(September 5, 2018) PLANO, Texas — Despite the best-ever month for truck sales, Toyota North America reported total August sales — including the Lexus luxury brand — down 2 percent year-over-year on weaker car demand. Toyota North America sold 223,055 units in August compared to sales of 227,625 in August 2017. The Toyota division was down 1.2 percent and Lexus was off 7.1 percent.

Lexus sales are off 2.3 percent for the first eight months of 2018 while the Toyota division is up 1.2 percent for the year.
 
Truck sales highlighted the month for Toyota/Lexus. The Toyota light truck division showed an 8.6 percent gain led by the compact RAV4 crossover with 42,222 units sold. 4Runner sales increased by 24.2 percent; Tacoma posted its best sales since 1996, up 35.3 percent; and Tundra sales increased 7.2 percent.

At Lexus, the RX crossover was up 4.7 percent and the NX was up 2.3 percent.