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Toyota Announces Results for November 2018


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Toyota City, Japan, Dec, 26 2018 - Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces its production, domestic sales, and export results for November 2018, including those for subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. and Hino Motors, Ltd.

November 2018 Key Points (year-on-year)

Production in Japan

Toyota
- First decrease in two months

Daihatsu
- Second consecutive month of increase

Hino
- Decreased

Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
- First decrease in two months

Sales in Japan

Toyota
- Second consecutive month of increase
- Lexus vehicle sales totaled 4,136 units (27.2% decrease)
- Minivehicle sales totaled 3,043 units (16% increase)
- 48% share of market excluding minivehicles (2.4 percentage point decrease)
- 31.1% share of market including minivehicles (1.6 percentage point decrease)

Daihatsu
- Third consecutive month of increase
- Minivehicle sales totaled approximately 51,900 units (6.8% increase); third consecutive month of increase
- 32% share of minivehicle market (0.7 percentage point decrease)

Hino
- Third consecutive month of increase
- Standard truck sales totaled approximately 3,100 units (21.2% increase); third consecutive month of increase
- 41.9% share of the truck market (4.6 percentage point increase)

Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
- Second consecutive month of increase
- 44.8% share of market including minivehicles (1.8 percentage point decrease)

Exports

Toyota

- First decrease in two months; due to decreased exports to North America, Latin America, and Asia.

Daihatsu
- There were no exports for Daihatsu.

Hino
- Decreased; due to decreased exports to Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania

Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
- First decrease in two months

Production Outside of Japan

Toyota
- Second consecutive month of increase; due to increased production in Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Africa

Daihatsu
- Eleventh consecutive month of increase; due to increased production in Indonesia

Hino
- Seventeenth consecutive month of increase; due to increased production in Asia

Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
- Second consecutive month of increase


About Toyota Motor Corporation
Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) is the global mobility company that introduced the Prius hybrid-electric car in 1997 and the first mass-produced fuel cell sedan, Mirai, in 2014. Headquartered in Toyota City, Japan, Toyota has been making cars since 1937. Today, Toyota proudly employs 370,000 employees in communities around the world. Together, they build around 10 million vehicles per year in 29 countries, from mainstream cars and premium vehicles to mini-vehicles and commercial trucks, and sell them in more than 170 countries under the brands Toyota, Lexus, Daihatsu and Hino. For more information, please visit www.toyota-global.com.