August 28, 2013: July was a special month in the history of Honda Motor Co. The Japanese carmaker produced 122,178 vehicles in its plants in Asia, and produced the highest ever volume of 93,262 vehicles for the month of July in the USA. What is also noteworthy is that production in its home market – Japan – continues to slide year-on-year for the eight consecutive month. In contrast, production levels in Asia grew year-on-year for the 18th consecutive month.
Worldwide production, though, dropped year-on-year for three months in a row, reflecting the tough business conditions in various markets. Exports from Japan also fell year-on-year for the 13th month in July.
* Record high for the month of July
*1 Record high for the month of July
*2 Record high for any month
Honda’s automobile sales in the Japanese market for the month of July 2013 experienced a year-on-year decrease for the seventh consecutive month (since January 2013).
New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 12th consecutive month (since August 2012).
Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year increase for the 19th consecutive month (since January 2012).
Vehicle registrations - excluding mini-vehicles
Fit was the industry’s fourth best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of July 2013 with sales of 11,553 units. Step WGN was the industry’s ninth best-selling car with sales of 6,715 units.
Mini-vehicles - under 660cc
N BOX was the industry’s second best-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of July 2013 with sales of 19,736 units. N-ONE was the industry’s ninth best selling car with sales of 9,030 units.