Honda Motor Co Ltd : Honda Sets All-Time Calendar Year Production Records for Automobile Production Worldwide, Overseas, and in North America

January 28, 2013 - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the calendar year 2012 as well as for the month of December 2012.

Production in Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in two years (since 2010).

Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in two years (since 2010), setting an all-time record for calendar year production.

Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in two years (since 2010), setting an all-time record for calendar year production.

Honda sets all-time records for calendar year production in both North America and the United States.

Production in Japan for the month of December 2012 experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in two months (since October 2012).

Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the 11th consecutive month (since February 2012), setting record high production for the month of December. This includes record high production in both North America and the United States.

Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year increase for the 12th consecutive month (since January 2012).

Total domestic automobile sales and new vehicle registrations in the calendar year 2012 experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in two years (since 2010).

Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in six years (since 2006).

Fit was the industry's third best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the calendar year 2012, with sales of 209,281 units. Freed was the industry's fourth best-selling car with sales of 106,316 units. Step WGN was the industry's ninth best-selling car with sales of 63,707 units.

N BOX was the industry's second best-selling car among mini-vehicles for the calendar year 2012, with sales of 211,162 units. Life was the industry's 10th best-selling car with sales of 43,934 units.

Total Japan domestic market automobile sales for the month of December 2012 experienced a year-on-year increase for the second consecutive month (since November 2012).

New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the fifth consecutive month (since August 2012).

Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year increase for the 12th consecutive month (since January 2012).

Fit was the industry's fourth best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of December 2012 with sales of 8,380 units. Freed was the industry's sixth best-selling car with sales of 4,910 units. Step WGN was the industry's tenth best-selling car with sales of 3,463 units.

N BOX was the industry's top selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of December 2012 with sales of 13,647 units. N-ONE was the industry's sixth best-selling car with sales of 8,314 units.

Total exports from Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive year (since 2011).

Total exports from Japan in December 2012 experienced a year-on-year decrease for the sixth consecutive month (since July 2012).