Toyota
hybrids post record sales in May
Friday,
July 13, 2007
The
Camry hybrid was also hot
Ouch! That's all I can say regarding the sales of the Toyota
Prius hybrid car this May.
With a tax
credit that has been cut in half, then cut in half
again, one might have expected a bit of a drop in the
sales of Toyota's hybrid
vehicles, or at least some stagnation. Instead, Toyota
posted its BEST EVER month of Prius sales, selling some
24,009 Prius vehicles - almost equaling the total sales of
Toyota's entire Lexus division.
That's every Lexus, not just Lexus hybrids.
Quite simply, Prius sales were smoking hot in May. One can
only imagine what Prius sales would have been like if
Toyota still qualified for the full clean vehicle tax
credit.
But, why would Congress want to help put too many hybrids
on the roads of America too quickly? They only affect
global warming and foreign oil dependency - nothing too
important.
And for lucky Toyota, it wasn't just stellar Prius
numbers.
Toyota also sold almost 7,000 Camry
hybrids, over 3,300 Highlander
hybrids and 1,746 Lexus
RX400h hybrids.
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