Japan Imported Car Sales by Brand
Monthly new registrations of imported vehicles in Japan by brand since January 1988, including Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Volkswagen, Audi, BMW MINI, Volvo, Porsche, Jeep, BYD and Japanese-brand vehicles built abroad.
| Indicator | 08-2026 | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | 11-2025 | 10-2025 | 09-2025 | 08-2025 | 07-2025 | 06-2025 | 05-2025 | 04-2025 | 03-2025 | 02-2025 | 01-2025 | 12-2024 | 11-2024 | 10-2024 | 09-2024 | 08-2024 | 07-2024 | 06-2024 | 05-2024 | 04-2024 | 03-2024 | 02-2024 | 01-2024 | 12-2023 | 11-2023 | 10-2023 | 09-2023 | 08-2023 | |
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| ABARTH | 2 | 18 | 29 | 16 | 17 | 23 | 25 | 20 | 45 | 22 | 26 | 40 | 34 | 37 | 69 | 54 | 68 | 128 | 92 | 103 | 125 | 120 | 128 | 209 | 163 | 221 | 224 | 126 | 95 | 213 | 116 | 83 | 153 | 119 | 133 | 123 | 123 | |
| Alfa Romeo | 110 | 102 | 191 | 137 | 124 | 248 | 126 | 128 | 266 | 152 | 149 | 291 | 162 | 142 | 158 | 63 | 49 | 102 | 55 | 67 | 108 | 49 | 43 | 97 | 52 | 55 | 114 | 77 | 71 | 160 | 68 | 75 | 134 | 129 | 61 | 164 | 129 | |
| Aston Martin | 46 | 55 | 51 | 25 | 44 | 43 | 27 | 31 | 49 | 27 | 35 | 49 | 39 | 40 | 47 | 30 | 41 | 42 | 30 | 26 | 41 | 36 | 53 | 45 | 33 | 55 | 73 | 52 | 50 | 30 | 25 | 29 | 46 | 48 | 40 | 30 | 22 | |
| Audi | 1,604 | 1,346 | 2,523 | 1,535 | 1,105 | 2,488 | 1,601 | 1,068 | 2,489 | 2,070 | 1,843 | 2,695 | 1,379 | 1,927 | 2,387 | 2,088 | 1,764 | 2,517 | 1,438 | 1,309 | 2,191 | 1,141 | 1,005 | 2,196 | 1,408 | 1,343 | 2,357 | 1,885 | 1,585 | 3,157 | 2,005 | 1,142 | 3,078 | 2,051 | 1,422 | 2,426 | 1,836 | |
| Autobianchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Bentley | 21 | 31 | 51 | 37 | 15 | 73 | 34 | 18 | 65 | 32 | 39 | 33 | 27 | 36 | 59 | 33 | 33 | 61 | 37 | 11 | 74 | 44 | 43 | 38 | 40 | 38 | 92 | 48 | 30 | 60 | 48 | 19 | 121 | 78 | 57 | 63 | 67 | |
| BMW | 1,903 | 2,155 | 3,379 | 2,132 | 2,088 | 3,728 | 2,162 | 1,383 | 3,970 | 2,578 | 2,389 | 3,932 | 2,473 | 2,429 | 3,806 | 2,619 | 2,575 | 4,518 | 2,783 | 1,657 | 3,971 | 3,233 | 2,899 | 3,704 | 2,659 | 2,672 | 3,853 | 2,791 | 1,811 | 4,279 | 1,831 | 1,537 | 4,531 | 2,286 | 2,436 | 3,844 | 2,469 | |
| BMW Alpina | 38 | 69 | 70 | 52 | 96 | 30 | 51 | 56 | 49 | 49 | 53 | 55 | 22 | 28 | 57 | 50 | 31 | 39 | 21 | 9 | 45 | 34 | 18 | 33 | 22 | 21 | 36 | 28 | 35 | 51 | 43 | 31 | 39 | 19 | 43 | 22 | 23 | |
| BMW MINI | 1,209 | 1,205 | 1,893 | 1,282 | 1,094 | 2,269 | 1,361 | 849 | 1,853 | 1,388 | 1,498 | 2,005 | 1,401 | 1,423 | 1,857 | 1,532 | 1,427 | 2,304 | 1,549 | 912 | 2,658 | 1,661 | 1,970 | 1,872 | 1,097 | 1,386 | 579 | 798 | 1,018 | 1,978 | 1,073 | 1,075 | 1,836 | 1,562 | 1,284 | 2,358 | 620 | |
| Buick | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| BYD | 310 | 258 | 538 | 364 | 215 | 625 | 466 | 180 | 362 | 210 | 321 | 802 | 239 | 227 | 514 | 424 | 166 | 331 | 221 | 53 | 249 | 119 | 153 | 271 | 300 | 207 | 149 | 101 | 67 | 367 | 183 | 217 | 274 | 166 | 138 | 189 | 89 | |
