Toyota aims to sell 36,000 units a year of its new hybrid Sai sedan

As part of Toyota Motor Corp.’s goal to sell 1 million hybrids each year worldwide soon after 2010, it has set a target of 36,000 units annually for sales of its new hybrid Sai sedan in Japan. The Prius is Toyota’s first hybrid car while the Sai came in second. The Sai is actually a repackaged version of the Lexus HS250h, which went on sale in June.

If you’re in Japan, expect the Sai to go on sale in your country on December 7. The Sai is more expensive than the Prius and is priced at 3.38 million yen ($37,290), considerably lower than the HS250h, which is priced from 3.96 million yen. Toyota Motor Kyushu in southern Japan is building the Sai and for now, there are no plans to export it.
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carguy68 - 10/21/2009 2:39:48 PM

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haha! that will never happen, not with all the other nicer looking hybrids coming out from other manufactures life ford to name one.

LuxuryFan - 10/21/2009 2:53:56 PM

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What type of good looking hybrids does Ford sell in Japan?

kpaxx - 10/21/2009 3:51:34 PM

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Sure they will, toyota's perception engineering marketing team will some how convince people they need this car even though it is a POS.

LuxuryFan - 10/21/2009 4:17:27 PM

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If this was the Chevy-BMW Sai ActiveCrossover, mouth breathers would be creaming their panties over it until its production debut.

Agent63 - 10/23/2009 3:53:20 AM

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Yay! the Sai is how the baby Lexus hybrid looked like before all the fancy things were slapped on.