Toyota's Prius top-selling car in Japan last year

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By YURI KAGEYAMA
AP Business Writer

TOKYO (AP) -- The Toyota Prius was the top-selling car in Japan last year - the first time a gas-electric hybrid has clinched that spot.

The Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Friday that Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius was No. 1 in its ranking of sales by vehicle models - with 208,876 Prius cars sold in 2009, nearly three times the numbers sold the previous year.

Coming in second was Honda Motor Co.'s Fit, followed by the Toyota Vitz. Both aren't hybrids but are small and fuel efficient models.

Green models have gotten a huge lift this year in Japan from a government cash-for-clunkers program and tax breaks, aimed at boosting sales during a global slowdown that has seriously hurt Japanese automakers.

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[vadawg]

1. personally im not a prius fan, but i would love a hybrid fj cruiser if toyota would make one

:) i need 4x4 to get to my house even in dry weather never mind snow

[PuppyBismark]

2. Got One, Love it! Last Tank of Gas - 48.5 MPG

:toast: :toast:

[Maat]

3. Lowest tank I've ever gotten was 45 mpg ..

I love mine, and want to be buried in it. My hubby isn't go to do that, however.x(