Featured Toyota Motor Europe hybrid sales up 38%

Source: Green Car Congress: Toyota Motor Europe hybrid sales up 38% in first quarter; 30% hybrid mix

Toyota Motor Europe (TME) reported a 38% increase in its Q1 2016 hybrid sales (Toyota and Lexus brands) versus the same period last year, representing 30% of total sales, compared to 24% for the full calendar year 2015. The Toyota brand hybrids accounted for 59,608 units (+43% year-on-year) for a hybrid mix of 27%; Lexus brand hybrids posted 12,141 units (+15% year-on-year), for a hybrid mix of 67%.

Total TME sales for the first quarter of 2016 were 241,600 Toyota and Lexus vehicles, an increase of 5.1% from Q1 2015, in a European market still split between growth in the West and Central Europe (+7.9%) and further decline in the East (-10%). Total market share for the group stood at 4.8%.​

We should buy single shares of Toyota stock and send it to the managers of VW in 2006-07 and current board members with a note that says:

Bitte nehmen Sie diesen Anteil von Toyota Lager mit unseren Dank . VW -Diesel wird die Toyota Hybrid- Umsatz verdoppeln.

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Bob Wilson