Japanese carmakers post firm U.S. sales growth on rush of buying

Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co. and two other Japanese carmakers sold a combined 464,372 vehicles in the U.S. market in April, up 11.8 percent from a year earlier, helped by buying before prices rise due to an additional tariff on imported cars, industry data showed Thursday.U.S. President Donald Trump implemented an additional tariff of 25 percent on cars produced outside the United States on April 3. Subaru Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp. export about 50 percent and 70 percent of their vehicles sold in the U.S. market from Japan, respectively, while Toyota imports over 20 percent and Hond…READ FULL ARTICLE