| Cadillac | 25 | 35 | 43 | 39 | 21 | 38 | 17 | 14 | 34 | 33 | 19 | 65 | 27 | 47 | 83 | 35 | 16 | 71 | 47 | 31 | 48 | 40 | 21 | 62 | 19 | 21 | 52 | 38 | 18 | 63 | 37 | 30 | 57 | 41 | 29 | 44 | 53 | |
| Chevrolet | 34 | 45 | 49 | 36 | 38 | 54 | 28 | 39 | 40 | 40 | 24 | 33 | 24 | 24 | 47 | 30 | 22 | 44 | 35 | 19 | 49 | 36 | 40 | 68 | 20 | 40 | 69 | 37 | 61 | 93 | 45 | 29 | 54 | 41 | 59 | 90 | 71 | |
| Chrysler | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Citroen | 273 | 197 | 293 | 226 | 181 | 430 | 186 | 132 | 518 | 290 | 261 | 266 | 138 | 168 | 306 | 202 | 204 | 397 | 198 | 177 | 231 | 340 | 196 | 248 | 169 | 216 | 259 | 239 | 213 | 406 | 255 | 148 | 308 | 387 | 266 | 509 | 270 | |
| Daihatsu | 72 | 49 | 53 | 30 | 33 | 40 | 54 | 34 | 33 | 46 | 59 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 33 | 78 | 143 | 216 | 39 | 124 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 64 | 40 | 48 | 44 | 38 | |
| Dodge | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 23 | 15 | |
| DS | 18 | 14 | 46 | 28 | 32 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 44 | 23 | 23 | 34 | 16 | 35 | 37 | 17 | 32 | 59 | 35 | 39 | 31 | 26 | 31 | 42 | 31 | 26 | 61 | 36 | 35 | 61 | 39 | 33 | 68 | 75 | 43 | 76 | 59 | |
| Ferrari | 176 | 155 | 171 | 122 | 226 | 99 | 124 | 110 | 121 | 140 | 150 | 155 | 114 | 131 | 162 | 98 | 117 | 149 | 119 | 67 | 111 | 133 | 124 | 115 | 70 | 175 | 134 | 113 | 118 | 147 | 131 | 74 | 102 | 110 | 112 | 132 | 125 | |
| Fiat | 256 | 247 | 359 | 277 | 204 | 363 | 257 | 140 | 467 | 312 | 354 | 633 | 296 | 385 | 425 | 304 | 228 | 376 | 273 | 250 | 410 | 325 | 322 | 609 | 288 | 411 | 522 | 342 | 276 | 501 | 304 | 254 | 567 | 473 | 308 | 465 | 294 | |
| Ford | 16 | 24 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 32 | 26 | |
| GMC | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Honda | 1,818 | 2,261 | 2,139 | 1,715 | 2,409 | 3,193 | 2,934 | 2,547 | 1,979 | 2,211 | 2,310 | 3,663 | 1,929 | 2,893 | 2,957 | 2,360 | 2,596 | 6,099 | 4,007 | 4,018 | 3,794 | 4,449 | 4,758 | 4,819 | 3,712 | 4,921 | 4,319 | 4,204 | 3,472 | 4,449 | 1,191 | 1,019 | 1,793 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | |
| Hyundai | 82 | 71 | 111 | 78 | 62 | 121 | 90 | 80 | 177 | 106 | 127 | 111 | 80 | 130 | 130 | 94 | 82 | 51 | 40 | 41 | 57 | 35 | 34 | 58 | 46 | 45 | 26 | 23 | 39 | 71 | 113 | 71 | 70 | 37 | 85 | 36 | 20 | |
| Jaguar | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 115 | 24 | 23 | 58 | 20 | 30 | 49 | 34 | 26 | 84 | 50 | 22 | 62 | 69 | 74 | 70 | 46 | 48 | 62 | 46 | |
| Jeep | 459 | 408 | 660 | 627 | 548 | 793 | 459 | 313 | 934 | 624 | 644 | 816 | 613 | 703 | 856 | 595 | 641 | 956 | 732 | 598 | 960 | 802 | 795 | 1,053 | 610 | 708 | 936 | 895 | 676 | 1,093 | 662 | 443 | 953 | 939 | 600 | 1,202 | 834 | |
| Kia | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lamborghini | 79 | 111 | 124 | 74 | 62 | 149 | 92 | 38 | 79 | 60 | 78 | 70 | 79 | 102 | 143 | 80 | 50 | 92 | 70 | 48 | 75 | 93 | 81 | 93 | 30 | 85 | 80 | 49 | 48 | 78 | 64 | 45 | 107 | 61 | 34 | 87 | 35 | |
