Toyota Motor Corp. posted its first U.S. sales gain of the year, despite a continuing slide at Lexus, as light-truck deliveries overcame weakness in cars. The automaker’s 2.1 percent increase ended a drought that had seen sales fall 4.7 percent through May. Lexus, however, dropped 5.4 percent, for its ninth consecutive monthly decline. Sales at Toyota Division, including a small number of vehicles from the defunct Scion brand, grew 3.2 percent last month to 177,981 vehicles.
For the first half of the year, the automaker reported a sales drop of 3.6 percent compared with the same period last year. Toyota sales were off by 2.4 percent in the half and Lexus fell 12 percent, ceding further ground to its two bigger luxury-brand rivals, Mercedes-Benz and BMW. Toyota’s gains last month came on record sales of its RAV4 compact crossover, which rose 25 percent to 34,120, and the midsize Highlander, which jumped 28 percent. Sales of the 4Runner SUV rose 24 percent. The C-HR, which went on sale in April, tallied 3,100 sales. Prior to its debut, Toyota did not have a subcompact crossover, an increasingly popular segment. In pickups, the midsize Tacoma rose 4 percent last month, while the full-size Tundra gained 4.3 percent. Read more
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