Toyota, Honda and Nissan may be leading the green car revolution, but that didn’t stop vehicle production in their native Japan slumping by 31.9 per cent year on year in July.
It marked the 10th straight monthly decline as production fell to 742,284 units according to the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA).
According to its figures, passenger car production fell by 31 per cent to 643,585 units and of these auto cars, output of standard models with a displacement greater than 2,000cc dropped by 37.5 per cent. Small car output dropped at a slower rate, by 21.1 per cent to 195,472 units. Truck output meanwhile, decreased by 37.1 per cent to 90,912 units.
Sales in Japan have continued to fall – dropping by 5.2 per cent year on year although passenger car sales were only down 2.8 per cent. However, in a bigger blow to the Japanese manufacturers, auto exports dropped by 45.1 per cent to 339,652 units – also the 10th straight decline.
Of the leading manufacturers, Toyota saw its exports drop by 60.7 per cent; Nissan suffered a 50 per cent drop; Mazda an 80 per cent decline; Subaru an 81.8 per cent fall; and Honda a 35.4 per cent drop.
