Toyota Announces 100K Prius Allocation

i thought it was going to be 180,000??

i heard it would be 15,000 a month... that would be 180,000

 

180,000 [strike:1d7cab9897]a month[/strike:1d7cab9897] is going to be total global production. You're going to get 100,000 of that. And Europe's going to get 15,000.

 

So we better not be whining about 'only' 100,000! I assume KMO meant 180,000 a YEAR, not MONTH

 

according to something i read somewheres... i believe it was on Toyota's website... they have never lost money on ANY Prius sold in the US.

it was only the original Prius sold in Japan that lost money. it is Toyotas policy to not export a product until it proves its viability first in the domestic market.

as far as these other "experts" go. many of whom say that Toyota is still losing money on the Prius, i think they are just stating mis-information based on the big 3's statement that says building an affordable hybrid couldnt be done.

as i said, im fairly certain that i read this on Toyota's site. anyone else see this?

also another note....

the 2005 world wide goals for the Prius are 300,000 with 180,000 to the US.

 

Those figures don't agree with anything I've seen Dave. Where did you get that from? That would mean a huge production boost, and I've only seen them talking about about 50% increases. See my figures earlier.

 

there is an article in another thread on this site that states the figures i mentioned... i may have mis read it i suppose

 

Where? I've just done a search, and can't see any reference to 300000 cars.

 

try searching for allocation, production or something alone those lines.

there was i think 2 other posts besides yours that all referenced different articles.

as i said, seeing as world wide production is supposed to be 15,000 a month maybe i made a mistake, but i do remember the 300,000 world wide figure though. so who knows?

i will take a look and see if i can find something.

 

ok that didnt take long...

from autoweek

http://www.autoweb.com.au/cms/A_102397/new...ewsarticle.html

In January, Toyota raised its sales target for 2004 from 76,000 units to 130,000 worldwide, an increase of 71 per cent.

Global sales of the environmentally friendly petrol-electric Prius passed 200,000 in May, representing a huge saving in greenhouse gas emissions.


200,000 + 50% = 300,000

but this article is old and what i read was only a few weeks old at the most.

could be a misprint... i dont take anything i read on the web as fact unless i see it in at least 2 separate sources, and then i might believe half of it.

either way, will it be enough?? i doubt it and time will tell. but i be willing to bet that the production numbers will be increased again before the year is out.

we are at the apex of a trend. as more Priuses get on the road, more people will realize their value and uncompromising quality. therefore more will want it, the supply will remain tight.

 

ok maybe what im reading is Toyotas dreams and nothing set in stone YET

Fueled by this flurry of hybrid-model development, Toyota plans to sell 300,000 hybrids worldwide in 2005, up from roughly 30,000 last year. Assuming half of sales will be in Japan, that would represent 10 percent of Toyota's domestic business.

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_...182/ai_84377692

this article although it doesnt state it, i think is referring to the expected hybrids from Lexus as part of this total. that could be what i read.

 

I think, but I could be mistaken, that when the article said that sales just passed 200,000, I think they were talking since introduction of the Prius, not just this year. That would make more sense as it took awhile for the Hybrid to catch on and receive the status that it enjoys today. I'm not surprised that production is going to exceed 100,000 units. People are finally starting to realize how technically advanced this car is. (Also, gas going over $2.00/gal, didn't hurt sales either.) I think that laws like California just passed is even going to sell more, if they can. Making the HOV lanes only accessable to Hybrids that get over 45mpg is going to help. I know Ford is upset with that because their Escape hybrid only comes in at 35mpg, but maybe they should have considered coming out with a Focus hybrid insted based on a smaller 4-cylinder engine instead of a six. Rumor has it, and am wondering if anyone can confirm this, that Ford is using Toyota's first generation of hybrid technology. Is that true?

 

you could be right... that is what i thought, but you will notice that the article is old and was predicting sales a bit.

there is also another article i wanted to post about on of Toyota's suppliers Denso that is having problems ramping up production and is the main reason why Toyota took so long to increase production.

but the article is from singapore and i am having problems accessing it right now for what ever reason...realize that not all in the world enjoy 24 hour internet access.

if i cant get to it soon, i may try first thing in the am and just copy and post the entire article.

 

I found an answer to my question, sort of, about Ford using Toyota's hybrid technology. You can read the article here:

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=1...id=azDp8xWV5rsU

 

That 200,000 sold figure certainly includes the classic Prius, presumably from 1997. My Prius brochure (February 2004) says that 135,000 "Toyota hybrids" had been sold since the Prius's introduction in 1997.

And the 300,000 for next year, if correct, includes other cars apart from the Prius - there will be the RX400(?), and all the ones they sell in Japan only.

I've not seen any source state anything higher than 180,000 for Priuses specifically.