Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Toyota sold three million hybrids worldwide

Toyota announced today that cumulative sales of full hybrid vehicles in the world have surpassed the 3 million units: the final end of February for the accuracy was 3.03 million cars. Goal that can be defined without hesitation "historic". The story of Toyota hybrid began in August 1997 with the launch in Japan of the Coaster Hybrid minivan, but it was in December of that year began the marketing team (in Japan) the first-generation Prius, the model would marked the turning point along the path of full hybrid car.

Sales of this model began only in 2000 in North America and Europe and other countries, but in 2003 came his second generation. The Prius is the third entry into the market in May of 2009, and sales of Toyota and Lexus hybrids have exceeded two million in August of that year. The group currently has 16 full hybrid models in about 80 countries worldwide, including three commercial vehicles in Japan.

The latest is the Lexus 200h CT marking the entrance of the full hybrid in the premium compact class. By the end of 2012, the range of the hybrid Japanese giant will grow more than 10 proposals, six of which are completely new models.

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