JAMA UPDATE NEWS: Small & Mini-Sized Truck Market
Trends / Assisted-Mobility Vehicle Sales
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July 15, 2009
UPDATE 1: Small and Mini-Sized Truck Market Trends
UPDATE 2: Assisted-Mobility Vehicle Sales in Japan in Fiscal 2008
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UPDATE 1: Press Release (April 8, 2009)
Small and Mini-Sized Truck Market Trends
Summary of Results of JAMA's Fiscal 2008 Survey
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The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association has released
the results of its small and mini-sized truck market survey
conducted in fiscal 2008 (ending March 31, 2009).
This survey is conducted once every two years to monitor
shifts in demand structure by tracking such factors as periods
of ownership, purchases, and patterns of use. Also taken
into consideration in this survey were the impact on users of
new (or newly revised) laws and ordinances pertaining to motor
vehicles as well as such background social factors as Japan's
rapidly aging population.
And more...
Read the full story at;
[ http://www.jama-english.jp/release/release/2009/090408-3.html ]
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UPDATE 2: Statistics (April 30, 2009)
Assisted-Mobility Vehicle Sales in Japan in Fiscal 2008:
A Small Decline in Sales from Previous Year in All Three
Categories
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Sales of assisted-mobility vehicles in Japan during fiscal
year 2008 (ending March 31, 2009) totalled 35,022 units, a
dip of 4.9% from the previous year.
The needs of Japan's aging population and social welfare
programs have helped to underscore the usefulness and
convenience of assisted-mobility vehicles, and automakers
have responded to users' various requirements with increasingly
diversified product development. The success of their efforts
is attested to by the essentially stable demand in this segment,
against a backdrop of stagnant demand in the domestic auto
market overall.
And more...
Read the full story at;
[ http://www.jama-english.jp/statistics/assisted_mobility/2008/090430.html ]
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