Posted on April - 04 - 2010
Prius tops Japan’s auto sales
TOKYO – AN AUTO industry group says Toyota’s Prius hybrid was Japan’s top-selling car in March despite the automaker’s massive recall woes.
The Japan Automobile Dealers Association said on Tuesday the company sold 35,546 units of the gas-electric hybrid in Japan last month, making the Prius the best-selling model for the 11th straight month.
Toyota’s Prius was also the top-selling car in Japan in the fiscal year to March 2010, with sales quadrupling from a year earlier to 277,485, the association said.
Toyota Motor Corp – the world’s biggest automaker – has been fighting to regain its once-sterling reputation for quality after recalling more than 8 million vehicles around the world due to acceleration problems in multiple models and braking shortcomings in the Prius. — AP
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