Toyota sells over a million vehicles in Europe over half the hybrid

Toyota Motor Europe ended in 2019 with 1,089,422 Toyota and Lexus vehicles turned in -- a 5.2% increase during 2018. The overall European market share of the Group grew to 5.3%, which is a stable parameters for years at a Japanese company.

With over 650,000 hybrid vehicles sold, representing 52% of total sales, Toyota and Lexus offer a total of 20 hybrid models, representing the widest range of hybrid vehicles in the automotive industry. Counting both marks, a total of seven new models were launched in 2019.

Toyota has sold more than a million vehicles for the first time since 2008, registering a 4.5% increase year-on-year. Within the C segment, Toyota has launched completely new versions of the Corolla Hatchback and Touring Sports, available with hybrid force 1,8L (122 horsepower) and 2.0 horses (180 horsepower), and for the first time, a hybrid energy is involved in the new Corolla Sedan.

According to Toyota, The new RAV4 has found excellent expectations in customers, with actually demands exceeding the number of produced copies.

Other new characteristics include a hybrid version of Toyota Camry for the European market, as well as the return of GR Sopra, Kosovo Press broadcasts.

The total sales of Lexus rose 14.5% over the past year to a record 87.206 vehicles, marking the sixth consecutive year of growth, doubling sales compared to 2013.

Continued growth in 2019 has been improved by the launch of the new Lexus UX model, the interrupted premium model of the new Lexus ES and Lexus RX re-diagnosed sedan.

Lexus' sales in Western Europe are now almost exclusively hybrid, with 96% of the mix, while the share of hybrids across the European market is 67%.