Honda Sets Monthly Records for Automobile Production in China
September 29, 2020
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the month of August 2020.
World Production
| August 2020 | YOY | Jan. - Aug. 2020 |
YOY | |
| Japan | 42,549 | 64.8% | 469,811 | 76.0% |
| Outside of Japan | 346,932 | 99.0% | 2,117,675 | 72.5% |
| North America | 155,335 | 99.0% | 876,810 | 69.2% |
| (USA) | 104,883 | 102.2% | 588,170 | 69.5% |
| Europe | 3,638 | 71.4% | 38,778 | 53.2% |
| Asia | 175,603 | 100.9% | 1,141,480 | 77.6% |
| (China) | 141,331＊ | 118.5% | 924,855 | 92.4% |
| Others | 12,356 | 85.5% | 60,607 | 55.3% |
| Total | 389,481 | 93.6% | 2,587,486 | 73.1% |
*Record high for the month of August
- Production in Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 12th consecutive month.
- Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in two months.
- Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 13th consecutive month.
Sales in the Japanese market
| August 2020 | YOY | Jan. - Aug. 2020 |
YOY | |
| Total | 43,330 | 75.5% | 409,177 | 77.7% |
| Registrations | 19,173 | 71.6% | 195,753 | 73.8% |
| Mini-vehicles | 24,157 | 78.9% | 213,424 | 81.6% |
- Total Japanese sales experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 11th consecutive month.
- New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 11th consecutive month.
- Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year decrease for the sixth consecutive month.
- Fit was the industry’s fourth best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of August 2020 with sales of 7,158 units.
- N-BOX was the industry’s top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of August 2020 with sales of 14,515 units. N-WGN was the industry’s seventh best-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of August 2020 with sales of 5,853 units.
Exports from Japan
| August 2020 | YOY | Jan. - Aug. 2020 |
YOY | |
| Total | 7,225 | 103.1% | 66,144 | 70.0% |
| North America | 1,069 | 138.3% | 5,017 | 20.2% |
| (USA) | 949 | 122.9% | 4,369 | 18.1% |
| Europe | 4,068 | 81.4% | 50,652 | 91.2% |
| Asia | 821 | 151.8% | 4,846 | 64.3% |
| Others | 1,267 | 181.8% | 5,629 | 85.8% |
- Total exports from Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in five months.