Toyota Announces Results for April 2006.Tokyo Tokyo (tō`kēō), city (1990 pop. 8,163,573), capital of Japan and of Tokyo prefecture, E central Honshu, at the head of Tokyo Bay. , Japan, May 24, 2006 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) Newswire) - Toyota Toyota (toi-ō`tə, Jap. tōyō`tä), city (1990 pop. 332,336), Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is a major industrial center dominated by the Toyota Motor Company, which produces passenger vehicles and auto parts there. Motor Corporation ('TMC'; TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). : 7203) announced today the production, sales in Japan and export results of TMC TMC Technology Marketing Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) TMC Texas Medical Center (Houston, TX) TMC Traffic Message Channel TMC The Movie Channel TMC Traffic Management Center and subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. and Hino Motors Hino Motors, Ltd. (日野自動車, Hino Jidōsha, TYO: 7205 ), commonly known as simply Hino, is a manufacturer of diesel trucks, buses, and other vehicles based in Tokyo, Japan. , Ltd., for April 2006.
April 2006 Results
(Unit = one vehicle; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change)
Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total
PRODUCTION
IN JAPAN*1
Passenger cars 311,144 (13.4) 51,427 (16.1) --- --- 362,571 (13.8)
Trucks & buses 30,865 (-24.7) 13,061 (-17.3) 7,782 (7.1) 51,708 (-19.3)
Total 342,009 (8.4) 64,488 (7.3) 7,782 (7.1) 414,279 (8.2)
SALES
IN JAPAN*2
Passenger cars 104,006 (-6.7) 35,447 (8.3) --- --- 139,453 (-3.3)
Trucks & buses 15,716 (-0.8) 10,925 (-11.9) 3,206 (25.0) 29,847 (-3.1)
Total 119,722 (-5.9) 46,372 (2.7) 3,206 (25.0) 169,300 (-3.3)
EXPORTS
Passenger cars 195,154 (27.4) 8,286 (5.9) --- --- 203,440 (26.4)
Trucks & buses 13,157 (-50.3) 1,581 (-6.8) 3,914 (13.0) 18,652 (-41.0)
Total 208,311 (16.0) 9,867 (3.7) 3,914 (13.0) 222,092 (15.3)
OVERSEAS
PRODUCTION*3 298,656 (3.2) 1,580 (-67.9) --- --- 300,236 (2.1)
WORLDWIDE
PRODUCTION*4 640,665 (5.9) 66,068 (1.6) 7,782 (7.1) 714,515 (5.5)
*1 CBU and KD (Japan line-off basis)
*2 Includes vehicles produced overseas
*3 Excludes KD (local line-off basis)
*4 Includes production in Japan along with overseas production
April 2006 Highlights (year-on-year)
PRODUCTION IN JAPAN
Toyota: Eighth consecutive month of increase
Daihatsu: Second consecutive month of increase
Hino: Fourth consecutive month of increase
Consolidated: Eighth consecutive month of increase
SALES IN JAPAN
Toyota: First decrease in four months; 49.3% share of market,
excluding minivehicles; 2,029 units in sales of Lexus
vehicles
Daihatsu: Second consecutive month of increase; 30.1% share of the
minivehicle market
Hino: Eighth consecutive month of increase; 31.8 % share of
the truck market
Consolidated: First decrease in four months; 43.2% share of market,
including minivehicles
EXPORTS
Toyota: Fifth consecutive month of increase
Daihatsu: Second consecutive month of increase
Hino: Fourth consecutive month of increase
Consolidated: Fifth consecutive month of increase
OVERSEAS PRODUCTION
Toyota: Fifty-second consecutive month of increase, due to increased
production mainly in Asia, Europe and Latin America
Daihatsu: Decrease, due to decreased production in Indonesia
Toyota &: Fifty-second consecutive month of increase
Daihatsu
Year To Date (January 1 to April 30, 2006)
(Unit = 1 vehicle; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change)
Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total
PRODUCTION
IN JAPAN*1 1,443,056 (7.5) 254,291 (0.8) 33,085 (12.0) 1,730,432 (6.5)
SALES
IN JAPAN*2 651,952 (2.2) 228,960 (2.5) 19,370 (10.1) 900,282 (2.4)
EXPORTS 788,436 (16.4) 33,141 (-6.2) 14,846 (12.1) 836,423 (15.3)
OVERSEAS
PRODUCTION*3 1,282,987 (15.2) 9,251 (-53.6) --- --- 1,292,238 (14.0)
WORLDWIDE
PRODUCTION*4 2,726,043 (11.0) 263,542 (-3.2) 33,085 (12.0) 3,022,670 (9.6)
*1 CBU and KD (Japan line-off basis)
*2 Includes vehicles produced overseas
*3 Excludes KD (local line-off basis)
*4 Includes production in Japan along with overseas production
About Toyota Motor Corporation Toyota Motor Corporation (TSE: 7203; NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : TM) develops and manufactures vehicles, and is one of the largest car manufacturers in the world, offering a wide range of products from minivehicles to trucks. In addition to its core business, Toyota has a large business portfolio in financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , including sales finance, vehicle insurance, and credit cards. It is also involved in telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. through a subsidiary that provides cellular services in Japan. Other diversified diversified (di·verˑ·s businesses include industrial equipment, prefabricated pre·fab·ri·cate tr.v. pre·fab·ri·cat·ed, pre·fab·ri·cat·ing, pre·fab·ri·cates 1. To manufacture (a building or section of a building, for example) in advance, especially in standard sections that can be easily shipped and housing, and leisure boats. The company is headquartered in Aichi Aichi (ī`chē), prefecture (1990 pop. 6,690,440), 1,962 sq mi (5,082 sq km), central Honshu, Japan. Bounded on the S and W by Ise Bay, Aichi consists of a coastal plain (the Nobi Plain) and a mountainous, forested interior. , Japan. Fot more information, please visit www.toyota.co.jp/en/index.html. Source: Toyota Motor Corporation Contact: Toyota Motor Corporation Public Relations Department http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/index_company.html Copyright [c] 2006 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. A division of Japan Corporate News Network K.K. |
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