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Toyota Announces Results for March 2007 and Year Ending March 31, 2007 For immediate release April 24, 2007 Toyota Motor Corporation Toyota Announces Results for March 2007 and Year Ending March 31, 2007 Tokyo — TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced today the production, sales in Japan and export results of TMC and subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. and Hino Motors, Ltd., for March 2007 and the year from April 1, 2006, to March 31, 2007. March 2007 Results (Unit = one vehicle; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change) Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total PRODUCTION IN JAPAN1 Passenger cars 358,986 (-5.2) 67,372 (12.5) --- --- 426,358 (-2.8) Trucks & buses 33,436 (-2.8) 9,701 (-29.9) 8,780 (-0.3) 51,917 (-9.0) Total 392,422 (-5.0) 77,073 (4.5) 8,780 (-0.3) 478,275 (-3.5) SALES IN JAPAN2 Passenger cars 193,494 (-12.3) 71,905 (14.6) --- --- 265,399 (-6.3) Trucks & buses 22,235 (-4.7) 16,838 (-4.7) 8,178 (-5.5) 47,251 (-4.8) Total 215,729 (-11.5) 88,743 (10.4) 8,178 (-5.5) 312,650 (-6.1) EXPORTS Passenger cars 225,360 (7.6) 12,368 (52.1) --- --- 237,728 (9.2) Trucks & buses 16,925 (18.0) 1,749 (45.9) 5,207 (25.2) 23,881 (21.2) Total 242,285 (8.3) 14,117 (51.3) 5,207 (25.2) 261,609 (10.2) OVERSEAS PRODUCTION3 379,441 (3.6) 4,235 (120.9) --- --- 383,676 (4.2) WORLDWIDE 771,863 (-1.0) 81,308 (7.5) 8,780 (-0.3) 861,951 (-0.2) PRODUCTION 1. CBU and KD (Japan line-off basis) 2. Includes vehicles produced overseas 3. Excludes KD (local line-off basis) Cont’d March 2007 Highlights (year-on-year) PRODUCTION IN JAPAN Toyota First decrease in nineteen months Daihatsu Thirteen consecutive month of increase and a record high for the month of March Hino First decrease in two months Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino First decrease in nineteen months SALES IN JAPAN Toyota Decrease 44.2% share of market, excluding minivehicles, a sixteenth consecutive month of increase and a record high for the month of March Sales of Lexus vehicles were 4,004 units Daihatsu Fifth consecutive month of increase and a record high for a single month 31.0% share of the minivehicle market, and a record high for the month of March Hino Decrease 37.3% share of the truck market Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino Decrease 40.7% share of market, including minivehicles and a record high for the month of March EXPORTS Toyota Sixteenth consecutive month of increase Daihatsu Thirteenth consecutive month of increase Hino Fifteenth consecutive month of increase Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino Sixteenth consecutive month of increase Cont’d OVERSEAS PRODUCTION Toyota Sixty-third consecutive month of increase, due to increased production in almost all regions, and a record high Daihatsu Fifth consecutive month of increase, due to increased production in Indonesia Toyota + Daihatsu Sixty-third consecutive month of increase and a record high Year To Date (January 1 to March 31, 2007) (Unit = 1 vehicle; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change) Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total PRODUCTION IN 1,092,324 (-0.8) 214,439 (13.0) 24,701 (-2.4) 1,331,464 (1.2) JAPAN1 SALES IN 482,538 (-9.3) 196,253 (7.5) 14,859 (-8.1) 693,650 (-5.1) JAPAN2 EXPORTS 648,439 (11.8) 36,532 (57.0) 12,667 (15.9) 697,638 (13.6) OVERSEAS 1,024,455 (4.1) 11,367 (48.6) --- --- 1,035,822 (4.4) PRODUCTION3 WORLDWIDE 2,116,779 (1.5) 225,806 (14.4) 24,701 (-2.4) 2,367,286 (2.6) PRODUCTION 1. CBU and KD (Japan line-off basis) 2. Includes vehicles produced overseas 3. Excludes KD (local line-off basis) Cont’d Results for Year Ending March 31, 2007 (Unit = one vehicle; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change) Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total PRODUCTION IN JAPAN1 Passenger cars 3,815,765 (9.9) 659,395 (20.3) --- --- 4,475,160 (11.3) Trucks & buses 369,699 (-5.2) 156,532 (-10.0) 99,511 (-0.5) 625,742 (-5.8) Total 4,185,464 (8.3) 815,927 (13.0) 99,511 (-0.5) 5,100,902 (8.9) SALES IN JAPAN2 Passenger cars 1,444,619 (-6.0) 497,524 (9.8) --- --- 1,942,143 (-2.4) Trucks & buses 197,942 (-0.5) 138,641 (-9.0) 52,648 (-5.4) 389,231 (-4.3) Total 1,642,561 (-5.4) 636,165 (5.0) 52,648 (-5.4) 2,331,374 (-2.7) EXPORTS Passenger cars 2,434,794 (25.9) 128,354 (45.3) --- --- 2,563,148 (26.7) Trucks & buses 162,813 (-15.1) 19,352 (1.9) 50,535 (18.1) 232,700 (-8.2) Total 2,597,607 (22.2) 147,706 (37.6) 50,535 (18.1) 2,795,848 (22.8) OVERSEAS PRODUCTION3 3,939,139 (5.6) 36,927 (-12.9) --- --- 3,976,066 (5.4) WORLDWIDE 8,124,603 (7.0) 852,854 (11.5) 99,511 (-0.5) 9,076,968 (7.3) PRODUCTION 1. CBU and KD (Japan line-off basis) 2. Includes vehicles produced overseas 3. Excludes KD (local line-off basis) Cont’d Highlights for Year Ending March 31, 2007 PRODUCTION IN JAPAN Toyota Fifth consecutive year of increase Daihatsu Fourth consecutive year of increase and a record high Hino First decrease in eight years Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino Fifth consecutive year of increase and a record high SALES IN JAPAN Toyota Decrease 45.8% share of market excluding minivehicles and a record high Sales of Lexus vehicles were 36,947 units Daihatsu Fourth consecutive year of increase and a record high 30.3% share of minivehicle market Hino First decrease in two years 31.1% share of the truck market Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino First decrease in five years 41.5% share of market including minivehicles and a record high EXPORTS Toyota Eighth consecutive year of increase, due to increased exports to almost all regions Daihatsu Fifth consecutive year of increase, due to increased exports mainly to the Middle East and Europe Hino First increase in two years, due to increased exports to North America and the Middle East Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino Fifth consecutive year of increase OVERSEAS PRODUCTION Toyota Fifteenth consecutive year of increase, due to increased production in almost all regions, and a record high Daihatsu Decrease Toyota + Daihatsu Ninth consecutive year of increase and a record high For more information, please contact Paul Nolasco/Tomomi Imai at (03) 3817-9161/9150 .
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