Honda Sets Monthly Records for Automobile Production Worldwide, Overseas, in Asia and China

August 30, 2018, Japan

Corporate

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the month of July 2018.

Worldwide Production

  July 2018 Year-to-Date Total
(Jan.-Jul. 2018)
Units vs.'17 Units vs.'17
Japan 78,231  +25.0% 496,413 +6.9%
Outside of Japan 342,822* +2.5% 2,605,981 +3.4%
Worldwide Total  421,053* +6.0% 3,102,394 +4.0%

* Record high for the month of July

Production Outside of Japan

    July 2018 Year-to-Date Total
(Jan.-Jul. 2018)
Units vs.'17 Units vs.'17
North America 97,653  -14.8% 1,073,065 -0.2%
(USA) 67,546  -7.0% 710,421 +1.9%
Europe 14,375  -4.3% 100,630 +0.2%
Asia 219,295* +12.0% 1,322,450 +6.1%
(China) 142,121* +7.2% 863,963 +6.7%
Others 11,499  +26.6% 109,836 +13.1%
Overseas Total 342,822 * +2.5% 2,605,981 +3.4%

* Record high for the month of July

Production in Japan for the month of July 2018 experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in two months (since May 2018).

Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the fourth consecutive month (since April 2018), setting record high production for the month of July. This includes record high production for the month of July in Asia and China.

Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year increase for the fourth consecutive month (since April 2018), also setting record high production for the month of July.

Sales in the Japanese Market

Vehicle type  July 2018 Year-to-Date Total
(Jan. - Jul. 2018)
Units vs.'17 Units vs.'17
Registrations 30,722 -5.2% 229,791 -1.1%
Mini-Vehicles 30,144 +31.2% 216,800 +8.7%
Honda Brand Total 60,866 +9.9% 446,591 +3.4%

Total domestic automobile sales in the Japanese market for the month of July 2018 experienced a year-on-year increase for the sixth consecutive month (since February 2018).

New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in three months (since April 2018).

Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year increase for the sixth consecutive month (since February 2018).

<Vehicle registrations - excluding mini-vehicles>
FIT
was the industry’s sixth best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of July 2018 with sales of 9,144 units.

<Mini-vehicles - under 660cc>
N-BOX
was the industry’s top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of July 2018 with sales of 19,667 units.

Exports from Japan

    July 2018 Year-to-Date Total
(Jan. - Jul. 2018)
Units vs.'17 Units vs.'17
North America 5,890 +203.1% 45,306 +166.8%
(USA) 5,846 +210.5% 44,801 +170.3%
Europe 9,314 +245.6% 24,740 +39.2%
Asia 621 -45.9% 7,415 +17.5%
Others 476 -35.9% 5,568 +11.2%
Total 16,301 +149.7% 83,029 +80.2%

Total exports from Japan in July 2018 experienced a year-on-year increase for the seventh consecutive month (since January 2018).