Japanese automaker, Toyota Motor,U.S.A November sales jumped by 4.3 percent to 197,645 vehicles compared with a year ago, buoyed by record light-truck sales.
The group sold a November-best 112,126 light trucks, a 15 percent gain, which offset declining car sales, down 6.8 percent to 85,519 units.
General manager of the Toyota Division, Bill Fay, in a statement, said: “We expect to see the industry set a new sales record for November.
“All-time best-ever Highlander sales combined with November best-ever RAV4 volume extends the Toyota Division’s 2016 streak of consecutive light truck sales records to 11 months.”
Toyota Division sales, including the discontinued Scion brand, rose 5.3 percent to 168,595 vehicles. The brand’s light-truck sales gained 16 percent to 93,816 units, while car sales dipped 5.3 percent to 74,779 units.
Sales of the Toyota Camry fell 8.9 percent, while Corolla sedan sales gained 12 percent. Prius sales dipped 17 percent.
Overall Toyota brand pickup sales rose 14 percent to 25,109 units. Deliveries of the midsize Tacoma rose 15 percent, while full-size Tundra sales jumped 12 percent.
Toyota crossover and SUV sales surged 21 percent year-over-year to 59,454 units, driven in large part by a 67 percent gain in Highlander sales. The RAV4 rose 2.7 percent, while the Sienna declined 8 percent.
Sales in the Lexus division fell 1 percent to 29,050 units, as a 10 percent gain in utility deliveries was not enough to offset a 16 percent drop in car sales.
The IS sedan was the sole Lexus car to report a sales gain in November, jumping 17 percent. ES sales fell 13 percent, while GS sales plummeted 45 percent.
Lexus light-truck sales set a November record, driven by a 56 percent jump in NX crossover deliveries. Sales of the RX crossover, the brand’s top-selling light truck, dipped 4.7 percent.
