Overall, Toyota Motor Sales sold 20, 839 Toyota-branded hybrids and 3, 900 Lexus hybrids.
Noting the interest, Bruce Ertmann, corporate manager of consumer-generated media at Toyota Motor Sales, couldn't resist the opportunity to make a sales pitch.
Toyota Motor Sales USA has confirmed that the upcoming all-electric RAV-4 compact crossover SUV will go on sale to the general public in 2012.
Volkswagen of America and Toyota Motor Sales USA are tapping into social media to encourage owners to share positive experiences about their brands.
Toyota Motor sales rose 27% while Honda posted a 24% increase.
On Tuesday, the two companies announced 7% sales declines for the month of April, while Toyota Motor sales rose 8.5% and Honda Motor sales rose 6.5%.
In the United States, Nissan is the perennial No. 3 Japanese brand, behind No. 2 Honda and No. 1 Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., which includes the Toyota, Scion and Lexus brands.
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The world's biggest automaker also promoted four non-Japanese managers to oversee regional businesses, including James Lentz, an American who already leads Toyota Motor Sales in the U.S. He will head the North American region.
Toyota also promoted four non-Japanese managers to oversee regional divisions, which will become more autonomous, including James Lentz, an American who already leads Toyota Motor Sales in the U.S., to head the North American region.
On Tuesday, the two companies announced 7% sales declines for the month of April, while Toyota Motor (nyse: TM - news - people ) sales rose 8.5% and Honda Motor (nyse: HMC - news - people ) sales rose 6.5%.
Toyota Motor also had a solid September, as sales continue to recover from the disruptions suffered last year after a lethal earthquake-tsunami rocked Japan.
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Toyota Motor, which reported a 15.4% sales increase to more than 200, 000 units according to TradeTheNews.com, was down 0.2%.
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Toyota Motor also had a good month, despite limited growth in sales.
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The three largest U.S. automakers grew their sales at double-digit speeds after having suffered the worst sales month since 1983 in August, while Toyota Motor continued to suffer losses.
Elsewhere on the earnings calendar, NYSE Euronext, set to be acquired by IntercontinentalExchange, beat expectations thanks to cost-cutting, while Toyota Motor rode a weaker yen and improved U.S. sales to better-than-expected results.
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Toyota Motor, the large Japanese automaker, was the sour apple, with sales down 4.4% compared to October 2009, falling to 145, 474 units.
Toyota Motor rose 3%, also aided after the firm revised up its 2012 sales plan for Japan.
In August Toyota Motor suspended production until November at a spanking-new Tundra factory in Texas, but Toyota is confident pickup sales will rebound eventually.
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