THE MOTOR INDUSTRY OF JAPAN 2019

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● MOTOR VEHICLES IN USE (at end of every calendar year)● TRENDS IN MOTOR VEHICLES IN USEx 1 million units● MOTOR VEHICLES IN USE BY TYPE 　 AT END OF 2018In vehicle unitsTrucks14,296,113(18.3%)Small3,506,007(4.5%)Mini8,407,229(10.7%)Special-Purpose Vehicles1,734,185 (2.2%)Passenger Cars77,374207,511472,314711,9141,784,5947,874,18913,942,62616,634,52916,688,64516,890,40217,039,68417,294,02117,509,10317,714,35217,935,86118,357,73418,799,71319,198,666197019751980198519901995200020052009201020112012201320142015201620172018Motor VehiclesMotor Vehicles in Use and Motor Vehicle Density 080706050403020102009Year101112131415161718Total78,289,437(100%)Mini22,444,053(28.7%)Small20,383,197(26.0%)Standard19,198,666(24.5%)Standard2,382,877(3.1%)Buses233,223(0.3%)Passenger Cars62,025,916(79.2%)Standard6,457,18114,417,68021,011,09625,116,17930,554,65231,030,46228,593,49126,254,54623,919,01923,470,00323,143,89222,868,74922,435,83521,974,74121,547,28221,195,62120,842,55820,383,197Small2,244,4172,611,1302,176,1102,016,4872,584,9265,775,3869,901,25814,201,71417,412,18917,986,98218,486,73819,258,23920,090,35920,978,42421,504,19921,850,27522,160,84722,444,053Mini8,778,97217,236,32123,659,52027,844,58034,924,17244,680,03752,437,37557,090,78958,019,85358,347,38758,670,31459,421,00960,035,29760,667,51760,987,34261,403,63061,803,11862,025,916Subtotal126.6108.7104.4102.6107.1104.7102.5102.0100.3100.6100.6101.3101.0101.1100.5100.7100.7100.4Chg. (%)Trucks798,2561,158,4651,494,4641,668,8522,176,4882,574,4332,596,4212,474,3782,319,6122,281,7112,266,4202,266,8362,270,8122,294,4492,316,2082,337,2302,356,2792,382,877Standard4,478,4866,100,2067,155,2216,679,6656,609,5366,213,4055,474,6604,594,3633,952,5343,825,6323,740,3613,672,6493,614,9253,581,8843,552,3733,535,0223,516,3833,506,007Small3,005,0172,785,1824,527,7948,791,28912,535,41511,642,31110,154,4279,665,1309,288,6799,177,2828,963,6418,895,6358,818,1498,748,6538,634,6378,539,7018,448,5058,407,229Mini8,281,75910,043,85313,177,47917,139,80621,321,43920,430,14918,225,50816,733,87115,560,82515,284,62514,970,42214,835,12014,703,88614,624,98614,503,21814,411,95314,321,16714,296,113Subtotal107.198.9104.8105.5101.198.997.899.797.998.297.999.199.199.599.299.499.499.8Chg. (%)YearNotes: 1. “Special-purpose vehicles” refers to emergency vehicles, special vehicles equipped with beds, refrigerated trucks, tank trucks, tractors, bulldozers, steamrollers, snowplows, vehicles. 3. “Chg. (%)” means change from the previous year (with the previous year’s result indexed at 100).TotalPassenger CarsTrucks, Buses & Special-Purpose Vehicles(Mini-trucks)(Minicars)A Total of 78.29 Million Motor Vehicles in UseAt the end of December 2018, motor vehicles in use in Japan (excluding motorcycles) totalled 78.3 million units, a 0.3% increase over the previous year. Passenger cars in use increased 0.4% to 62.0 million units, with standard and minicars growing 2.1% and 1.3% to 19.2 million and 22.4 million units respectively, but small cars dropping 2.2% to 20.4 million units. Meanwhile, trucks in use slipped 0.2% from 2017 to 14.3 million units, and buses in use dipped 0.1% to 233,000 units. At the end of March 2018, the average service life of motor vehicles in Japan was 13.24 years for passenger cars, 14.72 years for trucks, and 17.69 years for buses.12