Japan sales of new imported vehicles jumps 34.7% i

Sales of new imported vehicles in Japan, including Japanese brands manufactured abroad, jumped 34.7 percent in the April-September period, from a year earlier, the Japan Automobile Importers Association said in a report on Wednesday.
According to the industry body, sales in the April-September first half of fiscal 2010 totaled 119,053 units,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], with sales of Japanese-brand cars, trucks and buses soaring 187.0 percent to 23, 652 units.
The report revealed that in the recording period sales of foreign-brand vehicles rose 19.0 percent to 95,401, with passenger car sales increasing 37.2 percent to 113,904 units.
Sales of buses rose to 55 units from 11 on an annualized basis,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but truck purchases declined 5.2 percent to 5,094 units, the association said.
Volkswagen, maker of the popular Golf and Polo models was the top selling brand in the six-month recording period, with 25,399 units being sold, followed by Nissan, known for such models as the Fuga coupe and the Cube city car, who sold 16,869 units. BMW took the third spot shifting 16,734 of its high-end vehicles.
September's sales figures alone marked an 11th straight month of increase with sales of new imported vehicles climbing 45.1 percent with 30,0004 units being sold, the report also stated.