Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
One involves approximately 133,000 MY 2006-2010 Highlander Hybrid and MY 2006-2008 Lexus RX 400h vehicles. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., will conduct two voluntary safety recalls. The other involves approximately 102,000 MY 2006-2011 Lexus IS 350, IS 350C, and GS 350 vehicles.
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
The affected vehicles cover model years 2006 through 2010 for the Highlander, and 2006 through 2008 for the RX. Toyota announced yesterday that it would conduct a voluntary recall of 133,000 Highlander Hybrid and Lexus RX400h crossover utility vehicles. Both vehicles share a platform and use the same powertrain.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 3, 2009
drop by volume for the month compared to March 2008, based on total sales figures from Autodata ( earlier post ). new vehicle market share for hybrids in March—down from 2.82% in March 2008, but the highest mark so far in 2009. by volume from March 2008, down to 8,924 units. The RX 400h posted 1,165 units, a 25.8%
Green Car Congress
MAY 4, 2009
high mark in April 2008. Sales of the RX 400h Hybrid were down 59.7% In April 2008, Honda had the Civic Hybrid on sale as well as the low-selling Accord Hybrid (25 units in April 2008). The addition of the new Fusion and Milan hybrids pushed combined Ford hybrid sales to 2,299 units, up 21% compared to April 2008.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 5, 2009
In February 2008, hybrids held 1.9% The Rx 400h represented a bright spot, with sales up 30.8% The decline in hybrids was less than the 41% decline in the overall light-duty vehicle market for the month. New hybrid sales represented 2.3% of the new vehicle market, essentially flat with the January 2009 results. by volume year-on-year.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 11, 2009
In April 2005, Lexus introduced the crossover RX 400h, the world’s first hybrid-powered luxury vehicle. July 2007 saw the arrival of the second-generation 2008 Toyota Highlander Hybrid SUV. The successful launch of the Prius encouraged Toyota to expand its hybrid technology to existing models in both the Toyota and Lexus lineups.
Green Cars News
APRIL 23, 2009
The changes will affect the most polluting hybrids such as the Lexus RX 400H and biofuel ready cars such as the Saab 9-5 Biopower. This will bring the taxation system more in line with reforms of the Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) tax bands, which are to take effect from 1 May 2009 as announced in the 2008 Pre-Budget report.
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