Japan January car sales plunge 19.9% yoy
Japan’s industrywide auto sales, including 660cc minivehicles, fell 19.9% in January from a year earlier to 301,707 vehicles, industry data showed on Monday.
A breakdown of domestic vehicle sales data follows, with year-on-year percentage changes in parentheses.
A model poses inside Toyota Motor Co.'s custom vehicle, the iQ White Falcon Modellista concept car, displayed at Tokyo Auto Salon 2009 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, east of Tokyo January 9, 2009. (Reuters)
JANUARY 2009 2008 Total 301,707 (-19.9) 376,633 (+1.4) Registered vehicles 174,281 (-27.9) 241,629 (+3.7) Minivehicles 127,426 (-5.6) 135,004 (-2.4) Sources: Ordinary vehicle data provided by the Japan Automobile Dealers Association. Minivehicle data provided by the Japan Mini Vehicle Association. Monthly data are sometimes revised.
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