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Japan August 2022: Suzuki (+7.1%) up to #2, Mitsubishi (+33%), Mazda (+18.4%) shine in market off -9.3%

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Suzuki Alto sales are up 40.6% year-on-year in August.

New vehicle sales in Japan drop -9.3% year-on-year in August to 290,042 units as parts shortage continue to hamper production. The year-to-date volume is off -13.8% to 2,725,555 sales. Toyota (-26.4%) continues to suffer from supply issues and endures the largest year-on-year drop in the Top 8. Its market share is at 27.4% vs. 30% so far this year. Suzuki (+7.1%) posts a solid gain to climb to #2, a ranking it now also holds year-to-date. Daihatsu (-5%) and Honda (-7.3%) are both in negative but manage to contain their loss below the market rate. Below, Nissan (+8.6%), Mazda (+18.4%), Subaru (+12.2%) and Mitsubishi (+33%) all score fantastic lifts. Mercedes (-13.5%) remains the most popular foreign carmaker at #10, it distances Volkswagen (-17.1%) at #13 and BMW (-6.5%) at #15. Land Rover (+74.6%), Ferrari (+48.5%), Renault (+24.3%) and Volvo (+12.8%) all manage double-digit upticks.

First Top 50 appearance for the Mazda CX-60.

Looking at the regular cars ranking, the Toyota Yaris/Yaris Cross (-24%) easily retains the top spot despite a hefty fall. The Nissan Note (+10%) exchange positions with the Toyota Corolla/Corolla Cross (+3.2%) to rank #2 overall. The Nissan Serena (+22.6%) and Honda StepWGN (+58.7%) sport fantastic lifts in the remainder of the Top 10 just as the Toyota Aqua (-52.8%) and Toyota Roomy (-52.4%) implode. Below, Suzuki Solio (+29.6%), Toyota Land Cruiser W (+12%), Mazda CX-5 (+113.2%), Nissan X-Trail (+162.3%), Mitsubishi Outlander (+2390.8%) and Subaru Forester (+28.2%) make themselves noticed. The Mazda CX-60 makes its first appearance within the Japanese Top 50 at #50.

The Nissan Sakura is now among the Top 10 kei cars in Japan.

In the kei car aisle, the Honda N-BOX (-15.9%) and Suzuki Spacia (-27.4%) both suffer, note the N-BOX is vastly outsold by the Yaris/Yaris Cross this month. The Daihatsu Move (-4.3%) is down one spot on July to #3, ahead of the Suzuki Wagon R (+5.3%) and Daihatsu Tanto (-37.7%). The Suzuki Alto (+40.6%) scores by far the largest rise in the Top 10 with the Nissan Roox (+3.9%) also in positive. The Nissan Sakura BEV breaks into the Top 10 at #10, an excellent start for a BEV in Japan. The Suzuki Jimny (+84.7%), Mazda Flair Crossover (+70.8%) and Subaru Chiffon (+65.3%) are also in great shape below.

Previous month: Japan July 2022: Mitsubishi (+70.4%), Subaru (+34.8%) impress in first single-digit market drop in almost a year (-7.4%)

One year ago: Japan August 2021: Toyota (+6%) again ignores negative market (-2.1%), Aqua up to #3

Full August 2022 Top 55 all brands, Top 50 regular cars and Top 35 all kei cars below.

Japan August 2022 – brands:

