Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today reported best-ever November sales of 169,665 vehicles, an increase of 5.6 percent over last November. Calendar-year-to-date (CYTD) sales total 2,057,017, up 10.3 percent over the same period last year.

"As the market rebounds and consumer confidence goes up, buyers are returning to showrooms," said Jim Press, TMS president and COO. "The holiday buying season is off to an encouraging start and I believe we'll see improvement right through the end of the year."

The Toyota Division posted best-ever November sales of 144,016, up 5.2 percent. The Lexus Division reported best-ever November sales of 25,649 units, an increase of 7.7 percent over the same period last year.

Toyota Division passenger cars recorded best-ever November sales of 81,315, up 6.3 percent over the same period last year. The Avalon full-size sedan recorded November sales of 8,225, up 248 percent. The Prius gas-electric hybrid mid-size sedan enjoyed best-ever November sales of 7,889, an increase of 29.1 percent.

Toyota Division light trucks reported best-ever November sales of 62,701 units for the month, an increase of 3.8 percent over last November. Light truck sales were led by Tundra, which posted best-ever November sales of 10,892 units, an increase of 20.3 percent over the same period last year. Tacoma reported sales of 13,878 units, up 19.4 percent. The Highlander Hybrid gas-electric mid-size SUV, which launched in early June, reported sales of 2,353 units in November. The Highlander and Highlander Hybrid posted combined November sales of 9,676 units.

Scion reported best-ever November sales of 11,763 units. All three Scion models reported best-ever November sales, with the tC sports coupe leading the way with sales of 5,542 units, an increase of 50.5 percent over last November. The xB posted November sales of 4,244 units, an increase of 9.1 percent, while the xA recorded November sales of 1,977 units for the month, up 1.0 percent.

Lexus passenger cars posted best-ever November sales with 14,001 units, an increase of 31.6 percent. Sales momentum remained strong with best-ever November sales of the GS 300 and GS 430 models, which posted combined sales of 2,619 units. The GS 300 recorded best-ever November sales of 2,223 units and an increase of 424.3 percent, while the GS 430 posted sales of 396 units, an increase of 317.8 percent. The IS luxury sport sedans, which debuted in October, enjoyed a best-ever overall sales month of 4,447 units, an increase of 633.5 percent over the same period last year. The IS 250 reported sales of 2,899 units, while the IS 300 and IS 350 enjoyed combined sales of 1,548 units.

Lexus Division light truck November sales totaled 11,648 units for the month. The 2006 RX 400h luxury hybrid SUV reported November sales of 1,722 units. The RX 330 and RX 400h posted combined November sales of 8,060 units.

Sales of North American-built vehicles accounted for 61.6 percent of total November sales. There were 25 selling days this sales month compared to 24 last November.

It appears the new IS has caught on. The Tacoma's doing ok now, and the Tundra is doing very good for an aging design.

I can't believe 732 suckers bought a rebadged Land Cruiser with a $10,000 markup.

I never realized that Toyota sells almost twice as many LX470's than Land Cruisers. If you're going to spend that much money for a vehicle, spending a few thousand more for the longer warranty and better dealer service isn't throwing away money.

Ouch, the new IS is doing really really well, for what it's second month of sales. Wow, it will be putting a dent in the compact segment if it continues this pace.

How on earth does Toyota continue to sell the Camry at record pace??? It is just so damn ugly and there are just SOOOO many of them... who is buying them???

How on earth does Toyota continue to sell the Camry at record pace??? It is just so damn ugly and there are just SOOOO many of them... who is buying them???

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People who leased one 2, 3, 4 years ago and are going back for some more.

How on earth does Toyota continue to sell the Camry at record pace??? It is just so damn ugly and there are just SOOOO many of them... who is buying them???

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Because it gives customers a smooth, quiet ride, high resale value, and most of all; reliability.

There are *plenty* of models, GM and otherwise that have bested the Camry for initial quality and long-term durability for years. The Camry increasingly gets by on reputation. Even it's interior is a sea of gray plastic -- yet I dare you to find a review that even mentions it. The new model can't come soon enough. Just try and find a Camry mentioned in jdpa's initial quality or long-term durability in the last decade (good luck: I think it only shows up once on the initial quality study, and none on the long-term durability -- a pathetic showing for the supposed quality benchmark).

Edited January 4, 200620 yr by cmattson