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Consumer Reports: Most Reliable Car Brands of the Year - Find Out Who Ranks Highest

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Leading Brands in Reliability Lexus (Score: 79) Toyota (Score: 76) Mini (Score: 71) Acura (Score: 70) Honda (Score: 70) Rounding out the top 10 are Subaru, Mazda, Porsche, BMW, and Kia. Toyota's 4Runner SUV is noted for its high reliability, while the Tundra is marked for lower reliability.

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Electrified car registrations pass 100K units in Europe for 1st time in March; total reg down 3.6%; Model 3 top EV

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Last month, they recorded the lowest monthly market share since September 2000. The market continues to be dominated by SUVs, but their growth is slowing. In March, SUV registrations totalled 650,300 units, or 36.8% for small SUVs, and 5.3% for compact SUVs. The rest of the SUV market posted declines.

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Cumulative sales of Toyota Motor hybrids top 2M units in Japan, 4.6M worldwide; 1.02M from Jan to Oct.

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Cumulative sales in Japan of Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) hybrid vehicles—including plug-in hybrids— reached 2.04 Globally, Toyota plans to launch 20 new hybrid models by the end of 2015 and will make further efforts to expand its hybrid vehicle product lineup and sales territories. Global annual sales of TMC hybrids.

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Cumulative worldwide sales of Toyota hybrids top 3M units

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Annual Toyota hybrid sales. Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced global cumulative sales of its hybrid vehicles have topped the 3-million mark, with more than 3.03 Sales of the Prius began in North America, Europe and elsewhere in 2000. Click to enlarge.

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Worldwide sales of Toyota Motor hybrids top 4M units; Prius family accounts for almost 72%

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Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced that global cumulative sales of its hybrid vehicles—passenger car and commercial—topped the 4-million unit mark as of 30 April. Sales of the Prius began in North America, Europe and elsewhere in 2000. Cumulative worldwide sales of TMC hybrids. Click to enlarge.

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Total Sales of Toyota and Lexus Hybrids Top 1M Mark in US

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Total combined Toyota and Lexus hybrid vehicle sales in the US have topped the one million mark, according to Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA. Overall, cumulative worldwide sales of Toyota and Lexus hybrids have exceeded 1.7 Toyota launched of the Prius in late 1997 in the Japan market, and in the US in July 2000.

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Another Massive Airbag Recall Peers Over the Horizon

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Aside from GM, there are 11 other automakers that have the ARC air-bag inflators covered by NHTSA’s action, including Ford Motor, Volkswagen, Toyota Motor and Hyundai Motor. The latest one was earlier this year, when it recalled nearly one million Chevrolet and Buick SUVs, after a Michigan woman was injured in a crash in March.

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