Silicon Valley makes Prius No. 1 Posted 2007-07-22 21:10:19 tags: ToyotaSales(suggest tag) Toyota's Prius hybrid has become the bestselling car in Silicon Valley. Through May, 1,627 Prius registrations have been recorded in Santa Clara County, according to R.L. Polk. That puts the Prius ahead of Toyota's Camry and Corolla and Honda's Accord and Civic, all cars that outsell the high-mileage, gas-electric sedan nationwide. Locally, the Prius was No. 5 behind those models last year. ... Read the article(report dead link) :: Permalink :: View blog reactions
Hybrid Car Sales, June 2007 Posted 2007-07-10 14:39:19 tags: SalesBlog(suggest tag) As we hit the six month mark, Toyota hybrid car sales have once again increased remarkably from last year. Overall, hybrid cars sales are up 48.8% to 34,300 units sold in the month of June. Through the month of June, hybrid car sales are up 55.5% over last years first six months for a total of 181,972 units sold. There are three main stories to tell this month. First, hybrid sales trends are way up in 2007. ... Read the article(report dead link) :: Permalink :: View blog reactions
How Popular Is The Prius? Uh, Very Posted 2007-07-04 13:16:11 tags: ToyotaSalesBlog(suggest tag) Automakers released June sales numbers today, and its gives us a chance to see how things are faring after half of 2007. And the continuing and growing success of the Prius hybrid is worth noting. Toyota dealers have sold nearly 100,000 Priuses so far this year. (94,503 actually.) That’s nearly double from the 48,156 sold in Jan-June 2006. In June, Toyota sold 17,756 Prius models, up 76% from the number sold in June 2006. ... Read the article(report dead link) :: Permalink :: View blog reactions
Toyota Prius: Where's the hybrid love? Posted 2007-07-03 09:55:50 tags: ToyotaBusinessSales(suggest tag) While the US and Britain have embraced hybrid cars, Australia is lagging a long way behind. The world's first mass-produced hybrid vehicle, the Toyota Prius, was launched in Japan in 1997. It reached North America, Europe and here in 2000. The company now makes hybrid minivans, SUVs, rear-wheel-drive sedans and other vehicles. Last month, Toyota announced the sale of its one millionth hybrid worldwide while Toyota Australia set a monthly record of 380 Prius sales. ... Read the article(report dead link) :: Permalink :: View blog reactions
High Gas Prices Driving Hybrid Demand Posted 2007-07-03 09:55:00 tags: EditorialSales(suggest tag) It is no surprise that a look at the top-10 vehicles consumers shopped in May were dominated by vehicles offering hybrids or better fuel efficiency when you consider gas prices reached an all-time high of $3.19/gallon in May. Out of the top-10 vehicles shopped, six of them offer hybrid models. ... Read the article(report dead link) :: Permalink :: View blog reactions
Why Honda Accord Hybrid ran out of gas Posted 2007-06-13 12:28:48 tags: HondaEditorialBusinessSales(suggest tag) Honda's decision to park the gas-electric version of its Accord sedan amid soaring hybrid car sales has some scratching their heads, but those who build and sell the vehicle said it boils down to numbers: It wasn't selling. "I actually can't remember the last time we sold one," said Katina Rapton, general manager of Mel Rapton Honda in Sacramento. A quick check of records by Rapton confirmed that the dealership sold no Honda Accord Hybrids in either April or May.
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Locally-built Toyota hybrid sales up Posted 2007-06-08 09:35:23 tags: ToyotaBusinessSales(suggest tag) Toyota said Thursday that it has sold more than 58,300 Georgetown, Ky.-built Camry hybrid sedans among the more than 1 million hybrids it has sold since launching the Prius sedan in Japan a decade ago. Toyota launched production of the Camry Hybrid at the Georgetown plant, its largest outside Japan, last fall.
Toyota said sales of its gas-and-electric-powered vehicles totaled 1.05 million as of the end of May. ... Read the article(report dead link) :: Permalink :: View blog reactions
Toyota sells its millionth hybrid Posted 2007-06-07 09:23:03 tags: ToyotaBusinessSales(suggest tag) Toyota has sold its millionth hybrid car, 10 years after introducing its first one in Japan. It took Toyota eight years to sell its first 500,000 hybrid cars and only two more to break the one million barrier. Hybrid cars achieve high fuel efficiency by switching between a petrol engine and an electric one. Toyota's most popular hybrid car is the Prius, which has sold 757,600, but it now sells hybrid versions of other models including the Camry and Lexus. ... Read the article(report dead link) :: Permalink :: View blog reactions
Toyota carving a new niche Posted 2007-06-05 09:27:43 tags: ToyotaEditorialBusinessSales(suggest tag) Record gasoline prices drove hybrid-electric cars and trucks to a new level of popularity in May, but the majority of those sales went to just one automaker. As U.S. hybrid sales jumped to 45,000 vehicles -- their highest monthly total ever -- Toyota Motor Co. captured 80% of all new hybrid customers, according to a Free Press analysis. While other automakers reported sizable increases in hybrid sales, Toyota saw sales of its hybrid Prius more than double from a year earlier. ... Read the article(report dead link) :: Permalink :: View blog reactions
Americans guzzle hybrids; Prius sales triple in May Posted 2007-06-03 17:14:43 tags: ToyotaSales(suggest tag) The gas-electric hybrid car, once the domain of your granola-crunching, environmentally conscious neighbor, moved into the mainstream last month as $3-per-gallon gasoline helped to nearly triple Toyota Prius sales. Toyota said it sold just over 24,000 Priuses in May, boosting the car into ninth place among all vehicles for the month and cracking the list of 10 top sellers for the first time. ... Read the article(report dead link) :: Permalink :: View blog reactions
Hybrid Market Share Continues to Increase Posted 2007-06-01 11:13:15 tags: SalesBlog(suggest tag) According to the most recent Power Information Network (PIN) Insights (pdf), hybrid market penetration is once again reaching record levels. Through the first 20 days of May, 3.4% of all retail transactions were hybrids. With 12 hybrid models on the market, hybrid car penetration has continued to increase each year. ... Read the article(report dead link) :: Permalink :: View blog reactions
Report: Diesels will outsell hybrids in the U.S. by 2012 Posted 2007-05-27 12:01:24 tags: StudySalesDiesel(suggest tag) Right now in the U.S., hybrids are all the rage among drivers who want to be more green in what they drive, but it may not stay that way for much longer. New research by Ricardo and UBS is projecting that total sales of hybrid and diesel vehicles will hit 2.7 million annually by 2012, and that oil burners will account for 1.5 million of those sales. For those not good with math, the report is claiming that within five years, diesels will outsell hybrids in the U.S. ... Read the article(report dead link) :: Permalink :: View blog reactions
