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

November 29, 2018, Japan

Corporate

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

Worldwide Production

    October 2018 Year-to-Date Total
(Jan.-Oct. 2018)
Units vs.'17 Units vs.'17
Japan 88,818    +22.7% 723,144 +9.3%
Outside of Japan 390,862 *
+2.7% 3,719,411 +1.5%
Worldwide Total 479,680 *
+5.9% 4,442,555 +2.7%

*Record high for the month of October

Production Outside of Japan

  October 2018 Year-to-Date Total
(Jan.-Oct. 2018)
Units vs.'17 Units vs.'17
North America 169,517    +1.0% 1,530,712 -2.1%
 (USA) 125,425    +12.4% 1,045,920 +2.6%
Europe 15,175    -5.1% 136,479 -1.9%
Asia 189,844 * +5.2% 1,890,764 +4.0%
(China) 118,635 * +4.7% 1,217,065 +4.4%
Others 16,326    +1.1% 161,456 +11.2%
Overseas Total 390,862 * +2.7% 3,719,411 +1.5%

*Record high for the month of October

Production in Japan for the month of October 2018 experienced a year-on-year increase for the fourth consecutive month    (since July 2018).

Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in three months (since July 2018), setting record high production for the month of October. This includes record high production for the month of October in Asia and China.

Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in three months (since July 2018), also setting record high production for the month of October.

Sales in the Japanese Market

Vehicle type  October 2018 Year-to-Date Total
(Jan. - Oct. 2018)
 Units vs.'17 Units vs.'17
Registrations 30,894   +10.2% 318,116 -1.6%
Mini-Vehicles 32,944 * +7.8% 311,099 +8.3%
Honda Brand Total 63,838   +8.9% 629,215 +3.0%

*Record high for the month of October

Total domestic automobile sales in the Japanese market for the month of October 2018 experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in two months (since August 2018).

New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in four months (since June 2018).

Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in two months (since August 2018), also setting record high sales for the month of October.

<Vehicle registrations - excluding mini-vehicles>
FREED was the industry’s seventh best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of October 2018 with sales of 6,751 units. Fit was the industry’s ninth best-selling car with sales of 6,534.

<Mini-vehicles - under 660cc>
N-BOX was the industry’s top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of October 2018 with sales of 20,513 units.

Exports from Japan

   October 2018 Year-to-Date Total
(Jan. - Oct. 2018)
 Units vs.'17 Units vs.'17
North America 5,967 +155.4% 63,158 +190.0%
 (USA) 5,942 +174.8% 62,628 +195.9%
Europe 8,053 +232.9% 50,376 +117.3%
Asia 454 +51.3% 9,549 +11.8%
Others 823 +431.0% 9,163 +51.4%
Total 15,297 +193.6% 132,246 +122.1%

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