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Toyota Sales Fall for Six Straight Months on Weak China Demand

Higher petrol prices helped drive a 24.3% sales plunge in China, while Toyota’s global sales fell 4.8% to 856,125 vehicles.

Summary by The Japan Times
Intense competition among China's domestic carmakers is crowding out importers, while turmoil in the Middle East has disrupted critical supply routes and sent oil prices soaring.

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Global sales of Toyota cars declined by 4.8 per cent in July, to 8,56125 in annual terms, while production declined by 2.1 per cent.

·Kyiv, Ukraine
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Toyota plans to manufacture an electric SUV in China starting in the autumn of next year, at a time when global competition in the electric vehicle sector is growing in the world's largest automotive market. The new model, which will be marketed under the Lexus brand, will be produced at the company's new factory in Shanghai. Production will start with about a thousand vehicles per month in the first year, increasing to tens of thousands annuall…

·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Toyota is breaking away from Japan-centric practices and beginning production of a next-generation electric SUV at its Shanghai plant in China. This strategy aims to secure cost and speed competitiveness through the introduction of the Gigacast process and the sourcing of over 95% of local parts. This symbolically demonstrates the industry trend in which global automakers are utilizing China not merely as a production base, but as a hub for tech…

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Kyodo News+ broke the news in Tokyo, Japan on Friday, August 28, 2026.
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