New vehicle registrations in Japan increased by 11% during the first six months of 2014. Toyota was the strongest manufacturer and the Aqua the top-selling car model. In the first semester of 2014, the Japanese new vehicle market expanded by 10.8% to just over 3 million new vehicle registrations. The growth came despite an increase in sales taxes in April. Toyota … [Read more...]

Car sales in Japan increased by 20% during the first quarter of 2014. Toyota is still the leading brand while the Aqua narrowly outsold the Honda Fit. The first quarter of 2014 saw new vehicle registrations in Japan increase by a fifth ahead of a sales tax increase in April. All manufacturers achieved higher sales at the start of 2014 in Japan with expensive foreign … [Read more...]

In 2013, the Toyota Aqua replaced the Prius as the top-selling car model in Japan. The Honda Fit was again the third most popular car. Japan’s favorite car in 2013 was the Toyota Aqua. The Toyota Prius, the market leader since 2009, was the second most popular car in Japan in 2013. The Honda Fit was the third best-selling car model in Japan followed by the Nissan Note … [Read more...]

In 2013, Toyota remained the top-selling carmaker in Japan. Honda and Suzuki were also popular with Japanese buyer with Volkswagen the top imported brand. 2013 (full year) new vehicle registration data for Japan showed Toyota easily maintaining its position as the best-selling car manufacturer. Honda was again the second most popular brand in Japan while Suzuki and … [Read more...]

Toyota leads car sales in Japan from January to September 2013 with the Aqua now Japan’s favorite car model ahead of the Prius. The first nine months of 2013 saw the Japanese new car market decline by 5%. The best-selling marques Toyota and Honda suffered a sales decline of around 10% but car sales of most other brands were flat or stronger with import brands showing … [Read more...]

Toyota and Honda were the top-selling car brands in Japan during the first six months of 2013. The Prius was Japan’s favorite car ahead of the Aqua. Toyota remained Japan’s best-selling car manufacturer from January to June 2013. Honda narrowly maintained its second place ahead of Suzuki. New vehicle registrations in Japan contracted during the first half of 2013 by 8%. … [Read more...]

First quarter 2013 saw Toyota remaining the top-selling vehicle producer in Japan followed by Honda and Nissan. The Toyota Aqua and Prius were Japan’s favorite car models. Toyota, Honda, and Nissan remained Japan’s top motor vehicle manufacturers during the first three months of 2013. In a weaker market, Hino and Lexus were the only Japanese vehicle producers able to … [Read more...]

Toyota was again the top carmaker in Japan in 2012. Honda was the second best-selling car producer in Japan while Nissan slipped to fifth. In 2012, Toyota comfortably remained the strongest vehicle producer in Japan. Honda regained second place followed by Daihatsu, Suzuki, and Nissan. New vehicle registrations in Japan increased by 27.5% in 2012. All carmakers, with the … [Read more...]

The Toyota Prius was again the best-selling car model in Japan in 2012. The Toyota Aqua replaced the Honda Fit as the second most popular car in Japan. In 2012, for the fourth consecutive year, the Toyota Prius was the best-selling car model in Japan. The smaller hybrid-only Toyota Aqua was the second most popular car model while the Honda Fit was third. Hybrid cars … [Read more...]

The Toyota Prius remains the best-selling car model in Japan for the first nine months of 2012. The Toyota Aqua outsold the Honda Fit to become the second most popular car in Japan. The Toyota Prius was again the most popular car in Japan during the first three quarters of 2012. The Toyota Aqua became the second best-selling car model in Japan by pushing the Honda Fit … [Read more...]

Toyota, followed by Honda and Daihatsu, remained the top-selling vehicle manufacturer in Japan during the first nine months of 2012. Toyota continues to lead the Japanese vehicle market during the first nine months of 2012. Honda was the second best-selling carmaker followed by Daihatsu and Suzuki. German manufacturers Volkswagen, Mercedes Benz, BMW and Audi were the … [Read more...]

The Toyota Prius remained the most popular car in Japan during the first half of 2012. The Honda Fit and Toyota Aqua were also top sellers. During the first six months of 2012, the Toyota Prius continued to be the best-selling car model in Japan. The Honda Fit was again the second most popular car but is loosing ground to the new Toyota Aqua. In a very strong market, the … [Read more...]

Toyota remained the strongest car manufacturer in Japan during the first six months of 2012. Honda was the second best-selling brand with Volkswagen Japan’s favorite imported car. During the first half of 2012, the Japanese vehicle market continues to show strong growth and recovery from the difficult 2011 when the tsunami in Japan and flooding elsewhere in Asia severely … [Read more...]

The Japanese car market grew by half with Toyota and Honda sales up two-thirds during the first quarter of 2012. The Toyota Prius and Honda Fit remained the best selling models. 2012 started very good for the Japanese car market. During the first three months of the year, Japanese new vehicle registrations increased by nearly 50%. Toyota maintained its premier position … [Read more...]

Toyota easily remained the strongest car brand in Japan in 2011 despite a very weak new passenger vehicle market. Nissan, Suzuki, and Daihatsu outsold last year’s second placed Honda. In 2011, Toyota remained Japan’s strongest vehicle manufacturer by selling double as many cars as competitors Nissan, Suzuki, Daihatsu, and Honda. German car producers Volkswagen, Mercedes … [Read more...]

The Toyota Prius, Honda Fit and Toyota Vitz remained Japan’s favorite cars in 2011 and again topped the list of best-selling car models. 2011 was a difficult year for the Japanese car market. Despite production disruptions following natural disasters, the Toyota Prius remained Japan’s favorite car model. It was again followed by the Honda Fit and Toyota Vitz. Nissan’s … [Read more...]

Most-Popular Japanese Passenger Vehicle Brands and Cars Toyota, Honda, and Nissan were the most popular car manufacturers and brands in Japan in 2009. The Prius and Fit were the best-selling car models in Japan in 2009. Toyota maintained its traditional position as the strongest motor vehicle manufacturer and top-selling car brand in Japan in 2009. The Toyota Prius … [Read more...]

Full-year car sales statistics show Toyota as the best-selling vehicle manufacturer in Japan in 2010. The Toyota Prius was Japan's favorite car model. In 2010 Toyota was again easily the strongest vehicle manufacturer in Japan. Full-year car sales statistics confirmed that Toyota has sold more vehicles than second-placed Honda and third-placed Nissan combined. The Toyota … [Read more...]

The Toyota Prius, Honda Fit, and Toyota Vitz were the best-selling car models in Japan in 2010. New passenger car registrations in Japan increased by 10%. The Toyota Prius was the most popular car model in Japan in 2010 and recorded the highest annual sales ever for a single car model in Japan. The Prius easily outsold the Honda Fit, which was the second most-sold car in … [Read more...]