Toyota Sales Nose Dive 8.6% In April - Lexus Loses Ground By 5.3% For Month

Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) today reported April 2019 sales of 183,866 vehicles, a decrease of 4.4 percent on a volume basis and a decrease of 8.2 percent on a daily selling rate (DSR) basis versus April 2018.
 
Toyota division posted April sales of 162,506 units, down 4.8 percent on a volume basis and down 8.6 percent on a DSR basis.
 
Lexus division posted April sales of 21,360 vehicles, down 1.3 percent on a volume basis and down 5.3 percent on a DSR basis.
 
April 2019 Highlights  
 

• Tacoma up 8.3 percent; a best-ever April, with 18 consecutive months of increased sales
• Toyota light trucks marked a best-ever April, with 102,074 in sales
• RAV4 sales up of 10.1 percent; a best-ever April
• Corolla Hatchback sales increased 14.2 percent; a best-ever April
• Yaris sales up 21.6 percent
• Mirai sales increased 165.8 percent; a best-ever April
• LX sales up 4.9 percent
• ES sales increased by 8.7 percent
• NXh sales up 13.0 percent; a best-ever April and the 19th consecutive best-ever month
• RXh sales increased 30.4 percent
• Lexus Hybrid sales up 60.9 percent

 
Note: Unless otherwise stated, all figures reflect unadjusted raw sales volume

YoCarFanto - 5/1/2019 1:23:22 PM

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Get rid of the Sequoia and drop the Land Cruiser price.
Bring back the I6 engine for the new Tundra. 3.5L Turbo, 450 hp. It's time for a 2FZ.

Car4life1 - 5/1/2019 1:30:02 PM

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Wow Lexus sedan sales are quickly disappearing, volume looks similar to
Audi numbers

cidflekken - 5/2/2019 9:14:14 PM

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Technically it's both. One is based on volume. The other based on DSR.

carsnyc - 5/3/2019 11:09:32 AM

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RX numbers not here but from a different source the cash cow has started to crack.