Toyota Motor and Nissan Motor both said on Friday their respective global vehicle production in October had seen the first year-on-year growth in 15 months – thanks to overseas output rises – while the other major Japanese carmakers reported falls.
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Toyota expanded global output 1.4% year on year last month to 709,904 units as its overseas output rose 12.8% to 404,420 units. Nissan boosted global output 9.9% to 306,146 units as overseas production rose 16.0% to 207,025 units.
Honda global output fell 18.2% to 301,103 units, Kyodo News reported.
Global production also fell 29.6% at Mitsubishi Motors, 17.8% at Toyota minicar affiliate Daihatsu, 12.1% at Mazda, 4.4% at Suzuki and 2.4% at Subaru maker Fuji Heavy Industries.
Nissan posted the lowest domestic output decline – 1% while the other seven saw double-digit falls.
Five of the eight firms reported domestic sales increases, including Toyota with a 14.8% rise and Honda with a 16.6% gain.
All posted heavy export drops ranging from 15.3% for Nissan to 64.1% for Honda, Kyodo said.
