Toyota announces plans to “sell 10.77 million units worldwide in 2020”

Recently the Mainichi Newspaper reported the following:

トヨタ「20年世界販売は1077万台」 計画発表

 毎日新聞 2019/12/17 19:55

　トヨタ自動車は17日、グループのダイハツ工業と日野自動車を含む2020年の世界販売を1077万台とする計画を発表した。19年見込みの1072万台を上回り、4年連続の過去最高更新と7年連続の1000万台超えを目指す。新型車の投入効果が続く中国や新型ヤリスなどを投入する欧州が好調に推移すると見込む。

　世界販売の内訳は海外が19年見込み比2％増の850万台、国内が4％減の226万台。ハイブリッド車（HV）など電動車の世界販売は20％増の231万台を見込んでいる。

　グループの世界生産も1％増の1090万台と4年連続で過去最高を計画する。海外生産が4％増の649万台、国内生産が4％減の441万台。

　一方、トヨタ単体の国内販売は4％減の156万台を計画。新型車の投入効果が落ち着くほか、消費増税の反動減の影響が限定的ながらも続くとみている。単体の国内生産は5％減の324万台となるものの、国内の雇用や研究開発の基盤を守るため必要とする300万台体制を維持する。【田口雅士】

Translation

 Mainichi Newspaper 2019/12/17 19:55

On December 17 Toyota Motor Corporation announced that it planned to sell 10.77 million units worldwide in 2020, together with its group companies Daihatsu Motor and Hino Motors. The company aimed to surpass the 10.72 million units expected in 2019 so as to achieve record highs for the fourth consecutive year and exceeding 10 million units for the seventh consecutive year. It was expected that in China the effects of the introduction of new models would continue, and in Europe with the introduction new Yaris the company would perform well.

The breakdown of global sales was that in overseas it would be 8.5 million units that was a 2% increase from 2019, and in Japan 2.26 million units that would be a 4% decrease. Global sales of electric vehicles such as hybrid vehicles (HV) were expected to increase by 20% to reach 2.31 million units.

  

The Group's global production was also expected to increase by 1% to 10.9 million units, a record high for the fourth consecutive year. Overseas production increased by 4% to 6.49 million units, while domestic production decreased by 4% to 4.41 million units.

On the other hand, domestic sale of Toyota alone was expected to decrease by 4% to 1.56 million units. The company forecast that the effects of the introduction of new models would stabilize and that the effects of the consumption tax hike would continue, albeit to a limited extent. Although domestic production of Toyota would decrease by 5% to 3.24 million units, it was still maintaining a basic level of 3 million units that was needed to protect both domestic employment and its R & D base. [Masashi Taguchi]

         So, in the coming year Toyota as a group will continue its leadership in car making globally.