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Sales of regular automobiles in Japan were down 25.5 percent in August, compared to the same month in the previous year, data provided by the Japan Automobile Dealers Association shows. This sounds worse than it is: In August 2010, sales had jumped 46.7 percent, result of a last gasp of government subsidies which were coming to an end.
216,510 vehicles changed hands this August, down from 290,789 in August 2010, but up from 198,265 in August 2009. These numbers exclude minivehicles, which are accounted for separately.
The National Mini Vehicles Association announced today that sales of minivehicles were 113,328 units in August, down 15.6 percent from a year earlier.