July Toyota Prius Sales Up 666% (Ooo-EEEE-oo!) From July 2003

[hatrack]

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"The Toyota Division posted its best-ever July sales of 175,083, up 14.5 percent. The Lexus Division reported best-ever July sales with 25,123 units sold, an increase of 8.0 percent.

Toyota Division passenger cars recorded best-ever July sales with 96,799 units sold, up 18.9 percent over the same period last year. Camry, the number-one selling car in America, led sales with strong July sales of 41,459, up 9.4 percent. The Prius gas-electric hybrid mid-size sedan posted best-ever July sales of 5,230, an increase of 666.6 percent."

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http://www.toyota.com/about/news/product/2004/08/03-1-sales.html

[NNadir]

1. My local Toyota dealer won't even put you on the waiting list.

He says to check back in a year or so.

[Canuckistanian]

2. That 0.6% is important

Besides 666% of barely nothing is still insignificant.

[phantom power]

4. at that rate, it won't be insignificant for long

One thing is clear: they can't make them fast enough. Which implies that they can sustain this huge yearly increase for a while, and that's a pretty steep exponential curve.

The only question is, when will that curve saturate? If gas prices continue to rise, I bet they've got a *lot* of room for market penetration.

And when they start making hybrid SUVs, that leaves that much more room for growth.

[rkc3]

3. I've said it before - wait till they put one in the Highlander...

Goodbye GM, Ford, and Daimler-Chrysler.

Although Ford has a hybrid engine in their Escape. Haven't heard too much about it yet.

[phantom power]

5. Supposedly, they are releasing a few next year, but...

But they are only releasing through a few select dealers in a few coastal cities.

When Toyota rolls out their hybrid SUV, I predict it will be a far bigger roll-out. Now that they've demonstrated such a wild popularity of the Prius, I assume that they'll try to retool for a larger initial offering of a hybrid SUV.

[bookman]

7. Lexus Hybrid

I think they will have a hybrid RX330. This has some large potential sales.

[RobertSeattle]

6. I'm surprised Cheney didn't blame Prius Drivers for High Oil Prices!

:evilgrin:

Yours,

2002 Prius Owner.