Toyota Plans 18 Low-Emissions Cars for Europe
Toyota Motor Corp. will offer 18 new or upgraded low-emissions models in Europe by the end of next year, a company executive said.
The models to be launched include Toyota and premium Lexus brands as well as two hybrids, Tadashi Arashima, president and chief executive of Toyota's European operations, said Tuesday evening at an automotive congress in Turin, Italy.
Arashima declined to give a precise sales forecast for the coming years...
In 2007, the Japanese automaker's sales volume in Europe rose 10 percent to 1.2 million units, giving it a 5.6 percent share of the market. It has 15 models on European roads, including the gas-stingy Auris and Yaris small cars and the Prius gasoline-electric hybrid.
Since Toyota launched the Prius a decade ago, it has sold more than 1 million, 100,000 of them in Europe.
Scott Doggett, Contributor
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