Pos Brand Aug-22 % /21 Jul 2022 % /21 Pos FY21
1 Toyota 79,529 27.4% -26.4% 1 818,394 30.0% -20.4% 1 1
2 Suzuki 44,289 15.3% 7.1% 3 382,031 14.0% -11.4% 2 2
3 Daihatsu 38,170 13.2% -5.0% 4 354,688 13.0% -13.3% 4 4
4 Honda 37,692 13.0% -7.3% 2 378,942 13.9% -7.4% 3 3
5 Nissan 33,335 11.5% 8.6% 5 302,574 11.1% -4.1% 5 5
6 Mazda 12,355 4.3% 18.4% 6 106,164 3.9% -5.3% 6 6
7 Subaru 7,785 2.7% 12.2% 7 64,587 2.4% -11.5% 7 7
8 Mitsubishi 7,173 2.5% 33.0% 8 60,914 2.2% 12.1% 8 8
9 Isuzu 3,608 1.2% -33.0% 10 25,589 0.9% -44.4% 12 9
10 Mercedes 3,224 1.1% -13.5% 11 30,922 1.1% -12.9% 10 11
11 Lexus 3,224 1.1% -8.1% 9 28,135 1.0% -27.0% 11 12
12 Hino 3,063 1.1% -38.7% 12 31,439 1.2% -21.3% 9 10
13 Volkswagen 2,498 0.9% -17.1% 14 19,464 0.7% -16.7% 13 14
14 Mitsubishi Fuso 2,201 0.8% -19.2% 15 17,098 0.6% -25.8% 15 15
15 BMW 2,187 0.8% -6.5% 13 18,521 0.7% -22.5% 14 13
16 Audi 1,813 0.6% 8.6% 16 13,120 0.5% -20.5% 16 16
17 Mini 1,522 0.5% 9.3% 17 11,903 0.4% -1.2% 17 17
18 Volvo 1,209 0.4% 12.8% 20 10,304 0.4% -5.7% 18 18
19 Renault 721 0.2% 24.3% 19 5,618 0.2% 1.3% 21 22
20 Jeep 676 0.2% -32.2% 18 6,804 0.2% -27.3% 19 19
21 UD Trucks 670 0.2% -13.5% 22 5,804 0.2% 2.2% 20 21
22 Peugeot 585 0.2% -6.3% 21 5,340 0.2% -41.6% 22 20
23 Land Rover 433 0.1% 74.6% 26 2,870 0.1% -15.3% 26 26
24 Porsche 399 0.1% -23.4% 23 4,779 0.2% -2.4% 23 23
25 Citroen 227 0.1% 3.7% 25 3,121 0.1% -26.1% 25 25
26 Fiat 190 0.1% -66.7% 24 3,971 0.1% -10.5% 24 24
27 Ferrari 147 0.1% 48.5% 27 1,028 0.0% 34.4% 29 29
28 Abarth 89 0.0% -36.0% 28 1,858 0.1% 14.7% 27 27
29 Hyundai 76 0.0% 3700.0% 34 224 0.0% ##### 40 47
30 Maserati 72 0.0% 26.3% 35 765 0.0% 18.6% 30 30
31 DS 72 0.0% 67.4% 39 456 0.0% -23.9% 34 32
32 Alfa Romeo 65 0.0% -66.8% 30 1,062 0.0% -31.8% 28 28
33 Lamborghini 65 0.0% 75.7% 31 421 0.0% 24.6% 35 38
34 Cadillac 57 0.0% -9.5% 33 548 0.0% 6.8% 32 34
35 Bentley 56 0.0% -12.5% 29 406 0.0% -5.4% 36 37
36 Chevrolet 46 0.0% -33.3% 32 462 0.0% -6.1% 33 33
37 Ford 38 0.0% -26.9% 42 307 0.0% -28.9% 38 35
38 Jaguar 37 0.0% -49.3% 41 636 0.0% -15.9% 31 31
39 Dodge 37 0.0% -32.7% 38 331 0.0% -20.4% 37 36
40 Opel 32 0.0% n/a  – 32 0.0% ##### 47 56
41 Scania 29 0.0% 45.0% 36 215 0.0% 2.9% 41 41
42 Rolls-Royce 27 0.0% 92.9% 43 178 0.0% 21.1% 43 43
43 Alpina 24 0.0% -20.0% 40 198 0.0% -11.2% 42 40
44 Aston Martin 19 0.0% -17.4% 37 252 0.0% -13.7% 39 39
45 McLaren 15 0.0% -6.3% 44 91 0.0% -29.5% 45 44
46 GMC 7 0.0% 0.0% 47 34 0.0% -46.0% 46 45
47 Lotus 5 0.0% -85.7% 45 166 0.0% -15.3% 44 42
48 Chrysler 2 0.0% 0.0%  – 16 0.0% 33.3% 49 49
49 Pontiac 2 0.0% 100.0% 48 14 0.0% 250.0% 50 53
50 Buick 1 0.0% n/a 50 8 0.0% 14.3% 51 51
51 BYD 1 0.0% new 46 6 0.0% new 53  –
52 Morgan 0 0.0% -100.0%  – 17 0.0% -5.6% 48 48
53 MG 0 0.0% -100.0% 49 8 0.0% 60.0% 52 52
54 Lancia 0 0.0% -100.0%  – 5 0.0% -16.7% 54 50
55 Bugatti 0 0.0% n/a  – 3 0.0% -25.0% 55 55
56 Smart 0 0.0% n/a  – 1 0.0% -66.7% 56 57
 – Others  243 0.1% -54.7%  – 2,798 0.1% -4.7%  –  –

