New vehicle sales in Japan, excluding minivehicles, fell 37.8% year on year in May to 142,154 units, declining for the ninth consecutive month, after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan disrupted production.
The decline was smaller than April’s 51.0% fall to a record low of 108,824 units, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said, according to Kyodo News.
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Dealers sold 128,544 cars, down 38%, 13,325 trucks, down 35.4%, and 285 buses, down 53.2%.
Toyota sales dropped 56.6% to 48,733 units while Honda volume fell 34.5% to 21,294 vehicles. Nissan Motor sales declined 16.1% to 28,037 units.
Sales of minivehicles fell 25.4% year on year to 95,210 units, declining for the eighth month in a row, the Japan Mini Vehicles Association said.
Suzuki minivehicle sales dropped 28.5% while Daihatsu volume was off 25.7%, the industry group said.
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