Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the month of January 2015.
Worldwide Production
| January 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Units | vs.’14 | ||
| Japan | 60,132 | -38.1% | |
| Outside of Japan | 303,029* | +7.6% | |
| Worldwide Total | 363,161 | -4.1% | |
*Record high for the month of January
Production Outside of Japan
| January 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Units | vs.’14 | ||
| North America | 157,642* | +8.8% | |
| (USA) | 107,303 | +1.1% | |
| Europe | 11,896 | -14.5% | |
| Asia | 120,566* | +9.1% | |
| (China) | 60,897 | -14.9% | |
| Others | 12,925 | +3.9% | |
| Overseas Total | 303,029* | +7.6% | |
*Record high for the month of January
Production in Japan for the month of January 2015 experienced a year-on-year decrease for the sixth consecutive month (since August 2014).
Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the third consecutive month (since November 2014). Production in North America experienced a year-on-year increase for the second consecutive month (since December 2014), and
Asia experienced a year-on-year increase for the fourth consecutive month (since October 2014), both setting record high production for the month of January.
Production worldwide experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in two months (since November 2014).
Sales in the Japanese Market
| Vehicle type | January 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Units | vs.’14 | ||
| Registrations | 29,893 | -39.5% | |
| Mini-Vehicles | 33,711 | -19.9% | |
| Honda Brand Total | 63,604 | -30.5% | |
Total Japan domestic market automobile sales for the month of January 2015 experienced a year-on-year decrease for the fourth consecutive month (since October 2014).
New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the fourth consecutive month (since October 2014).
Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year decrease for the third consecutive month (since November 2014).
<Vehicle registrations – excluding mini-vehicles>
Fit was the industry’s second best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of January 2015 with sales of 11,628 units. VEZEL wasthe industry’s ninth best-selling car with sales of 6,451 units.
<Mini-vehicles – under 660cc>
N-BOX was the industry’s top selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of January 2015 with sales of 18,643 units. N-WGN was the industry’s fourth best-selling car with sales of 10,177 units.
Exports from Japan
| January 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Units | vs.’14 | ||
| North America | 757 | -66.8% | |
| (USA) | 725 | -67.4% | |
| Europe | 715 | +172.9% | |
| Asia | 573 | -27.9% | |
| Others | 382 | -11.0% | |
| Total | 2,427 | -35.5% | |
Total exports from Japan for the month of January 2015 experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 15th consecutive month (since November 2013).