| Lancia | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Land Rover | 494 | 621 | 460 | 485 | 688 | 980 | 620 | 407 | 713 | 424 | 315 | 995 | 497 | 571 | 952 | 401 | 554 | 1,056 | 839 | 781 | 861 | 409 | 438 | 773 | 729 | 398 | 748 | 526 | 492 | 1,167 | 700 | 627 | 1,008 | 754 | 699 | 925 | 738 | |
| Lotus | 9 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 32 | 33 | 18 | 35 | 45 | 35 | 32 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 29 | 31 | 20 | 27 | 19 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 38 | |
| Maserati | 51 | 28 | 83 | 41 | 33 | 81 | 36 | 35 | 80 | 48 | 50 | 66 | 45 | 43 | 107 | 52 | 46 | 134 | 50 | 35 | 78 | 60 | 43 | 115 | 65 | 83 | 145 | 100 | 76 | 149 | 96 | 93 | 209 | 178 | 188 | 239 | 132 | |
| Mazda | 350 | 412 | 430 | 371 | 377 | 652 | 688 | 791 | 668 | 733 | 1,113 | 1,025 | 725 | 662 | 595 | 718 | 736 | 770 | 578 | 728 | 655 | 939 | 1,197 | 581 | 565 | 701 | 653 | 557 | 549 | 1,509 | 1,515 | 265 | 449 | 677 | 888 | 1,132 | 428 | |
| McLaren | 20 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 26 | 17 | 14 | 30 | 24 | 20 | 21 | 26 | 24 | 28 | 36 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 20 | 31 | 29 | 20 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 23 | 11 | 11 | |
| Mercedes-Benz | 3,506 | 3,714 | 4,512 | 3,673 | 3,087 | 5,249 | 3,512 | 3,031 | 4,774 | 4,399 | 3,338 | 5,501 | 3,480 | 4,349 | 4,730 | 4,089 | 3,202 | 5,939 | 3,590 | 3,466 | 5,230 | 4,621 | 3,568 | 5,637 | 4,363 | 4,084 | 5,166 | 3,885 | 3,212 | 5,883 | 4,197 | 3,349 | 5,654 | 4,391 | 3,570 | 5,064 | 3,257 | |
| MG | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mitsubishi | 178 | 138 | 154 | 126 | 203 | 212 | 159 | 136 | 234 | 169 | 183 | 358 | 248 | 210 | 101 | 79 | 163 | 379 | 362 | 305 | 344 | 288 | 346 | 574 | 707 | 248 | 27 | 199 | 463 | 251 | 234 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 89 | 59 | |
| Morgan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nissan | 19 | 62 | 127 | 202 | 221 | 673 | 676 | 686 | 647 | 518 | 582 | 920 | 593 | 772 | 819 | 711 | 492 | 1,292 | 1,112 | 1,137 | 739 | 915 | 930 | 1,342 | 758 | 1,479 | 1,283 | 950 | 1,020 | 1,974 | 1,649 | 1,315 | 1,390 | 1,597 | 1,616 | 1,787 | 1,118 | |
| Opel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Peugeot | 321 | 433 | 565 | 552 | 346 | 654 | 551 | 344 | 758 | 518 | 492 | 622 | 502 | 673 | 776 | 382 | 479 | 787 | 531 | 334 | 513 | 482 | 407 | 447 | 350 | 346 | 485 | 425 | 341 | 721 | 486 | 303 | 638 | 709 | 475 | 807 | 502 | |
| Pontiac | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Porsche | 368 | 426 | 1,083 | 671 | 1,191 | 963 | 913 | 976 | 499 | 646 | 829 | 822 | 609 | 823 | 899 | 601 | 781 | 1,426 | 1,043 | 789 | 579 | 679 | 670 | 1,426 | 510 | 752 | 924 | 607 | 615 | 951 | 817 | 762 | 636 | 713 | 402 | 968 | 415 | |
| Renault | 192 | 292 | 303 | 164 | 246 | 533 | 270 | 193 | 278 | 196 | 250 | 320 | 149 | 311 | 266 | 158 | 107 | 539 | 253 | 228 | 197 | 212 | 281 | 352 | 230 | 308 | 410 | 373 | 283 | 886 | 633 | 444 | 404 | 468 | 556 | 797 | 382 | |
