Toyota Achieves 6th Record Year of Sales in Europe
Eine Mitteilung der Toyota Motor Europe TME, Brüssel/Belgien
The Toyota Yaris sold an all-time record number of units (212,618) in 2002, up 1% over 2001. Toyota's widely-acclaimed RAV4 also achieved record sales, with 95,546 units sold - an impressive 51% increase over 2001. The RAV4 now accounts for 28% of all compact off-roader sales in Europe, and is the continent's best-selling Sport Utility Vehicle. And in 2002, sales of the Toyota Corolla (including the Corolla Verso) surpassed the 200,000-unit mark for the first time, reaching 200,193 units. Toyota is now the fastest-growing volume car brand in Europe.
Italy became Toyota's largest European market in 2002, with 122,025 units sold, or 22% more than 2001, followed by the U.K. (121,376), Germany (100,098) and France (68,018). The highest sales growth for Toyota was achieved in Poland, which enjoyed a 55% increase in sales to 23,738 units, compared to 2001. Toyota was the market leader in Finland, Norway, Greece, Ireland and Iceland in 2002.
Toyota's reputation for superior quality was confirmed in 2002, when Toyota and Lexus cars won the top spot in six out of seven car segments in the first customer satisfaction survey of Germany's car owners by market research firm J.D. Power. Germany's drivers also awarded Toyota the top satisfaction rating in the survey.
"A key element toward reaching Toyota's challenging sales target of 790,000 units in 2003 will be the all-new Toyota Avensis, on sale early this year, supported by our Toyota Yaris and Toyota Corolla core models," said Dr. Takis Athanasopoulos, Chief Operating Officer of Toyota Motor Marketing Europe (TMME).
"We will also continue to expand and develop our environmental technologies, such as the hybrid system in our Prius model and the revolutionary Toyota D-CAT system which helps 'clean up' diesel emissions, in order to aggressively pursue the goal of sustainable development. Thanks to a complete and ever-improving product line-up, Toyota believes it can continue to successfully satisfy the tastes of Europe's diverse and demanding customers," Dr. Athanasopoulos concluded.
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