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TOKYO (AFP) – Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) said weekday it had oversubscribed more than three meg organism vehicles, a key champion of its earnings, thanks to the orbicular popularity of the Prius model.

Since the Coaster Hybrid EV and the example Prius hit the mart in 1997, Toyota had oversubscribed 3.03 meg organism vehicles worldwide by the modify of February, the consort said in a statement.

"With orbicular additive income of its organism vehicles expiration the three-million mark, TMC believes that much vehicles are starting to enter the mainstream," it said.

Toyota currently sells 16 organism models in about 80 countries and regions around the world. The portion has embellish the important driver of the company's sales, with the Prius becoming Japan's most favourite vehicle in recent years.

The world's biggest maker brought the electric-petrol Prius to North America, Europe and other field markets in 2000 and it has effectively dominated the collection of environmentally cordial vehicles ever since.

However, analysts expect it to grappling stiffer rivalry from rivals much as Nissan and Mitsubishi that hit convergent on all-electric vehicles.

Toyota's tally of organism vehicles reached two meg in August 2009, presently after it free the ordinal edition of the Prius in May 2009.

The consort estimated that its organism vehicles hit led to whatever 18 meg less heaps of carbon whitener emissions.

Toyota's estimation has been tarnished by jillions of recalls including its Prius worldwide for different defects, whatever of which were linked with mortal accidents in the United States.

It said it designed to introduce 10 new organism models by the modify of 2012.

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