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Toyota Prius top-selling car in Japan for 3 months
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 06 - 08 - 2009


Toyota's hugely popular Prius hybrid ranked
as Japan's top-selling car in July, clinching the spot for
the third consecutive month as tax breaks boosted sales of
green vehicles, an auto industry group said Thursday, according to AP.
The Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Toyota Motor
Corp., the world's No. 1 automaker, sold 27,712 Prius cars
in July, up 24 percent from June.
Sales of gas-electric hybrid cars have been surging in
Japan despite the global auto slump, helped by government
incentives such as making hybrid vehicles tax free.
«The government program is spurring demand for hybrid
vehicles like the Prius. Strong sales of the Prius also
reflected a trend that consumers were interested in
eco-friendly products,» said Kentaro Nakata, an
association spokesman.
Toyota's rival, Honda Motor Co., also enjoyed brisk sales
of the Insight hybrid. Japan's No. 2 automaker sold 10,210
Insight cars in July, up 16.3 percent from June.
The Insight, a hybrid marketed as a cheaper alternative to
the Prius, held the No. 4 slot in July auto sales. Honda's
popular Fit compact secured the No. 2 spot in July sales.
Toyota's Vitz subcompact, which is marketed overseas as
the Yaris, came third in July auto sales, the association
said.
Honda, meanwhile, Thursday brushed off claims in Japanese
and overseas media that the Insight is a copycat of the
Prius.
«We don't think it looks like the Prius at all,» said
Nobuki Ebisawa, managing director at Honda R&D Co., Honda
Motor Co.'s research unit. «There may be some similarities
in the roof line, but it is clearly different.»
Ebisawa acknowledged considerations for maximizing
aerodynamics and placing the hybrid system of electric
motor and gas engine may make for similar styling in
hybrids cars.
Any similarities between the Prius and Insight are
coincidence, he said.


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