Not good for CRR in long run: 83-mpg Toyota hits market:
The new Aqua hybrid debuts in Japan priced at the equivalent of $22,000 with high hopes for domestic sales. It is slated to be sold in U.S. as Prius C.
Toyota receives pre-orders for 60,000 Acquas TOKYO -(MarketWatch)- Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday that it has received orders for 60,000 Aqua hybrid cars ahead of the launch of the compact hybrid in Japan.
The pre-launched orders received ahead of Monday's release are five times the company's monthly sales target for the new car of 12,000 vehicles.
"It will take about four months" to receive the car once an order is placed, Koei Saga, a Toyota managing officer, told reporters at a media briefing on the debut of the new hybrid.
