Big sales for Hybrids Toyota

It's been 12 years that Toyota has marketed its first hybrid called Prius. In the world and for this same period, 2.5 million Toyota were produced with hybrid engines.

After a tedious start, the Prius has really been successful with the second generation appeared in 2004, and since Toyota accumulates flattering figures for overall production of hybrid vehicules.

The range is now much broader than the alone Prius, even if it remains the best selling with over 1.8 million units. Toyota may also rely on the Camry Hybrid already sold more than 200,000 units worldwide, the crossover Highlander Hybrid in the U.S., or the Crown Estima on the Japanese market, Auris HSD in Europe and various models Lexus HS250h, RX450h, GS450h, LS600h and soon the CT200h. The cars which all have passed the 500,000 mark for the first time in 2009 and over the year.

Toyota doesn't keep the hybrids production only to Japanese factories, indeed cars are also assembled in the United States, China, Australia and Europe with the new Auris.