Since the resumption of normal operation in March, major vehicle enterprises have accelerated the recovery of production capacity and the operation of sales business to make up for the loss of performance during the epidemic. Toyota, Honda and Mazda, the Japanese carmakers, took the lead in releasing March sales data, a drop that was sharply smaller than the one hit hard by the new crown epidemic last month.
Toyota's sales of new vehicles in China in March were 101800, down 15.9% from the same period last year. Toyota is the Japanese car company with the lowest decline, and it is also the car company whose sales volume recovered to 100000 + in the first month.
In March, all Toyota factories in China resumed production, and sales of all models including the high-end car brand "Lexus" were gradually recovering.
By comparison, Toyota's sales in China in January were 145300, down 1.2% year-on-year, and 70.2% in February.
There is no specific model sales data for the moment, but Asian dragon, the new RAV4 Rongfang and leiling / corolla will be the key models for Toyota to recover its performance. All Lexus models are imported from Japan, but some Toyota factories in Japan have suspended production since April, including the ES, UX, NX, RX and other models imported to the Chinese market are affected, which is expected to further reduce sales in April.
During the year, Toyota will launch new hanlanda, c-hr / Yize pure electric version, new weichi, RAV4 Rongfang plug-in hybrid version and other models, while GAC Toyota willanda has been listed at the end of February.
Honda's terminal sales in China in March were 60441, down 50.8% year on year, according to official figures. Among them, the terminal sales volume of GAC Honda in March was 32205, down 50.1% year on year; the terminal sales volume of Dongfeng Honda in March was 28236, down 51.5% year on year.
It is said that Honda's factory in Wuhan restarted a small amount of production on March 11, and all factories in China have resumed work. The production of Dongfeng Honda's factory in Wuhan will also speed up to return to normal. From April, Dongfeng Honda will carry out double shift climbing and gradually return to normal level, officials said.
