Car Sales Japan: 2012

Japan had a good year of car buying in 2012, helped by the government introducing subsidies to encourage sales. That finished in September this year so one cannot expect sales be as buoyant in 2013. This was the beSt year since 2006. A 30% increase over 2011 was a real boost to local car makers, with some impressive gains. Toyota and Honda led the charge with 44 and 49% improvements. Somehow Mitsubishi contrived a decrease from a positive growth situation.

The first three columns show 2010 to 2012 ranking, the second column in from the right is increase or decrease, and the extreme right shows market share for the major brands.

1	1	1	Toyota	1,494,044	44%	32.7%	Over 30% Incr
2	3	2	Honda	712,535	49%	15.6%	10 Brands
3	2	3	Nissan	560,919	9%	12.3%
5	5	4	Daihatsu	551,281	28%	12.1%	Up To 30% Incr
4	4	5	Suzuki	530,240	21%	11.6%	20 Brands
6	6	6	Mazda	192,463	16%	4.2%
8	8	7	Subaru	141,066	31%	3.1%	Decrease
7	7	8	Mitsubishi	106,562	-2%	2.3%	5 Brands
9	9	9	VW	56,188	11%	1.2%
10	10	10	Lexus	43,657	3%	1.0%
12	12	11	Mercedes	41,901	26%	0.9%
11	11	12	BMW	41,254	20%	0.9%
13	13	13	Audi	24,163	14%
14	14	14	MINI	16,212	13%
15	15	15	Volvo	13,878	18%
18	18	16	Chrysler	6,684	41%
17	17	17	Fiat	5,667	-5%
16	16	18	Peugeot	5,649	-8%
19	19	19	Porsche	4,661	27%
23	24	20	Alfa Romeo	4,452	139%
22	20	21	Citroen	3,795	23%
21	22	22	Ford	3,543	19%
20	21	23	Renault	3,108	1%
24	23	24	GM US	2,041	1%
27	27	25	Land Rover	1,771	99%
26	25	26	smart	1,401	15%
25	26	27	Jaguar	1,014	-1%
28	28	28	Ferrari	517	34%
30	30	29	Maserati	311	25%
29	29	30	Lotus	262	-3%
31	32	31	Bentley	216	71%
38	33	32	Lamborghini	177	79%
32	31	33	Aston Mart	166	19%
36	34	34	Lancia	128	31%
34	35	35	Rolls Royce	90	13%
			Others	317
			Total	4,572,333	30%

Data source: Thanks to JAMA & JAIA