Toyota Stumbles Out Of The Gate For 2009 Down 34.9% In January, Lexus Remains Down 30.3%

Toyota Stumbles Out Of The Gate For 2009 Down 34.9% In January, Lexus Remains Down 30.3%
Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today reported January sales of 117,287 vehicles, a decrease of 34.4 percent from last January, on a daily selling rate basis.

The Toyota Division posted January sales of 102,565 units, a decrease of 34.9 percent from last January. The Lexus Division reported January sales of 14,722 units, a decrease of 30.3 percent from the year-ago month.

Toyota Division

Toyota Division passenger cars recorded January sales of 60,017 units, down 30.8 percent from the same period last year. Passenger car sales were led by Camry and Camry Hybrid, which posted combined sales of 20,782 units. Corolla recorded sales of 19,238 units. Yaris reported sales of 4,440 units for the month. The Prius mid-size gas-electric hybrid posted January sales of 8,121 units.

Toyota Division light trucks posted January sales of 42,548 units, down 40 percent from January 2008. Light truck sales were led by the RAV4 compact SUV with January sales of 8,034 units. The Tacoma mid-size pickup reported sales of 7,619 units for the month. The Tundra full-size pickup reported monthly sales of 7,076 units. Highlander and Highlander Hybrid posted combined sales of 5,757 units.

Scion posted January sales of 3,923 units. The xB urban utility vehicle led the way with sales of 1,715 units. The tC sports coupe recorded sales of 1,241 units.

Lexus Division

Lexus passenger cars reported January sales of 7,246 units, a decrease of 37.7 percent from January 2008. Passenger car sales were led by the ES entry luxury sedan with January sales of 2,971 units. The IS entry luxury sport sedan reported combined sales of 2,400 units. The LS flagship luxury sedan reported combined sales of 904 units. The GS luxury sport sedan reported combined January sales of 898 units.

Lexus Division light trucks recorded January sales of 7,476 units, down 21.2 percent from the year-ago month. Lexus sales were led by the RX luxury utility vehicle, which posted combined January sales of 6,520 units. The RX 400h hybrid luxury utility vehicle reported sales of 1,556 units for the month.

TMS Hybrids

TMS posted January sales of 11,876 hybrid vehicles. Toyota Division recorded sales of 10,246 hybrids for the month. Lexus Division reported January sales of 1,630 hybrids.

There were 26 selling days this month, compared to 25 selling days and last January.

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JordanskiJordanski - 2/3/2009 11:17:14 PM
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WTF happened to all that "Lexus-Bashing" and sh*t you were carrying on with in the other article about the 2010 Lexus RX. ChuckG37, GTFO of Autospies, shove a **** in down your damn throat and STFU! :D


YcantdizYcantdiz - 2/4/2009 4:08:22 AM
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Chuck I know you are sarcastic considering the hate-responses towards the best selling luxury car Lexus. Infiniti can't even compete with Lexus, Merceds, BMW!!


jspecrsxjspecrsx - 2/4/2009 10:31:07 AM
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Chuck you're Nissan Infiniti ain't doing well either, why don't you post in that article


LexusKindaGuy12LexusKindaGuy12 - 2/3/2009 2:20:44 PM
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RX still selling strong after 6 years. probably due to the dealers wanting to make room for the 2010 RX, but still! impressive.


KthornKthorn - 2/3/2009 5:05:55 PM
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As with all new releases the new models don't always appeal to the base, sometimes it takes seeing a few or a few more colors before it grows on you.


david999david999 - 2/3/2009 2:20:47 PM
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Mercedes is down 42.9%, does this mean they are stumbling too?


downtoearthdowntoearth - 2/3/2009 2:42:31 PM
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Volkswagen sales dropped only 11.6% in January. Volkswagen AG is on its way for the #1 car maker in terms of volume in the world title (being No 1 already in terms of who makes best cars). Meanwhile, they decided just for fun to flush the toilet and Toyota is going down the pipe quickly, where it belongs!!!


YcantdizYcantdiz - 2/4/2009 4:05:12 AM
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downtoearth is just mathemathically challenged! Sure Toyota sales dropped 35 percent, but they sold over 140,000 units versus Volkswagen's dropped of 11 percent with only 12,000 units. You must have failed math class!!


downtoearthdowntoearth - 2/3/2009 3:08:34 PM
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See the mighty Volkswagen AG planning to send Toyota down the shitter! http://www.google.com/search?q=volkswagen+overtake+toyota


MonkMonk - 2/3/2009 4:47:29 PM
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please clean up your act and your language. you disgust me.


JordanskiJordanski - 2/3/2009 11:19:01 PM
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STFU & get a life. Toyota is invincible. :]


XYZZXYZZ - 2/4/2009 1:51:13 AM
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LOL! put down the crack pipe. if VW ever expects to become #1, they gotta sneak past GM before even coming into range of toyota. considering that even GM has better quality control than vw AND audi, it'll be a long uphill struggle.


XYZZXYZZ - 2/16/2009 10:03:16 PM
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Sailor-- are vw ENGINES also built in Mexico? from the CR repair charts, i notice that aside from body hardware problems, vws also have TERRIBLE RECORDS suspensions, electrical and minor engine problems. seems to me these cannot be explained away by sloppy labor or cheap parts.


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