Toyota released a record result for November. Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi / Getty Images
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Who would have measured? With a new strain of the virus causing concern around the globe, and American political fighting stopping millions from receiving much – needed motivational studies, Toyota announced this week that its global production for November rose 7% from this time last year to 828,066 units indicating vulnerability to the adverse effects of the pandemic.
According to Toyota, strong demand from China, up about 48.5%, led to higher production for the third consecutive month, while other Japanese manufacturers recorded falling numbers.
With sales up 1.8%, Toyota sold 852,213 vehicles worldwide, a record for the month of November. This result is directly due to strong sales of its RAV4 SUV and Lexus models in China coupled with strong demand for the new Harrier crossover and Yaris review in Japan.
Even with strong sales of its biggest retailer, the Rogue crossover, Nissan’s production fell 5.6% for the 14th straight month of breakout as it has shifted its focus to profit from sales volume.
Like Toyota, Honda, which launched the new compact Fit and its first ultra-clean EV this year – the Honda saw it – slightly improved, raising its global output by 11.4% last month, with strong demand in China.
As part of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, Mitsubishi has announced the launch of a new Eclipse Cross this year and which will feature an all-new Outlander SUV next spring fall of 25.7%.
Global sales of one of the eight Japanese manufacturers fell 3.6% in November from a year earlier to 2.24 million cars.
Hopefully they will return to normal once the vaccine has passed a wide cross-section of Japan’s population by mid-2021 and a full crop of all-new electric vehicles and sports cars will be produced by manufacturers. home of the country at the next October Tokyo Motor Show, 2021 looks tough stronger.