| Rolls Royce | 18 | 47 | 57 | 40 | 48 | 16 | 44 | 51 | 92 | 46 | 51 | 51 | 21 | 30 | 55 | 45 | 26 | 31 | 36 | 33 | 44 | 28 | 32 | 29 | 30 | 43 | 15 | 27 | 41 | 34 | 22 | 33 | 34 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 19 | |
| Rover | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| Saab | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Scania | 57 | 69 | 64 | 42 | 73 | 62 | 40 | 30 | 75 | 50 | 49 | 79 | 74 | 49 | 44 | 50 | 41 | 68 | 35 | 34 | 43 | 38 | 46 | 49 | 36 | 43 | 38 | 38 | 41 | 52 | 21 | 29 | 42 | 45 | 26 | 50 | 32 | |
| Suzuki | 4,558 | 4,290 | 4,938 | 4,243 | 5,486 | 6,702 | 6,433 | 6,486 | 4,257 | 4,219 | 6,267 | 6,027 | 1,393 | 3,127 | 4,780 | 3,679 | 3,990 | 2,610 | 1,528 | 1,389 | 1,417 | 1,714 | 2,141 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 24 | 48 | 218 | 100 | 112 | 78 | 85 | 96 | 189 | 189 | |
| Toyota | 4,949 | 6,995 | 7,442 | 2,115 | 1,893 | 1,714 | 1,467 | 1,346 | 1,363 | 1,374 | 2,063 | 2,198 | 1,037 | 296 | 143 | 155 | 194 | 247 | 254 | 263 | 416 | 796 | 1,790 | 2,347 | 1,183 | 884 | 925 | 858 | 782 | 1,167 | 1,227 | 1,838 | 2,613 | 2,633 | 2,545 | 2,885 | 2,679 | |
| Unimog | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Volvo | 768 | 763 | 1,440 | 824 | 713 | 1,431 | 875 | 653 | 1,374 | 840 | 923 | 1,321 | 787 | 816 | 1,295 | 781 | 647 | 1,379 | 900 | 625 | 1,323 | 819 | 792 | 1,367 | 798 | 877 | 1,332 | 823 | 803 | 1,905 | 932 | 560 | 989 | 810 | 683 | 1,218 | 1,028 | |
| Volvo Truck | 65 | 59 | 40 | 32 | 40 | 103 | 36 | 23 | 39 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 45 | 56 | 46 | 43 | 53 | 70 | 43 | 37 | 40 | 38 | 39 | 36 | 32 | 50 | 44 | 32 | 72 | 58 | 36 | 34 | 42 | 35 | 25 | 44 | 34 | |
| VW | 1,795 | 2,048 | 3,337 | 2,220 | 1,748 | 3,127 | 1,912 | 1,528 | 2,650 | 2,125 | 2,100 | 2,823 | 1,588 | 2,129 | 3,293 | 2,462 | 1,986 | 4,430 | 2,836 | 2,609 | 2,221 | 1,967 | 1,181 | 1,616 | 1,084 | 1,240 | 2,680 | 2,100 | 1,689 | 2,826 | 2,455 | 1,720 | 3,717 | 2,953 | 2,194 | 4,178 | 2,556 | |
| Other brands | 2,677 | 1,994 | 4,003 | 2,000 | 1,050 | 2,529 | 1,529 | 1,086 | 595 | 907 | 1,125 | 1,471 | 985 | 1,021 | 1,411 | 710 | 348 | 1,249 | 549 | 322 | 757 | 522 | 341 | 528 | 463 | 318 | 760 | 450 | 183 | 660 | 386 | 309 | 976 | 339 | 333 | 603 | 504 |
Latest reading
Mercedes-Benz stood at 3,506 vehicles in Aug 2026. That is −5.6% from Jul 2026 and +0.7% from a year earlier. The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jan 1988 to Aug 2026.
- Latest
- 3,506 vehicles
- Aug 2026
- vs previous period
- −5.6%
- Jul 2026
- vs a year earlier
- +0.7%
About this data
Monthly new registrations of imported vehicles in Japan by brand since January 1988, including Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Volkswagen, Audi, BMW MINI, Volvo, Porsche, Jeep, BYD and Japanese-brand vehicles built abroad. Brands with no registrations in the past year are not shown. Source: Japan Automobile Importers Association (JAIA).