FILE PHOTO: Employees work on the Yaris Cross car assembly line at the Toyota Motor Manufacturing France (TMMF) plant in Onnaing near Valenciennes, France, April 4, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

TOKYO (Reuters) -Toyota Motor said on Monday its global sales grew for an eighth straight month in August, as continuing strong demand for some of its hybrid models in the United States offset a weaker performance in Japan.

The automaker's worldwide sales increased 2.2% year-on-year to 844,963 vehicles in August, helped by a 13.6% jump in the U.S. But sales in its home market fell 12.1%.

Its global vehicle production rose 4.9%, a third consecutive month of growth.

The production and sales figures include Toyota's luxury Lexus brand.

(Reporting by Daniel Leussink; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)