Japanese car sal ranking in January 2008 rise up 3.8%

1.Honda Fir/Jazz 15,083

2.Toyota Corolla 10,468

3.Toyota Vitz/Yaris 9,506

4.Nissan Serena 7,061

5.Toyota Voxy 6,644

6.Mazda Demio/2 5,656

7.Nissan Note 5,643

8.Toyota Prius 5,248

9.Toyota Noah 4,999

10.Toyota Passo 4,920

11.Toyota Ractis 4,563

12.Toyota Estima 4,563

13.Nissan Tiida 4,091

14. Honda StepWGN 3,745

15. Suzuki Swift 3,625

16.Nissan Cube 3,603

17.Toyota Mark-X 3,529

18.Nissan March 3,514

19.Toyota wish 3,490

20.Toyota Crown 3,417

21.Honda stream 3,137

22.Toyota Alphard 2,844

23.Toyota Harrier 2,556

24.Nissan X-trail 2,458

25.Toyota Premacy 2,453

26.Toyota bB 2,432

27.Toyota Porte 2,422

28.Toyota Sienta 2,361

29.Toyota Premio 2,360

30.Mazda MPV 2,316

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World premiere for Lancia Delta at 2008 Geneva motor show

 

Lancia has issued the first details and images of its forthcoming rival for the five-door Audi A3, the Delta, formerly known by its Project 844 codename.

The brand states that the name is appropriate as the mathematical symbol stands for change, difference and evolution. The car itself looks very similar to the Delta HPE concept from the Paris show in September 2006.

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Toyota Profit Rises 7.5% on Fuel-Efficient Cars, Asia

 

Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s second-largest carmaker, said profit climbed 7.5 percent after its fuel-efficient vehicles attracted customers in the U.S., Europe and Asia.

Net income rose to 458.7 billion yen ($4.3 billion), or 144.43 yen a share, in the three months ended Dec. 31, from 426.8 billion yen, or 133.13, a year earlier, the company said in a release today. Sales rose 9.2 percent to 6.71 trillion yen.

Expansion in Russia, China and other emerging markets fueled Toyota’s growth, offsetting slowing U.S. demand and a drop in domestic sales. Toyota, vying with General Motors Corp. to be the world’s largest carmaker, may build a second plant in Russia and plans to raise sales in China 43 percent this year.

“The importance of emerging markets is increasing as demand in the U.S. is expected to slip,” said Hitoshi Yamamoto, who manages the equivalent of $5.5 billion in Japanese equities as chief executive officer of Fortis Asset Management in Tokyo. “Toyota will continue gaining from its fuel-efficient cars” because of rising gasoline prices.

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