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[137] [138] The Aqua was the top selling new car in Japan in 2013, [139] and again in 2014. [140] Global Prius sales peaked in 2010 with over 500 thousand units sold, and since 2011 sales of the liftback version have declined in most markets through December 2015, and in the US and Canada since 2013. [7]
Excluding the Japanese and North American markets, a total of 25,462 units have been sold in other countries as of September 2014. [36] Costa Rica. The Prius c was introduced in 2012 at a price starting at US$36,000. As the other electric-drive vehicles sold in the country, the Prius c is subject to lower import duties and local taxes.
The Prius Plug-in Hybrid was the second most sold plug-in electric car in 2012, [2] and became third-best all-time in December 2014. [3] As sales declined after the end of its production, the Prius PHV fell to fifth place in the global ranking by November 2015, after being surpassed by both the Tesla Model S and the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV ...
The Prius in Japan is equipped with G-Book as of May 18, 2009. [48] The XW30 Prius was awarded the 2009 Japan Car of the Year. [49] In South Korea, Toyota has marketed the Prius since 2014 as a hybrid taxi since Hyundai and Kia at the time did not manufacture or sell any hybrid taxis. [50]
The best selling Prius Liftback was down 15.4% from 2013, driving the decline in sales of the segment. [7] The top five selling hybrids in 2014 were the conventional Prius (122,776), Prius c (40,570), second generation Camry Hybrid (39,515), second generation Fusion Hybrid (35,405), and the Prius v (30,762), all down from the previous year. [7]
The Toyota Prius v (for versatile [7]), also named Prius α (pronounced as Alpha) in Japan, and Prius+ in Europe and Singapore, is a hybrid gasoline-electric automobile produced by Toyota introduced in Japan in May 2011, in the U.S. in October 2011, and released in Europe in June 2012.