March 2012: Prius sales 28,711, Total Toyota/lexus hybrid 38,222, best month ever!

Yes, I have no doubt that the prius c would have done better with a full month and full availability.

Unfortunately that 6000/month allocation is for everyone outside of Japan, not just the united states, although the US should get the bulk. I hope these strong sales will get toyota to increase production bound for North America, or hint hint start building them here.

 

Wow. Toyota hybrid and Prius sales continues to decimate Honda hybrid sales.

Take a look at American Honda Reports March Sales as 2012 CR-V Sets All-Time Monthly Record -- TORRANCE, Calif., April 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --. Not sure of the reason for Honda's drop compared to most other automakers (March 2011 -Â Fool on a Hill Edition).

 

The die-hards on GMI are pretty upset about that... because they were just mocking Prius a few days ago claiming that wasn't going to happen. They completely disregard the market, still hoping for a Volt miracle.

Meanwhile, Prius has been the #1 seller in Japan for a very long time. :rockon:
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Actually, the Honda hybrid sales have risen month-by-month this year. They'd probably have risen more.

Honda and Toyota sold on efficiency and reliability.
Other companies' cars became more efficient and more reliable.
Honda has relatively expensive cars.
Toyota pursued aggressive cost reduction.

Toyota is in a better position to compete on price as well as technology.

 

Agree, the Prius line is looking really good, and we should soon see an Avalon Hybrid, a Rav4 Hybrid and ES Hybrid!

Auto Sales - Markets Data Center - WSJ.com

 

So? So did Toyota's. See
Toyota | January 2012 Sales Chart
Toyota | February 2012 Sales Chart [Updated]
Toyota | March 2012 Sales Chart

Normally, one is supposed to compare a given period's sales to the same period a year ago. However, once we hit April 2012, the comparisons will start getting weird because of the tragedy in Japan on 3/11/11.

 

You can compare 2010 and extrapolate for the larger car market.

You can also compare to 2007, the peak year.
2011 for march-november needs to be adjusted for the problems, but that doesn't mean there is not good data for comparisons Let's hope when this oil spike is over, the hybrid sales stay high. Toyota does have a much better hybrid line up than they did in 2007.

 

Visually.

 

March 2012 in Japan:
Prius (including PHV?): 45496 units, first place.
Aqua: 29156 units, third place.

WOW total 74652 units in one month!

Aqua posted 64953 units in first quarter 2012.

Anyone knows the PHV number?

 

April sales are here.