According to Japan Automobile Dealers Association, Toyota Prius with 22.292 sold has been ranked at top of all the new cars sales in Japan for June 2009 by beating Honda Fit with 12.016 sold, followed by 9.092 of Toyota Vitz and 8.782 of Honda Insight, another hybrid hit.
According to Sankei Newspaper on July 23, Toyota has up to now received more than 230.000 Prius's orders so customers have to wait for their car delivery beyond the next March 2010, the dead limit to receive the government subsidy of 250.000 yens for the purchase of a fuel efficient car and scrap of a car of more than 13 years old.
New Toyota Prius is so popular now in Japan that used Prius with a premium price of 500.000 yens may be sold, never seen in the car market destined to a large public and not collectors, while Toyota is considering to divert a part of exportation to the inland needs
But, the boom of hybrid car sales is not so euphoric for Japanese car makers because the sales of no hybrid cars remains weak. In fact, car dealers are complaining that people are not interested in no hybrid cars at all. They come to a show room and ask you "Do you have a hybrid car to sell". If you respond "no", they immediately quit you. This "hybrid only" behavior of consumers may be disastrous for the car makers who don't have hybrid cars on their catalog such as Nissan.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
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