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Old 11-24-09, 11:04 AM
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First 30-day sales of the Sai ended in 14,000 units, beating Toyota's monthly sales target of 3,000 units:
http://response.jp/article/2009/11/24/132866.html

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The Japanese people sure love these hybrids.
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Old 11-24-09, 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Mister Two
First 30-day sales of the Sai ended in 14,000 units, beating Toyota's monthly sales target of 3,000 units:
http://response.jp/article/2009/11/24/132866.html

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http://translate.google.com/translat...hl=en&ie=UTF-8

The Japanese people sure love these hybrids.
Wow...that places it in the top 10 I think! Its also seriously hurting allocation here...
 
Old 11-24-09, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX
Wow...that places it in the top 10 I think! Its also seriously hurting allocation here...
top 3-5 or so... before Prius, top 1-2 used to get that much sales.
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Old 11-24-09, 01:13 PM
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I wonder if the Sai sales are gonna hurt the HS's momentum since their essentially the same car.
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Old 11-24-09, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by (Cj)
I wonder if the Sai sales are gonna hurt the HS's momentum since their essentially the same car.
I doubt it. Despite the similar looks, each have their own highlights. The HS has a lot of luxury and tech features the Sai lacks.
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Old 11-24-09, 01:24 PM
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Top 10 sales - Japan

1. Toyota Prius - 31,728
2. Honda Fit - 17,241
3. Toyota Vitz - 12,731
4. Toyota Passo - 10,792
5. Honda Insight - 10,289
6. Honda Freed - 9,123
7. Nissan Note - 9,091
8. Nissan Serena - 8,827
9. Nissan Cube - 7,632
10. Toyota Wish - 7,468
So I assume this model went on sale the end of October as those numbers represent all of Octobers sales in Japan?
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Old 11-24-09, 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by GFerg
So I assume this model went on sale the end of October as those numbers represent all of Octobers sales in Japan?
It went on sale on Oct. 20 as mentioned in the link I provided, so we'll likely see it in the top 10 of the November sales.
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Old 11-24-09, 09:05 PM
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For a country that small, that is impressive!. We only have 14,000 Prius owners in Canada (1st and 2nd Gen)
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Old 11-25-09, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by spwolf
actually, it is using platform of Avensis, which is more luxurious than Camry, let alone Corolla and the fact that it is very low volume vehicle that has more tech features than any other Toyota, probably means that it was engineered with both versions in mind.

Basically, it means that Toyota buyers will get Lexus interior quality even in cheapest models (for instance like Prado does), so thats nothing anyone can complain about.
The Avensis platform can't be too luxurious, a Scion tC has the same platform

I travel to Latin America a lot and Toyota Prado sure doesn't have Lexus interiors there....just the standard Toyota 4-Runner like plastics and cloth.
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Originally Posted by rg_gibson
The Avensis platform can't be too luxurious, a Scion tC has the same platform
it is


I bet it looks worse in real life tho
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Originally Posted by lex
it is


I bet it looks worse in real life tho
it looks expensive in real life too. But using same/similar platform for toyota vehicles mean nothing, at base level, Rav4 and MR2 shared platform... so what? :-).

But Avensis/Sai/HS share many components, not just basic platform. Avensis is as luxurious vehicle as you will get from Toyota, and in many things more luxurious than IS, let alone Camry ;-)
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Originally Posted by rg_gibson
The Avensis platform can't be too luxurious, a Scion tC has the same platform

I travel to Latin America a lot and Toyota Prado sure doesn't have Lexus interiors there....just the standard Toyota 4-Runner like plastics and cloth.
Basic plastics in Prados for European market, even the cheapest ones, are very soft, just like on Lexus, and cloth is premium one. Sure, everything is stipped out on cheapest models. American 4runners that get imported sometimes, have very cheap interior quality, more close to between our Yaris and Corolla than Prado. New Prado interior quality is even better than LC200's in many things, again, due to sharing most of components with GX.
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Amazing how well these hybrids sell
 
Old 11-27-09, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Nextourer
For a country that small, that is impressive!. We only have 14,000 Prius owners in Canada (1st and 2nd Gen)
QFT

I mean, when you compared the total land area of Japan against let's say USA or Canada, you can tell that Japan is teeny in this regard.

Yet even with their abundance of public transportation (esp. trains), they still buy automobiles in the THOUSANDS (every single month).

Crazy numbers
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The back looks too much like the current generation NISSAN SENTRA.... which is not a good thing!
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