Honda Sets Monthly Records for Automobile Production Worldwide and Overseas

Tokyo, Japan, August 29, 2019 (JCN Newswire) - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the month of July 2019.

Worldwide Production                                         July 2019             Year-to-Date Total
            (Jan.-Jul. 2019)                               Units             vs.'18             Units             vs.'18                               Japan             79,415　             +1.5%             552,288             +11.3%                               Outside of Japan             350,221 *             +2.2%             2,569,523             -1.4%                               Worldwide Total              429,636 *             +2.0%             3,121,811             +0.6%              
Production Outside of Japan                                         July 2019             Year-to-Date Total
            (Jan.-Jul. 2019)                               Units             vs.'18             Units             vs.'18                               North America             135,913　              +39.2%             1,110,263             +3.5%                               (USA)             91,011　              +34.7%             743,651             +4.7%                               Europe             10,031　              -30.2%             67,799             -32.6%                               Asia             195,073　              -11.0%             1,296,263             -2.0%                               (China)             138,260　              -2.7%             881,439              +2.0%                               Others             9,204　              -20.0%             95,198             -13.3%                               Overseas Total             350,221 *             +2.2%             2,569,523             -1.4%              
Production in Japan for the month of July 2019 experienced a year-on-year increase for the fourth consecutive month (since April 2019).

Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in two months (since May 2019), setting record high production for the month of July.

Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in two months (since May 2019), setting record high production for the month of July.

Sales in the Japanese Market                           Vehicle type             July 2019             Year-to-Date Total
            (Jan. - Jul. 2019)                               Units             vs.'18             Units             vs.'18                               Registrations             34,949
                         +13.8%             238,322             +3.7%                               Mini-Vehicles             31,078             +3.1%             231,031             +6.6%                               Honda Brand Total             66,027
           
                         +8.5%             469,353             +5.1%              
Total domestic automobile sales in the Japanese market for the month of July 2019 experienced a year-on-year increase for the fourth consecutive month (since April 2019).

New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year increase for the fourth consecutive month (since April 2019).

Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year increase for the fourth consecutive month (since April 2019).

(Vehicle registrations - excluding mini-vehicles)
FIT was the industry's ninth best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of July 2019 with sales of 8,663 units.

(Mini-vehicles - under 660cc)
N-BOX was the industry's top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of July 2019 with sales of 24,050 units.

Exports from Japan
                                        July 2019             Year-to-Date Total
            (Jan. - Jul. 2019)                               Units             vs.'18             Units             vs.'18                               North America             895             -84.8%             24,065             -46.9%                               (USA)             872             -85.1%             23,360             -47.9%                               Europe             9,543             +2.5%             50,564             +104.4%                               Asia             670             +7.9%             6,994             -5.7%                               Others             1,041             +118.7%             5,864             +5.3%                               Total             12,149             -25.5%             87,487             +5.4%              
Total exports from Japan in July 2019 experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive month (since June 2019).


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