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CT200h: The opportunity

TOYOTA’S huge success with the Prius hybrid presents Lexus with a prime sales opportunity for the CT 200h. 2 million Prius have now been sold – and it is with these buyers Leuxs feels the real potential lies. The intention is thus not for the CT 200h to be seen as a direct rival to [...]

	Toyota EU Prius sales
TOYOTA has underlined its current dominance of the hybrid car market by hitting a Prius sales landmark. Sales have just topped the 200,000 mark across Europe, a decade after the petrol-electric motor went on sale. It’s an impressive figure; the 100,000 mark was only reached in 2008! It’s doing even better globally, too: worldwide sales [...]

	Toyota Prius prices up
TOYOTA Prius used prices are beginning to rise again now the well publicised brake recall issue has passed. Exchangeandmart.co.uk reports that prices, which plummeted a few months ago, are now on the up. Falling from £9230 in December 2009 to £8650 last month, used values are staging a recovery. This is being reflected in the [...]

	Toyota sets sales record
TOYOTA dealers have helped the firm handle recent highly publicised recall events by setting a new sales record. The Toyota Prius has just recorded its best-ever monthly sales record in the UK. 538 models were sold in February 2010 – more than double the previous best score set in February 2008. This, said the firm, [...]

	Toyota to recall Prius
TOYOTA is to issue another recall of UK cars due to concerns over the ABS brakes of the Prius. The firm’s car dealers will see an estimated 8500 Prius built before January 27 2010 for remedial work. VOSA will start writing to customers in the next few days, says Toyota, to advise them a dealer [...]

		UK-built hybrid debuts
		TOYOTA will show its full hybrid Auris model at the Frankfurt Motor Show, in a ‘milestone’ for the firm. The model will take centre stage – prior to production starting at Toyota’s Derby plant in mid-2010. It’s a massively significant car for Toyota. It is the first time full hybrid technology has come to a [...]
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		Toyota dealers take 2000
		TOYOTA dealers are celebrating after advance orders for the all-new eco Prius topped the 2000 mark. The car is now officially on sale – but the waiting list remains hefty, as demand for the all-new electric hybrid gears up. What’s more, reckons the firm, one in 10 of those orders has come through scrappage. Which [...]
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		Mandy unveils hybrid
		TOYOTA is to build a green hybrid version of the Auris here in the UK, at its Derby production facility. Business secretary Lord Mandelson was on hand to announce the shock news, in what is a significant advance for the hi-tech factory. Until now, hybrid Toyota Prius have had to be imported across from Japan. [...]
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		107mpg Toyota Prius
		TOYOTA has shocked the world, by announcing its new Prius hybrid OFFICIALLY averages 107mpg! The new model, on sale in May, has just been certified in Japan with the dramatic figure, an all-time low for new cars. It also emits just 61g/km of CO2, thanks to the many innovations of the new 1.8 petrol-electric hybrid [...]
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