Toyota To Scale Back Models In Japan As Consumers Lose Interest In Cars

Toyota Motor Corp. is aiming to halve the number of car models it sells at home by 2025, a person briefed on the matter told Reuters -- the second time this month that a Japanese automaker has emerged with plans to sharply scale back in a shrinking domestic market.

Car sales in Japan have been on a declining trend for more than two decades as the population rapidly ages and young people are losing interest in car ownership. At the same time, global automakers are increasingly focusing their r&d efforts on electric cars and self-driving technologies.

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TheSteve - 10/12/2017 1:29:34 PM

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In case someone has not noticed, it's NOT the Japanese who have "lost interest in cars." There is a global car sales slump in progress.

MrEE - 10/12/2017 6:18:43 PM

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The article seems to imply general vehicle sales are in decline in Japan, nothing about moving to SUVs.