Honda Sets Monthly Records for Worldwide Automobile Production

February 27, 2019, Japan

News Release

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the month of January 2019.

Worldwide Production

  January 2019
Units vs.'18
Japan 76,776   +24.4%
Outside of Japan 399,447   -3.1%
Worldwide Total  476,223* +0.5%

* Record high for month of January

Production Outside of Japan

  January 2019
Units vs.'18
North America 168,921 -2.3%
(USA) 112,118 -0.8%
Europe 14,269 -11.9%
Asia 201,168 -2.9%
(China) 133,683 -2.2%
Others 15,089 -5.6%
Overseas Total 399,447 -3.1%

Production in Japan for the month of January 2019 experienced a year-on-year increase for the seventh consecutive month (since July 2018).

Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive month (since December 2018).

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

Sales in the Japanese Market

Vehicle type January 2019
Units vs.'18
Registrations 30,087 +7.1%
Mini-Vehicles 31,251 +10.4%
Honda Brand Total 61,338 +8.7%

Total domestic automobile sales in the Japanese market for the month of January 2019 experienced a year-on-year increase for the fourth consecutive month (since October 2018).

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

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

<Vehicle registrations - excluding mini-vehicles>
FREED
was the industry’s seventh best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of January 2019 with sales of 6,699 units.

<Mini-vehicles - under 660cc>
N-BOX
was the industry’s top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of January 2019 with sales of 19,192 units.

Exports from Japan

  January 2019
Units vs.'18
North America 8,157 +168.5%
(USA) 8,040 +169.4%
Europe 9,126 +136.2%
Asia 607 -56.0%
Others 622 -15.7%
Total 18,512 +105.3%

Total exports from Japan in January 2019 experienced a year-on-year increase for the 13th consecutive month (since January 2018).