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Due to the tight supply chain of components such as chips, a number of Japanese car companies, including Toyota and Nissan, have been unable to meet the demand for orders, resulting in the suspension of sales of many models.

Due to tight supply chains, Nissan suspended sales of an all-electric car and a sports car in Japan's local market from August 1, and a Nissan store in Tokyo has no cars to sell, according to CCTV Financial Reports. even if consumers place an order on July 31, they will not be able to mention cars until after October next year.

Toyota, also a Japanese car company, faces the same problem. Toyota announced on August 1 that due to the COVID-19 epidemic and spare parts supply shortages and other factors, 9 production lines in 6 of Toyota's 14 factories in Japan will be temporarily suspended, with global production falling by about 17% to 700000 vehicles in August.

Up to now, Toyota has been forced to stop production and cut production several times in its home market in Japan, and the delivery time of vehicles has been extended due to serious delays in production. In view of this, Toyota has suspended the sales of some models. According to previous reports, Toyota and Lexus have stopped taking orders for the new Toyota Lande Cool Luze and Lexus LX600 since July 1, while Toyota announced earlier this year that users of the new Toyota Lande Cool Luze and Lexus LX may have to wait up to four years to mention the car because of a shortage of chips and parts and a shortage of demand.

The production delay has further led Toyota to cancel orders for some models. Earlier, relevant media reported that local Toyota dealers in Japan said they had received notice to stop taking orders for two models, Alphard and Vellfire, for the same reason as above, which was also affected by supply and global orders significantly exceeding production capacity.

To make matters worse, with the spread of the seventh wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in Japan, employee infection also had an impact on Japanese car companies. At the end of July, Toyota's Japanese factory was forced to suspend production for some time due to the epidemic, causing delays in the production of models such as the Corolla. Another Japanese car company, Daihatsu Industries, will stop night shift production for four consecutive days because of the epidemic.

Honda's main domestic plant is also expected to cut production by 30% earlier this month than originally planned. Honda announced that as a result of these factors, the Suzuki plant in western Japan will suspend production on two production lines and cut production by about 10% in July, and production at the plant in early August will be about 30% lower than previously planned. The plant in Saitama prefecture north of Tokyo will also cut production by about 10% early next month.

The latest data show that due to the tight supply chain, the production of eight Japanese car companies in Japan's home market fell 14.3% to 3.42 million vehicles in the first half of this year compared with the same period last year, and new car sales (including light vehicles) fell 15% year on year to about 2.0862 million. The lowest level since the first half of 2011 (about 1.919 million), of which Toyota (excluding Lexus) Japan market sales of about 638000 vehicles, down 19% from the same period last year. Subaru sold about 46000 vehicles in Japan, down 21% from a year earlier.

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