Honda Sets Monthly Records for Automobile Production in China

September 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 August 2019.

Worldwide Production

  August 2019 Year-to-Date Total
(Jan.-Aug. 2019)
Units vs.'18 Units vs.'18
Japan 65,674
+12.9%
617,962
+11.4%
Outside of Japan 350,464
-2.8%
2,919,987
-1.6%
Worldwide Total  416,138
-0.6%
3,537,949
+0.5%

Production Outside of Japan

  August 2019 Year-to-Date Total
(Jan.-Aug. 2019)
Units vs.'18 Units vs.'18
North America 156,888   +2.6% 1,267,151 +3.4%
 (USA) 102,666   -8.2% 846,317 +2.9%
Europe 5,098   -32.9% 72,897 -32.6%
Asia 174,025   -3.9% 1,470,288 -2.2%
(China) 119,263 * +13.1% 1,000,702 +3.2%
Others 14,453   -23.0% 109,651 -14.7%
Overseas Total 350,464   -2.8% 3,537,949 +0.5%

* Record high for the month of August

Production in Japan for the month of August 2019 experienced a year-on-year increase for the fifth consecutive month (since April 2019).

Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in two months (since June 2019).

Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in two months (since June 2019).

Sales in the Japanese Market

Vehicle type August 2019
Year-to-Date Total
(Jan. - Aug. 2019)
Units vs.'18 Units vs.'18
Registrations 26,772  
+14.5%
265,094
+4.7%
Mini-Vehicles 30,598 *
+25.9%
261,629
+8.5%
Honda Brand Total 57,370  
+20.3%
526,723
+6.6%

* Record high for the month of August

Total domestic automobile sales in the Japanese market for the month of August 2019 experienced a year-on-year increase for the fifth consecutive month (since April 2019).

New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year increase for the fifth consecutive month (since April 2019).

Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year increase for the fifth consecutive month (since April 2019), setting record high sales for the month of August.

<Vehicle registrations - excluding mini-vehicles>
FREED
was the industry's seventh best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of August 2019 with sales of 7,000 units.

<Mini-vehicles - under 660cc>
N-BOX
was the industry's top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of August 2019 with sales of 18,282 units. N-WGN was the industry's sixth best-selling car with sales of 6,958 units.

Exports from Japan

  August 2019
Year-to-Date Total
(Jan. - Aug. 2019)
Units vs.'18 Units vs.'18
North America 773
-70.4%
24,838
-48.2%
(USA) 772
-70.4%
24,132
-49.1%
Europe 4,997
-51.4%
55,561
+58.6%
Asia 541
-16.5%
7,535
-6.5%
Others 697 -54.8%
6,561
-7.7%
Total 7,008
-53.5%
94,495
-3.7%

Total exports from Japan in August 2019 experienced a year-on-year decrease for the third consecutive month (since June 2019).