Japan new car sales down

Japanese new car sales were down in February – with the overall trend so far this year a negative one.

According to Japanese Automotive Dealer Association statistics, passenger car sales were down 7.53% to 382,116 units.

‘Standard’ size vehicles were up, by 5.5% to 131,640 units, while ‘Small’ car sales were down 13.7% to 107,769 and ‘Mini’ – Kei car – sales fell 12.8% to 142,707.

Toyota was the most popular brand on 101,025 overall sales, Honda was second on 66,389, and Nissan was third on on 52,633.

New car sales for japan are down 6% so far this year.

As reported in AutoTalk yesterday, the Toyota Prius topped the market in February. Read about that HERE.