January 27, 2012 - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the calendar year 2011 as well as for the month of December 2011.

Worldwide Production
Calendar Year 2011
(Jan.-Dec.) 		December 2011
Units vs.'10 Units vs.'10
Japan 710,621 -28.4% 92,663 +10.8%
Outside of Japan 2,198,395 -17.1% 188,559 -7.6%
Worldwide Total 2,909,016 -20.2% 281,222 -2.3%
Production Outside of Japan
Calendar Year 2011
(Jan.-Dec.) 		December 2011
Units vs.'10 Units vs.'10
North America 1,103,127 -14.3% 104,181* +18.1%
(USA) 823,650 -13.7% 75,506* +8.9%

* Record high for month of December

Calendar Year of 2011

Production in Japan, production in regions outside of Japan and worldwide production experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in two years (since 2009).

December 2011

Production in Japan for the month of December 2011 experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in two months (since October 2011).

Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the third consecutive month (since October 2011) despite all-time December record for production in North America, USA and China.

Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive month (since November 2011).

Japan Market Sales
Vehicle type Calendar Year 2011
(Jan.-Dec.) 		December 2011
Units vs.'10 Units vs.'10
Registrations 378,472 -22.2% 30,937 +6.3%
Mini-Vehicles 125,018 -22.1% 10,516 -18.0%
Honda Brand Total 503,490 -22.2% 41,453 -1.1%
Calendar Year of 2011

Total domestic auto sales including new vehicle registrations in calendar year 2011 experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in four years (since 2007).

Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year decrease for the fifth consecutive year (since 2007).


Fit was the industry's second best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for calendar year 2011 with sales of 207,885 units. Freed was the industry's sixth best-selling car with sales of 67,736 units.


Life was the industry's sixth best-selling car among mini-vehicles for calendar year 2011, with sales of 67,582 units.

December 2011

Total Japan domestic market auto sales for the month of December 2011 experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive month (since November 2011).

New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year increase for the fourth consecutive month (since September 2011).

Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive month (since November 2011).


Fit was the industry's second best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of December 2011 with sales of 15,252 units. Freed was the industry's third best-selling car with sales of 7,817 units. Step WGN was the industry's eighth best-selling car with sales of 4,346 units.

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