Toyota Motor Europe (TME) increased sales 12% year on year to 870,079 units in the period from January to September 2006.

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TME’s overall market share for the first nine months was also up 0.5 percentage points to 5.8%, and it posted its best ever September sales with 110,306 units (+17% year on year) with a market share up a percentage point to 6.4%.


Reflecting new models and a long-awaited diesel option for the entry-level IS series, the Lexus brand’s nine-month sales rose 97% to 39,906 units.


In the nine-month period, Toyota produced 522,942 cars, 646,989 engines and 424,537 transmissions at its plants in the UK, France, Turkey, Poland and the Czech Republic.


For 2006, Toyota has set a 1.1m unit target in combined sales – including 48,000 units in Lexus brand sales.

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Operating at record volumes, Toyota’s European capacity for 2006 is 806,000 cars, 860,000 engines and 575,000 transmissions.


The Toyota brand enjoyed best ever September sales of the Yaris (26,042 units; +18% year on year); the RAV4 (13,146 units; + 31%) and best ever monthly sales of the Aygo (10,152 units). Meanwhile, sales of the hybrid Prius achieved a monthly record in September (2,895 units; +30%).


Strong sales of the Lexus brand’s IS and RX models helped overall sales to almost double in the January – September period. Lexus Hybrid Drive made a real impact, as sales of the RX 400h (9,345 units) and GS 450h (1,343 units) represented almost 27% of total sales. Meanwhile, diesel sales represented 23% of total Lexus brand sales, thanks to the IS220d (9,270 units).


For the January to September period, the U.K. was TME’s largest national market in Europe, with 113,711 units sold (-1% year on year), followed by Germany (105,252 units; +7%), Italy (100,041 units; +3%) and France (75,904 units; +12%).


The highest growth market was Russia – Toyota’s fifth-largest market – where sales rose 53% to 73,268 units.