158,149(1.3) 0― 7,967(30.9) 166,116(2.5)
Production
Outside of Japan*3		 502,153(2.2) 29,033(-20.3) 4,172(29.7) 535,358(0.8)
Worldwide
production		 770,880(2.5) 102,126(7.3) 18,827(25.0) 891,833(3.4)
*1Includes kits for overseas assembly; *2Includes overseas production; *3Excludes kits from Japan

October 2017 Key Points (year-on-year)

Production in Japan

Toyota
  • First increase in six months
Daihatsu
  • Eighteenth consecutive month of increase
Hino
  • First increase in two months
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First increase in two months

Sales in Japan

Toyota
  • First increase in four months
  • Lexus vehicle sales totaled 3,904 units (2.3 percent increase)
  • Minivehicle sales totaled 2,405 units (17.0 percent decrease)
  • 52.4 percent share of market excluding minivehicles (3.0 percentage point increase)
  • 33.2 percent share of market including minivehicles (0.8 percentage point increase)
Daihatsu
  • Seventh consecutive month of increase
  • Minivehicle sales totaled approximately 49,000 units (4.9 percent increase); seventh consecutive month of increase
  • 34.8 percent share of minivehicle market (0.4 percentage point increase)
Hino
  • Decreased
  • Standard truck sales totaled approximately 2,000 units (12.5 percent decrease)
  • 34.4 percent share of the truck* market (2.9 percentage point decrease)
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First increase in two months
  • 48.3 percent share of market including minivehicles (2.1 percentage point increase)

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

Exports

Toyota
  • First increase in two months; due to increased exports to Latin America, Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East
Daihatsu
  • There were no exports for Daihatsu.
Hino
  • Fourth consecutive month of increase; due to increased exports to North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Third consecutive month of increase

Production Outside of Japan

Toyota
  • Second consecutive month of increase; due to increased production in Latin America, Europe, and Asia
Daihatsu
  • Decreased; due to decreased production in Indonesia
Hino
  • Fourth consecutive month of increase; due to increased production in Asia
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Second consecutive month of increase