Japanese Domestic Sales Up in November

12/05/96

Reuters reported that the Japan Automobile Dealers' Association said that Japan's domestic vehicle sales for November compared to sales in November 1995. JADA said that 507,548 vehicles were sold in the country in November. That figure includes 35,933 imported vehicles (up 4.1%, year-on-year). November marked the third month in a row that sales rose on a year-on-year basis.

Here's JADA's November sales breakdown by vehicle type, including percentage change frpm, november 1995:

                    Nov. 1996    Percent Change
                        Sales    (year-on-year)
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Total cars            355,261   up 15.6 percent
- Cars over 2000 cc    94,228   up 17.2 percent
- Cars under 2000 cc  261,033   up 15.0 percent
Trucks                151,331   up 10.5 percent
- Heavy trucks         12,243   up 20.5 percent
- Light trucks        139,088   up  9.7 percent
Buses                     956   up  8.1 percent

Here are the November sales figures for Japan's top five auto makers:

                  Nov. 1996   Percent Change
                      Sales   (year-on-year)
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Toyota Motor        229,598  up 19.2 percent
Nissan Motor         90,607  up  0.3 percent
Honda Motor          53,497  up 47.6 percent
Mitsubishi Motors    38,249  up  0.2 percent
Mazda Motor          25,114  up  0.4 percent

Paul Dever -- The Auto Channel