In full year 2024, Toyota was the largest car producer and best-selling car brand in Japan despite lower sales in a weak new vehicle market. 2024 (January to December): Toyota remained the best-selling vehicle manufacturer and largest car brand in Japan despite underperforming in a very weak market. Suzuki was again the second top-selling car … Read more
In full-year 2024, the three top-selling car models in Japan were Toyotas with the Corolla being Japan’s favorite car model followed by the Yaris and Sienta. Below are the lists of the top-20 and top-50 best-selling car models in Japan in 2024. 2024 (January to December): the Toyota Corolla was the best-selling car model in … Read more
In full-year 2024, Suzuki was the top mini-vehicle maker and the best-selling minicar brand in Japan while the Honda N-Box remained the top-selling Kei model. 2024 (January to December): the market for mini vehicles and kei cars in Japan contracted by just over 10% to 1.56 million mini vehicles and 1.2 million kei cars. Suzuki … Read more
In full-year 2023, the Japanese vehicle market expanded by 14% to 4.8 million vehicles with Toyota by far the best-selling car brand in Japan. 2023 (January to December): Toyota remained the largest vehicle producer by far in Japan in 2023 with sales up by over a quarter while total new vehicle registrations increased by 13.8% … Read more
In full-year 2023, the Toyota Yaris and Corolla were again the top-selling car models in Japan – eight of the top ten cars were Toyotas. 2023 (January to December): Toyota again dominated the Japanese new car market with the Toyota Yaris the best-selling car model in Japan followed by the Toyota Corolla and the Toyota … Read more
In full-year 2023, Daihatsu was the top mini-vehicle maker in Japan, Suzuki the best-selling minicar brand, and Honda N-Box the top-selling Kei model. 2023 (January to December): minicar sales in Japan increased by 9.5% to 1,341,330 kei passenger cars. Sales of mini commercial vehicles were down by 2.3% to 403,589 vehicles. The total mini vehicle … Read more
2023 (Q1): New car sales in Japan increased by 15% with Toyota as the best-selling brand while the Yaris and Corolla were the favorite models on the Japanese new car market and the Honda N-Box the top-selling minicar. During the first quarter of 2023, the Japanese new vehicle market expanded by 15% to 1,381,558 vehicles … Read more
In full-year 2022, Daihatsu was the top mini-vehicle maker in Japan, Suzuki the best-selling minicar brand, and Honda N-Box the top-selling Kei model. Mini Vehicle Sales in Japan in 2022 (Full Year) Mini vehicle registrations in Japan in the full calendar year 2022 contracted by 0.9% to 1,638,137 mini vehicles compared to 1,652,522 mini vehicles … Read more
In full-year 2022, the Toyota Yaris and Corolla were the top-selling car models in Japan – seven of the top-ten cars were Toyotas. 2022 (January to December): Despite weaker sales, the Toyota Yaris comfortably remained the best-selling car model in Japan. The evergreen Toyota Corolla improved to second place while the Nissan Note was third. … Read more
In full-year 2022, the new vehicle market in Japan contracted by 5.6% largely due to a weak performance by the best-selling car brand Toyota. 2022 (January to December): car sales in Japan were weaker with the entire vehicle market contracted by 5.6% to only 4,201,321 vehicles. Passenger car sales were 7.4% weaker while mini car … Read more