- In the first half of 2015, Japanese car production (PC + LUVs) in Japan declined by 9% to 4.6 million units. This decline is mainly due to the decline of the Japanese market (-11%) which accounts for large part of the local production (55% of total volume in 2015). So there has been a clear slowdown in production after three years during which the country significantly exceeded nine million units.

- Over the whole 2015 year, it is likely that it will fall to around 8.5 million units produced, a figure almost equivalent to that experienced in 2011. In the first half of 2015, the production of passenger cars Japan was down 10.4% (3.9 million units) while that of light utility vehicles was down only 0.8% (0.7 million units).

- The Toyota group, traditionally the first automobile manufacturer in Japan, is still well ahead of all its competitors but is down by 7% to 2.04 million units over this period. In second position, Nissan (+ 5% reaching 492 000 units) is one of the few manufacturers to see its production increase in Japan this year. Suzuki follows closely behind Nissan (-10% to 491 000 units), ahead of Mazda (-6% to 458 000 units), Subaru (up 3% to 346 000 units) and Honda (-37% to 330 000 units) that suffers most from the current environment. Mitsubishi (-18% to 317 000 units) and Isuzu (stable at 134 000 units) remain dead last.

- By model, the Toyota Land Cruiser / Land Cruiser Prado (Lexus LX / GX) are the vehicles the most produced in Japan over this period (180,000 units), ahead of the Toyota RAV4 (158 000 units), Toyota Prius C (147 000 units) and Toyota Prius (144 000 units).

  

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