Consolidated domestic and overseas automobile sales for the first six months of the fiscal year ending March 2012 is projected to fall by 71.6 thousand units on a year-on-year basis to total 259.5 thousand units. Stagnant production in the aftermath of the catastrophic March 11 earthquake is directly to blame for this major year-on-year drop for the first fiscal half. The domestic market will see sales dip by 18.1 thousand units to reach 70.4 thousand units, with passenger car sales falling by 4.4 thousand units to total 33.3 thousand units, and minicar sales also declining 13.7 thousand units to total 37.1 thousand units. Overseas sales are projected to fall by 53.5 thousand units to 189.1 thousand units as we foresee decline in year-on-year sales in most markets. These estimates add up to a 71.6 thousand unit year-on-year drop that will bring the total sales volume down to 259.5 thousand units.