Sales of used cars in Japan were down 1% in April, compared to the same month a year ago. The figure of 356,476 units was the worst for the month in 20 years, a trade organisation said.

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Japan Automobile Dealers Association data showed that used cars, excluding minivehicles with engines sizes up to 660 cc, had fallen for the third consecutive month.


Compact car sales fell 0.5% to 162,934 units, the lowest since records began in 1978 for April.


Ordinary passenger car sales fell 2% to 139,323 units.


However, secondhand truck sales were up slightly – 0.2% – the second straight month of rise.

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Earlier this month, figures showed that sales of new cars plummeted to a record low for April. Sales fell 28.6% year on year  to 166,365 vehicles.


A JADA spokeman told local media: “We have not seen a figure this low in recent years.”