Hybrid Sales Scoreboard from Toyota
November 25, 2005 Toyota Worldwide Hybrid Sales Top 500,000 Units
Tokyo — TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
(TMC) announced today that global cumulative sales of Toyota hybrid
vehicles have topped the 500,000 mark, with approximately 513,000 units
sold worldwide by the end of October this year*.
TMC
launched the Prius—the world's first mass-produced hybrid
vehicle—in
Japan in 1997 and began selling it in North America, Europe and
elsewhere in 2000. In 2001, it added in Japan the Estima Hybrid
minivan, the Crown luxury sedan mild hybrid and the Dyna light-duty
hybrid truck.
Aiming to achieve a fusion of environmental performance and power, in
2003, TMC introduced in the second-generation Prius a new-generation
hybrid system based on the concept of Hybrid Synergy Drive. In
2005, it expanded use of this system to power-demanding SUVs in the
form of the Lexus RX400h ("Harrier Hybrid" in Japan) and the Highlander
Hybrid ("Kluger Hybrid" in Japan).
Not stopping there, TMC is preparing a Hybrid Synergy Drive-based
hybrid system for rear-wheel-drive passenger vehicles and expects to
introduce it on the Lexus GS450h, scheduled for launch in spring 2006.
TMC has positioned hybrid technology as its key technology in
addressing environmental issues in the 21st century, and it intends to
enhance its hybrid lineup while encouraging the widespread use of
hybrid technology.
Cumulative Toyota Hybrid Vehicle
Sales* |
(One unit = one vehicle; figures
rounded to the nearest hundred) |
|
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005
Jan - Oct |
Cumulative total |
Japan |
300 |
17,700 |
15,300 |
12,500 |
18,500 |
19,900 |
27,200 |
68,700 |
49,400 |
229,500 |
Overseas |
- |
- |
- |
6,500 |
18,400 |
21,400 |
26,100 |
66,000 |
145,400 |
283,800 |
Total |
300 |
17,700 |
15,300 |
19,000 |
36,900 |
41,300 |
53,300 |
134,700 |
194,800 |
513,300 |
Sales of Main Toyota Hybrid
Models* |
(One unit = one vehicle; figures
rounded to the nearest hundred) |
|
Prius |
Estima Hybrid |
Crown w/ mild hybrid system |
Harrier Hybrid |
Kluger Hybrid |
Start of
sales in Japan |
December
1997 |
June
2001 |
August
2001 |
March
2005 |
March
2005 |
Japan |
177,600 |
26,900 |
5,900 |
4,100 |
2,100 |
Overseas |
249,200 |
- |
- |
20,600 |
14,000 |
Total |
426,800 |
26,900 |
5,900 |
24,700 |
16,100 |
*Based on TMC data