One Millionth Toyota Prius Sold
Without a doubt, the Toyota Prius can only described as a successful vehicle. The world's first mass-produced hybrid vehicle can now stake its claim in the million cars club as latest figures released by Toyota reveal unit number 1,027,700 has now been sold.
Ever since the Prius was first launched in 1997 sales have been steadily increasing. It wasn't until 2006 that the figure of 500,000 unit sales was reached, but the ever increasing fuel prices have helped its popularity go into overdrive, taking just a further 2 years to reach magic figure of 1 million. With 590,000 sales in North America, this represents the biggest market for the Toyota Prius, followed by Japan with 315,000 sales and Europe way down at 100,000 units.
Prius sales - worldwide
|
Year |
Sales |
Cumulative |
|
1997 (Dec) |
323 |
323 |
|
1998 |
17,653 |
17,976 |
|
1999 |
15,243 |
33,219 |
|
2000 |
19,011 |
52,230 |
|
2001 |
29,459 |
81,689 |
|
2002 |
28,083 |
109,772 |
|
2003 |
43,162 |
152,934 |
|
2004 |
125,742 |
278,676 |
|
2005 |
175,157 |
453,833 |
|
2006 |
185,589 |
639,422 |
|
2007 |
281,265 |
920,687 |
|
2008 (April) |
107,1001 |
1,027,700 |
It certainly isn't a "price of crap". Its better than most other cars out there that do nothing to combat emissions or fuel economy. At the very least, it provides some alternative for those people who don't want to spend so much on stupidly expensive fuel prices.
it is pointless, it's slow, doesn't have that great of fuel economy, looks ugly, and would probably get better mileage if you cut out the weight of the batteries and motors. The money you save on fuel will never counteract the extra cost of the car.
Thanks for explaining my statement Joe, I would be too lazy for that. Oh and Zero, I never said "price of crap", whatever that means.
Thanks for explaining it to Zero Joe. Oh and, what's a "price of crap"?
wow bud, way to make fun of his typo lol very mature. he CLEARLY meant piece of crap. Joe u are 100% correct on that fact that the money you save on fuel will never counteract the extra cost of the car. That's just the car companies trying to make a profit. It business. everything is and everything always will be.
I'm not english or anything, so I was actually wondering if there's any meaning to the phrase. The double error caused comment just made it look silly.
Yes, okay, it may be little dissapointing in some ways. But look at the sales, it seems to be popular if you ask me. Anyway, in the UK this car seems to selling more and more, due to the high fuel prices, tax and congestion charge in London.
Hybrids are a work in progress. Earlier generations are bound to be limited in some ways, just like the original motor car was. Give it some years, and the technology will improve no doubt.
By the way mps, the fact that you had to point out my mistake twice reflects badly on yourself. Yes, I made a small typing mistake. If you want to lamblast it, then go ahead.
Mps, I would argue you're half-right. The Prius is significant in our efforts to control the automobile's impact on the environment; therefore, it is not pointless. However, its appeal is strictly economic, and that makes it a piece of crap. A Prius owner, if asked about the allure of the Prius, will list off numbers and gas prices or will compare its "green" qualities to conventional automobiles. I understand marketing a vehicle like this requires it to appeal to all audiences; however, that doesn't mean it should completely lack character. The Prius, to me, is a colossal failure for auto enthusiasts, albeit an equally large success for environmentalists (and even then, as an environmentalist myself, I'm not sure it deserves the amount of "green" praise it receives).
Slap hybrid on a car and people automatically think its " green " and economical. Ugly, slow, only reasonably economical for a car of this nature and way overpriced.
just coz this is the first hybrid on the market doesnt meen its good! THERE ARE WAY BETTER HYBRIDS OUT THER!!! this is really ugly nd expensive
The concept of this car is great, but the only people who will save money on hybrids are taxi cab drivers and delivery men who use this car for business. Others will definately invest more money in it then they will save on gas. Think of the repairs. You cant just take it to you local mechanic, you have to go to the dealer and thats expensive. If I had to buy an economical small car I would go with a civic or corrolla. If i really needed a hybrid I would buy this car because of quality. It is a toyota after all and people who buy theese cars do not look for speed or power.
Pointless piece of crap.