米新車販売、２桁減続く　トヨタなど日系３社―４～６月期

　【ニューヨーク時事】トヨタ自動車など日系の自動車大手３社が１日発表した４～６月期の米国内での新車販売台数は、いずれも前年同期比２桁減となった。３社は１～３月期も２桁減。新型コロナウイルス禍に伴う半導体不足など、サプライチェーン（供給網）の混乱が長期化し、生産が需要に追い付かない状況が続いている。
　各社は昨春、コロナ禍からの回復で販売が急増。その反動で今年の落ち込みが顕著となった面もある。（2022/07/02-07:56）

Three major Japanese automakers said Friday that their new vehicle sales in the United States in April-June logged double-digit year-on-year declines for the second straight quarter.
   The continued plunges came as prolonged supply constraints, such as semiconductor shortages traced to the COVID-19 pandemic, hampered production activities at the three firms--Toyota Motor Corp. , Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. .
   The results also appeared to be a reaction to strong sales a year earlier when sales were sharply recovering from the pandemic's impact.
   In the second quarter of 2022, Toyota's U.S. sales dropped 22.9 pct to 531,105 units. Although a sales drop for its mainstay RAV4 SUV was limited to 6.8 pct, Toyota's overall sales fell below those of U.S. auto giant General Motors Co. for the first time in five quarters. GM's sales came to 582,401 units, down 15.4 pct.
   Honda's sales plunged 50.7 pct to 239,789 units, with its popular CR-V SUV suffering a 51.4 pct tumble.