Japan August 2022 – regular cars:

Pos Model Aug-22 /21 Jul 2022 /21 Pos FY21
1 Toyota Yaris/Cross 14,041 -24.0% 1 114,300 -28.9% 1 1
2 Nissan Note 7,871 10.0% 3 73,190 20.6% 4 5
3 Toyota Corolla/Cross 7,334 3.2% 2 91,376 30.1% 2 3
4 Toyota Raize 5,733 -3.2% 7 57,230 -6.8% 5 6
5 Nissan Serena 5,275 22.6% 6 39,528 -5.7% 10 11
6 Honda Freed 5,199 0.0% 9 54,488 16.5% 6 10
7 Honda Fit 5,148 24.9% 5 41,227 5.4% 8 12
8 Toyota Roomy 4,924 -52.4% 4 78,582 -23.4% 3 2
9 Honda StepWGN 4,614 58.7% 8 22,735 -14.7% 19 19
10 Toyota Aqua 4,456 -52.8% 10 43,767 16.8% 7 8
11 Toyota Noah 3,766 22.3% 11 32,418 -0.8% 11 18
12 Suzuki Solio 3,680 29.6% 15 24,428 -27.8% 16 17
13 Honda Vezel 3,514 -20.2% 12 31,866 -0.7% 12 14
14 Toyota Voxy 3,370 -20.6% 13 30,013 -42.0% 14 9
15 Toyota Harrier 3,271 -34.4% 31 27,201 -54.7% 15 7
16 Toyota Land Cruiser W 2,869 12.0% 14 23,055 -2.9% 18 21
17 Toyota Sienta 2,796 -16.6% 28 30,883 -25.2% 13 13
18 Mazda CX-5 2,618 113.2% 25 20,365 34.3% 21 28
19 Toyota Passo 2,253 -4.6% 17 23,286 -3.8% 17 22
20 Mazda2 2,167 -15.6% 19 16,726 -4.1% 25 25
21 Nissan X-Trail 2,151 162.3% 22 9,663 6.4% 36 42
22 Toyota Alphard 2,133 -67.1% 16 40,017 -44.6% 9 4
23 Subaru Levorg 1,986 8.8% 29 8,523 -60.3% 40 24
24 Toyota RAV4 1,964 -48.7% 18 20,184 -45.9% 22 15
25 Toyota Prius 1,936 -49.0% 24 22,612 -35.8% 20 16
26 Suzuki Swift 1,816 78.0% 27 17,345 23.3% 23 26
27 Mitsubishi Outlander 1,619 2390.8% 20 12,834 985.8% 29 n/a
28 Daihatsu Rocky 1,578 4.7% 26 14,642 0.9% 26 30
29 Subaru Forester 1,495 28.2% 21 16,743 15.5% 24 27
30 Subaru Impreza 1,329 -38.2% 30 14,182 -30.0% 27 23
31 Mitsubishi Delica D5 1,318 -8.3% 35 10,856 7.0% 31 36
32 Mazda CX-30 1,211 59.3% 23 11,748 -13.9% 30 32
33 Nissan Leaf 1,142 -10.9% 33 9,033 41.6% 38 43
34 Honda Shuttle 1,076 27.5% 32 10,389 6.1% 33 39
35 Suzuki Xbee 1,015 44.6% 47 7,842 -19.7% 42 41
36 Mazda CX-8 986 27.9% 40 9,158 -28.3% 37 34
37 Toyota C-HR 916 -29.8% 45 8,780 -35.2% 39 33
38 Suzuki Jimny Wagon 899 62.6% 43 10,483 5.4% 32 38
39 Mazda MX-5 (Roadster) 899 51.9% 42 6,648 n/a 45 n/a
40 Daihatsu Thor 864 -13.3% 38 7,438 -29.2% 43 37
41 Mazda3 810 -9.0% 34 9,971 -12.5% 35 35
42 Toyota 86 793 n/a 39 10,362 544.8% 34 n/a
43 Subaru Legacy 777 n/a 36 6,765 1406.7% 44 n/a
44 Toyota Hiace W 731 16.2% 41 5,937 -0.8% n/a 47
45 Honda Civic 714 6.4% 46 5,689 #VALUE! n/a 48
46 Lexus IS300H 646 97.6% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
47 Nissan Kicks 601 -72.1% 37 14,135 -46.0% 28 20
48 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross 574 33.2% 48 5,913 -6.6% n/a 45
49 Subaru WRX 529 n/a 50 n/a n/a n/a n/a
50 Mazda CX-60 514 new n/a n/a new n/a  –

