P.M. BRIEFING : Japan’s ’90 Auto Sales Up 7.4%
From Times Wire Services
TOKYO —
Japan’s motor vehicle sales totaled 5.98 million in 1990, up 7.4% from the previous year, the Japan Automobile Dealers Assn. reported today.
An association official said 4,306,711 passenger cars were sold last year, up 7.4%; 1,643,453 trucks, up 7.6%, and 24,925 buses, up 5.9%.
Toyota Motor Corp. topped the list with sales of 2,504,217 vehicles, up 8.5%; followed by Nissan Motor Co. with 1,403,894, up 6.4%; Mazda Motor Corp., 504,085, up 11.1%; Honda Motor Co., 443,826, up 1.5%, and Mitsubishi Motors Corp., 426,115, up 11.7%.
