For Immediate Release
February 26, 2003
New Year Sees Increase in Domestic Sales
Tokyo—TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) today announced the production, domestic sales and export results of TMC and subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. and Hino Motors, Ltd. for January 2003.
JANUARY 2003 RESULTS
[Unit = 1 vehicle]
  Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total
DOMESTIC
PRODUCTION		                
Passenger cars 264,400 (7.9) 36,522 (-9.2) - - 300,922 (5.5)
Trucks & buses 34,956 (23.0) 16,096 (20.5) 5,482 (15.4) 56,534 (21.5)
Total 299,356 (9.5) 52,618 (-1.8) 5,482 (15.4) 357,456 (7.7)
DOMESTIC
SALES		                
Passenger cars 67,993 (3.7) 29,122 (7.2) - - 97,115 (4.8)
Trucks & buses 40,088 (0.2) 9,650 (2.3) 1,886 (22.6) 51,624 (1.3)
Total 108,081 (2.4) 38,772 (6.0) 1,886 (22.6) 148,739 (3.5)
EXPORTS                
Passenger cars 143,758 (26.9) 3,077 (-2.9) - - 146,835 (26.1)
Trucks & buses 16,440 (1.1) 865 (-5.2) 2,121 (78.8) 19,426 (5.8)
Total 160,198 (23.7) 3,942 (-3.4) 2,121 (78.8) 166,261 (23.3)
OVERSEAS
PRODUCTION		 179,643 (17.7) 1,560 (31.4) - - 181,203 (17.8)
WORLDWIDE
PRODUCTION		 478,999 (12.4) 54,178 (-1.1) 5,482 (15.4) 538,659 (10.9)
Notes:
  1. Domestic production: CBU + KD (on a domestic line-off base)
  2. Domestic sales: includes vehicles produced overseas
  3. Overseas production: overseas production excluding KD (on a local line-off base)
  4. Worldwide production: domestic production + overseas production
  5. Figures in parentheses show year-on-year percentage change


January 2003 Highlights (year-on-year)
DOMESTIC PRODUCTION

Toyota
  • Fifth consecutive month of increase
Daihatsu
  • Fourth consecutive month of decrease
Hino
  • First increase in two months
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Fifth consecutive month of increase
DOMESTIC SALES

Toyota
  • First increase in two months
  • 41.6% share of market excluding minivehicles
Daihatsu
  • First increase in eighteen months
  • 31.7% share of the minivehicle market
Hino
  • First increase in two months
  • 26.6% share of the truck market
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First increase in two months
  • 39.1% share of market including minivehicles
EXPORTS

Toyota
  • Fifth consecutive month of increase due to increased exports mainly to North America, Asia and Oceania
Daihatsu
  • First decrease in four months due to decreased exports to Asia despite increased exports to Oceania, the Middle East and Europe.
Hino
  • Twelfth consecutive month of increase due to increased exports mainly to North America, Oceania and Asia
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Fifth consecutive month of increase
OVERSEAS PRODUCTION

Toyota
  • Thirteenth consecutive month of increase due to increased production mainly in Asia, North America and South Africa
Daihatsu
  • First increase in three months due to increased production mainly in Indonesia
Toyota + Daihatsu
  • Thirteenth consecutive month of increase

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