Japan August 2022 – kei cars:

Pos Model Aug-22 /21 Jul 2022 /21 Pos FY21
1 Honda N-BOX 11,130 -15.9% 1 132,183 -6.1% 1 1
2 Suzuki Spacia 6,751 -27.4% 3 62,911 -36.4% 2 2
3 Daihatsu Move 6,601 -4.3% 2 57,772 -21.5% 3 4
4 Suzuki WagonR 5,514 5.3% 4 52,009 35.8% 5 7
5 Daihatsu Tanto 5,119 -37.7% 5 55,792 -34.6% 4 3
6 Nissan Roox 4,926 3.9% 6 48,474 -17.4% 6 5
7 Suzuki Alto 4,803 40.6% 9 43,679 -0.8% 8 10
8 Suzuki Hustler 4,733 -34.7% 8 44,443 -27.3% 7 6
9 Daihatsu Taft 3,809 -22.1% 7 38,106 -10.6% 10 9
10 Nissan Sakura 3,523 new 13 8,695 new 20  –
11 Suzuki Jimny 3,347 84.7% 12 28,550 11.7% 13 13
12 Daihatsu Mira 3,318 -26.5% 14 40,806 -12.5% 9 8
13 Honda N-WGN 2,474 -27.0% 11 28,664 -17.6% 12 12
14 Nissan Dayz 2,203 -15.1% 10 33,612 -9.8% 11 11
15 Mitsubishi eK 1,847 -18.4% 16 18,707 -21.3% 14 14
16 Toyota Pixis 1,746 -0.7% 15 13,197 -5.2% 16 16
17 Suzuki Every Wagon 1,280 -1.7% 20 9,468 -23.4% 18 18
18 Daihatsu Cast 1,274 -0.4% 18 9,929 -18.4% 17 17
19 Daihatsu Wake 787 -33.5% 19 8,813 -24.8% 19 19
20 Mazda Flair Wagon 773 -22.4% 21 5,964 -22.3% 21 20
21 Mitsubishi eK Cross EV 597 new 22 1,575 new 31  –
22 Honda N-ONE 594 -44.8% 17 13,282 -22.8% 15 15
23 Mazda Flair Crossover 386 70.8% 25 3,592 2.5% 22 21
24 Subaru Chiffon 314 65.3% 24 2,645 -13.3% 25 26
25 Mazda Carol 307 46.2% 29 2,089 -23.4% 29 27
26 Nissan NV100 Clipper Rio 305 11.3% 28 2,739 -3.2% 24 25
27 Subaru Stella 291 77.4% 26 2,208 -11.5% 28 30
28 Daihatsu Copen 283 13.7% 23 2,957 35.3% 23 28
29 Subaru Pleo 278 12.6% 31 1,954 -24.9% 30 29
30 Toyota Copen GR Sport 151 73.6% 30 1,361 42.7% 32 31
31 Mazda Flair   135 -41.0% 27 2,632 -9.5% 26 22
32 Mazda Scrum Wagon 103 -1.9% 33 828 -8.3% 34 32
33 Toyota C+POD 79 -13.2% 32 955 372.8% 33 33
34 Mitsubishi Town Box 42 -17.6% 34 351 0.6% 35 34
35 Honda S660 3 -99.0% 35 2,376 3.2% 27 24
36 Daihatsu Atrai Wagon 0 -100.0%  – 42 -98.7% 36 23

Sources: JADA, JMVA, JAIA

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