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Chrysler Group US sales up 10% in December, 21% for 2012; FIAT largest gainer

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Chrysler Group LLC reported US sales of 152,367 units in December 2012, a 10% increase compared with sales in December 2011 (138,019 units), and the group’s best December sales since 2007. The FIAT brand’s 59% increase was the largest sales gain of any Chrysler Group brand for the month.

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19.7% of new cars sold in May 2012 in Japan were hybrids; Prius and Aqua dominate

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of new cars sold in Japan in May 2012 were hybrid cars, up 11 percentage points from last year. Looking at the different manufacturers, hybrid sales make up 25% of Honda sales in Japan, and a whopping 46% of Toyota sales. Integrity Exports.

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2012 Toyota Prius V Station Wagon/Minivan: Arrives This Fall

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So here's the real deal on the 2012 Toyota Prius V station wagon/minivan: It will still arrive in U.S. That's the official word from Toyota Motor Sales, which. There's nothing like a story translated from overseas media, concerning a related but not-quite-the-same model of a new hybrid car, to get people all in an uproar.

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Nissan To Sell All-Electric Seven-Seat Minivan In Europe

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Except for the 2012 Tesla Model S, there are no seven-seat all-electric vehicles for sale on the market today. Earlier this week, however, Nissan confirmed that it plans to sell a seven-seat minivan variant of the e-NV200 all-electric van in Europe when it enters production next year.

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GM sales in China up 21.3% to set May record

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Shanghai GM’s domestic sales rose 7.1% Buick sales totaled 51,360 units in May, down 1.2% Sales of its original Excelle family grew 19.0% Sales of its original Excelle family grew 19.0% Sales of the Excelle XT and GT were also strong, totaling 11,985 units. Chevrolet sales in China were up 13.1%

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GM sets February sales record in China; up 30.4% to 240,554 vehicles

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Sales rose 30.4% Shanghai GM’s domestic sales rose 31.8% year on year to 103,097 units; SAIC-GM-Wuling’s sales in China increased 28.7% on an annual basis to 130,193 units, and FAW-GM’s sales in the domestic market were up 39.2% Shanghai GM’s domestic sales rose 31.8% Buick sales rose 31.1% to 11,890 units.

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

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Cumulative worldwide sales of TMC hybrids. 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. of cumulative sales, with 2.631 million units sold—44% of those sales were in Japan, and 56% overseas.

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