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Honda to Begin Sales of CR-Z and Fit Hybrids in Japan in 2010

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Honda Motor Co., The Prius is in second place for the same period in Japan, with 51,410 units, according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association. The Prius is in second place for the same period in Japan, with 51,410 units, according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association. Tags: Brief.

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Honda Kills CNG Home FuelMaker

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Honda has pulled the plug on its wholly owned subsidiary Fuelmaker, which made the device for home CNG (compressed natural gas) vehicle refueling, calling a loan, and throwing Fuelmaker into receivership. All Fuelmaker operations were suspended without notice to dealers, clients or suppliers. Wasn't Honda the big promoter of CNG?

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Prius Top-Seller in Japan in August; 4th Month Straight

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The Prius remained Japan’s top selling new passenger vehicle in August—its fourth month straight as the top seller, according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association. The Honda Fit took the second spot, with 10,927 units (6%), followed by the Toyota Vitz (8,145, 4.5%) and the Honda Insight (7,900, 4.4%).

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Prius Top-Seller Again in Japan in July; Up Almost 4x Year-on-Year

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Toyota’s Prius was the top-seller in Japan in July, with 27,712 units sold—almost quadruple the 7,058 units sold in July 2008, according to data from the Japan Automotive Dealers Association. The Honda Fit is still the volume leader from January-July, with 82,592 units total. Tags: Brief.

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Cash for Clunkers By the Numbers

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The US Cash for Clunkers program (CARS) ended Tuesday night with 690,114 dealer transaction submitted worth $2,877.9 With the end of transactions under the program, the Department of Transportation is augmenting a team that already includes more than 2,000 people processing dealer applications for rebates. Honda Civic.

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Sanyo Supplying Li-ion Batteries for Suzuki Swift Plug-in Hybrid

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The new model will serve as a demonstration experiment and the experiment will be implemented at Suzuki dealers from this autumn. Sanyo has been supplying nickel-metal hydride batteries for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) to Honda and Ford since 2004. Tags: Brief.

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Toyota Prius Tops Passenger Car Sales in Japan in 2009; 5.3% Share of New Passenger Car Market

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The Toyota Prius was the top-selling passenger car (excluding mini-cars and imported cars) in Japan in 2009, according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA). Tags: Brief. Top 10 sellers in Japan in 2009. Click to enlarge. In the US, the Prius sold 139,682 units in 2009.).

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