Toyota Posts Record Global Sales In FY 2025

TOKYO, April 27 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday it sold a record 10.48 million cars globally in fiscal 2025, up 2 per cent from a year earlier, driven by strong demand for hybrid vehicles mainly in North America despite the adverse impact of hefty US tariffs, Xinhua reported.

Global output for the fiscal year, meanwhile, climbed 2.2 per cent to 9.89 million vehicles, marking the first increase in two years.

Overseas sales rose 2.7 per cent year on year to a record 9 million units, with sales in the United States jumping 7.7 per cent to 2.52 million cars, according to the world's largest automaker by volume.

Sales in China, however, dipped 1.4 per cent to 1.76 million units amid the rising prominence of Chinese automakers, while sales in Japan's domestic market fell 2 per cent to 1.47 million vehicles.

Global sales of electrified vehicles increased 6.5 per cent to a record 5.04 million units, the carmaker said.

In March alone, Toyota's global sales fell 7.3 per cent year on year to 897,871 units, while global production rose 2.1 per cent to 902,210 vehicles — a record high for the month.

Sales in the Middle East plummeted 32.3 per cent to 33,919 cars amid conflicts in the region, while US sales dropped 8.5 per cent to 211,617 units, partly due to a pullback following last year's pre-tariff buying rush.

Exports from Japan to the Middle East also nearly halved in March, plunging 46.4 per cent from the previous year to 17,122 units, the automaker said.

--BERNAMA-XINHUA