Toyota Hits New Record with Hybrid Car Sales
" As for hybrids, the market's appetite continues unabated, with Prius also establishing an all-time record, " said Jim Lentz,...
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"As for hybrids, the market's appetite continues unabated, with Prius also establishing an all-time record," said Jim Lentz, TMS executive vice president.
Toyota set an all time high in hybrid car sales in the month of May. Under the brand of Toyota and Lexus, they increased sales by 102 percent over last May, selling 36,101 hybrid vehicles. Toyota Division increased sales by 121 percent from last year. That brings their total year-to-date hybrid sales up to 119,154 units, an increase of 75 percent over the same period last year.
Some of that increase is from the addition of the Toyota Camry Hybrid last April, but not all. The Prius set an all time high record of 24,009 units sold in May, which is an increase of 196.3% from last May. The Toyota Camry Hybrid also set an all time record of 6,853 units sold, which is an increase of 126.0% from last year.
Ford, the only other automaker who has reported on hybrid sales so far, also hit double digit growth, selling 3,214 units of its Hybrid Escape and Mercury Mariner. That's an increase of 12.3% over last year.
I expect I'll have all the numbers in by next week, so look for my usual hybrid car sales report for the month of May around then.
Update: The Toyota Prius moved into ninth place among all vehicles for the month and cracking the list of 10 top sellers for the first time, the company said.
Toyota set an all time high in hybrid car sales in the month of May. Under the brand of Toyota and Lexus, they increased sales by 102 percent over last May, selling 36,101 hybrid vehicles. Toyota Division increased sales by 121 percent from last year. That brings their total year-to-date hybrid sales up to 119,154 units, an increase of 75 percent over the same period last year.
Some of that increase is from the addition of the Toyota Camry Hybrid last April, but not all. The Prius set an all time high record of 24,009 units sold in May, which is an increase of 196.3% from last May. The Toyota Camry Hybrid also set an all time record of 6,853 units sold, which is an increase of 126.0% from last year.
Ford, the only other automaker who has reported on hybrid sales so far, also hit double digit growth, selling 3,214 units of its Hybrid Escape and Mercury Mariner. That's an increase of 12.3% over last year.
I expect I'll have all the numbers in by next week, so look for my usual hybrid car sales report for the month of May around then.
Update: The Toyota Prius moved into ninth place among all vehicles for the month and cracking the list of 10 top sellers for the first time, the company said.
