Mitsubishi Motors' August 2026 output rises 6.2% as exports fall for a fifth month
Mitsubishi Motors built 63,031 vehicles in August 2026, up 6.2% year on year, while exports slid for a fifth consecutive month to 14,662 units.
- 63,031 units (106.2% YoY)
- 8,147 units (100.6% YoY)
- 14,662 units (91.2% YoY)
- 594,773 units (103.2% YoY)
What Happened
Mitsubishi Motors reported total production of 63,031 units in August 2026, up 6.2% from a year earlier, its first year-on-year production increase in two months. Domestic production reached 30,161 units, up 17.7%, while overseas production slipped 2.6% to 32,870 units, the second consecutive monthly decline. For the calendar year to date through August, total production stood at 594,773 units, up 3.2%, split between 317,805 domestic units (up 3.9%) and 276,968 overseas units (up 2.4%). For the fiscal year to date, covering April to August 2026, total production was 337,569 units, down 3.2%.
30,161units
Up 17.7% year on year — the first year-on-year increase in two months.
- Domestic production: first year-on-year increase in two months
- Overseas production: second consecutive month of year-on-year decrease
- Total production: first year-on-year increase in two months
- Domestic sales: third consecutive month of year-on-year increase
- Exports: fifth consecutive month of year-on-year decrease
- 63,031 units, 106.2% YoY
- 337,569 units, 96.8% YoY
- 594,773 units, 103.2% YoY
Domestic sales totalled 8,147 units in August 2026, a slight increase of 0.6% year on year: registrations came to 3,656 units, down 5.8%, while minicars reached 4,491 units, up 6.5%. For the fiscal year to date, domestic sales were 47,878 units, up 2.4%, with registrations at 22,135 units (up 13.6%) and minicars at 25,743 units (down 5.6%). For the calendar year to date, domestic sales were 86,002 units, up 7.6%, made up of 37,303 registrations (up 9.2%) and 48,699 minicars (up 6.3%). The sales figures include imports to Japan.
Exports fell to 14,662 units in August 2026, down 8.8% year on year and the fifth consecutive monthly decline. For the fiscal year to date, exports totalled 78,726 units, down 6.6%, while calendar-year-to-date exports reached 145,569 units, up 2.3%.
Why this matters
August 2026 was Mitsubishi Motors' first month of year-on-year production growth in two months, helped by a 17.7% rise in domestic output, even as overseas production fell again. The release also tracks demand: domestic sales rose for a third straight month, while exports declined for a fifth consecutive month. Calendar-year-to-date production remains 3.2% ahead of the same period a year earlier.
Terms in This Story
- YoY
- Year on year — a comparison of a figure with the same period one year earlier.
- Minicars
- A Japanese category of very small cars, counted separately from standard registrations in Mitsubishi's sales figures.
- Fiscal year
- A company's accounting year; the fiscal year 2026 figures here cover April to August 2026.
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