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28th Febuary 2008

The Japanese Automobile Manufacturers Association has today posted online the English-language edition of its 2007 environmental report, detailing achievements in emissions reduction from manufacture to end-of-life vehicle recycling from 2006 data.

The average fuel efficiency of Japanese petrol vehicles reached 16.0 l/km in 2006, exceeding the regulatory target set for 2010. Cars produced with emissions performance superior to current regulations numbered 4.04m units in 2006, 95% of all cars shipped that year. More than 90% of them exceeded 2005 standards by 50% or more.

(www.jama-english.jp/publications/env_prot_report_2007.pdf)

- Vehicle production in Japan in January rose 8.7% year on year to 976,975 units, up for the sixth straight month, according to JAMA data also released this morning. Production of passenger cars increased 8.8% to 842,111 units, while truck production grew 5.5% to 123,634 units. Bus production rose 54.0% at 11,230 units. Exports from Japan by JAMA members in January rose 16.7% to 572,236 units, in the 30th consecutive month of vehicle export increases.

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