Toyota reports nearly 210,000 sales in june
Torrance, calif.--(business wire)--toyota motor sales (tms), u.s.a., inc., today reported june 2015 sales of 209,912 units, an increase of 4.1 percent from june 2014 on a volume basis. with one more selling day in june 2015 than in june 2014, sales were down 0.1 percent on a daily selling rate (dsr) basis. toyota division posted june 2015 sales of 183,791 units, up 3.1 percent on a volume basis and down 1 percent on a dsr basis. for the first half of the year, tms reported sales of 1,231,440 units, up 5.6 percent versus the same period in 2014 on a dsr basis. with the same amount of selling days in the first half of 2015 compared to 2014, sales were up 5.6 percent on an unadjusted raw-volume basis. "light trucks have boosted the industry to its best first half since 2005,” said bill fay, toyota division group vice president and general manager. "toyota division was the number one retail brand in june, led by strong tacoma, rav4 and highlander sales.” lexus reported june sales of 26,121 units, up 11.1 percent from june 2014 on a volume basis and 6.6 percent on a dsr basis. “the demand for luxury utility vehicles continues to grow and has helped put lexus and its dealers on a record sales pace for the year,” said jeff bracken, lexus group vice president and general manager. “the new nx compact crossover continues to be one of the hottest new models on the market.” june 2015 highlights: camry posted sales of 37,408 units corolla posted sales of 30,645 units total toyota light trucks up 16.5 percent, a june record highlander up almost 20 percent rav4 sales rose 15.1 percent to 24,843 units combined tacoma and tundra pickup sales up 22.4 percent lexus luxury utility vehicles up 24.6 percent all-new nx posted sales of 3,503 units gx up 17.3 percent with sales of 2,079 units *note: unless otherwise stated, all figures reflect unadjusted raw sales volume about toyota toyota (nyse:tm), the world's top automaker and creator of the prius, is committed to building vehicles for the way people live through our toyota, lexus and scion brands. over the past 50 years, we’ve built more than 25 million cars and trucks in north america, where we operate 14 manufacturing plants (10 in the u.s.) and directly employ more than 40,000 people (more than 32,000 in the u.s.). our 1,800 north american dealerships (1,500 in the u.s.) sold more than 2.5 million cars and trucks (more than 2.2 million in the u.s.) in 2013 – and about 80 percent of all toyota vehicles sold over the past 20 years are still on the road today. toyota partners with philanthropic organizations across the country, with a focus on education, safety and the environment. as part of this commitment, we share the company’s extensive know-how garnered from building great cars and trucks to help community organizations and other nonprofits expand their ability to do good. for more information about toyota, visit www.toyotanewsroom.com. --current month-- --calendar year to date-- memo: 2015 2014 dsr % 2015 2014 dsr % toyota prius sedan 9,559 11,277 -18.6% 54,173 63,037 -14.1% toyota prius v (only) 2,272 2,510 -13.1% 14,165 14,481 -2.2% toyota prius c (only) 2,756 3,291 -19.6% 18,921 20,283 -6.7% toyota prius phv (only) 464 1,571 -71.6% 2,890 9,300 -68.9%
