Hi all! How are you doing over there?
Japan is getting very hot and humid day by day. Summer is coming soon!!
Recently, the ECO is one of the trend in Japan.
ECO stands for ECOLOGY, we use the word the meaning of "Be kind of the EARTH", and there are many products are improving more and more economical.
Of course, Motor Vehicles are also the one as well.
In Japan, the top sales for motor vehicles are TOYOTA COROLLA in most of
months.
However, many people were surprised when they saw the sales ranking in April
2009.
Because, the most sold vehicle in the month was called HONDA INSIGHT,
which is the brand new HYBRID model started manufacturing from Feb 2009.
It is actually the first time that a Hybrid vehicle(often called as HV)
is taking the first place for the monthly sale.
The main reason of Japanese consumers choosing INSIGHT is because the cost
of owning and driving it
is very reasonable.
HV is very economical, because it uses a small engine and/or motors to run.
It controls the percentage of using motors and engine in each condition,
and uses the fuel as efficient as possible.
Sometimes, it runs nearly 30km/L.
Also, recently Japanese Government started the reduction of the vehicle
tax for economical vehicles.
(The tax of motor vehicles are quite expensive in Japan)
For some vehicle, the amount of the reduction goes up to about US$1,500!!
which is very attractive for the consumers
who are intending to buy new vehicles.
The Brand New TOYOTA PRIUS(the third generation model, the most popular and well-known HV) will be released
on 18th of May,
so quite many number of analyst expect the choice of HV will be the majority.
There are also several units available on our website, such as HONDA CIVIC
HYBRID, TOYOTA PRIUS, etc.
so if you are interested in these, please have a look!!
Kazuya
