Toyota gets 180,000 orders for new Prius hybrid Toyota gets 180,000 orders for new Prius hybrid - Yahoo! Finance
I'd of swore Toyota was nuts ... thinking they'd move so many of the Gen III's back when they 1st anounced their plan to sell 100K of 'em in a week economy. They did a good thing.
"Dealers are still selling mostly the second-generation Prius" The GenII are selling like hot cakes. I'm seeing them everywhere. In the past week, they almost seem as common as Honda Civics. (based on the exact roads I've been driving on, your observation may vary)
This news is based on the following Toyota Japan's press release... Third Generation Prius received order status FYI, Japanese Prius is a kind of BTO type, and our orders are entered to a computer for the manufacturing planning. Toyota Japan publishes the delivery forecast announce page updated two times a week. New Prius delivery forcast The history is... order date delivery forecast wait length 1 May 19 Sep 25 129 days 2 May 24 Oct 25 154 days 3 May 27 Nov 05 162 days 4 May 31 Nov 15 168 days 5 Jun 03 Nov 25 175 days 6 Jun 07 Dec 15 191 days 7 Jun 10 Dec 25 198 days 8 Jun 15 Jan 15 214 days 9 Jun 17 Jan 25 222 days Ken@Japan
