Fueled by strong demand for its fuel-efficient cars, Honda Motor Co. has overtaken Nissan Motor Co. to regain second place among Japan's automakers.
Honda built 1.79 million cars and light trucks worldwide in the first half of the Japanese fiscal year, up 6 percent from year-earlier levels, while Nissan's output fell by 12 percent to 1.52 million vehicles.
In the last fiscal year ended March 31, Nissan outsold Honda by close to 180,000 vehicles worldwide.
This year, however, a dearth of new models undermined Nissan in major markets. In the United States, its freshest models were large vehicles in segments, which suffered when gas prices rose.
Nissan expects to recover its momentum before the end of the year with the launches of the Sentra and Altima sedans.
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