By Leftlane Staff
Friday, Sep 1st, 2006 @ 2:23 pm

Toyota today reported best-ever August sales of 240,178 vehicles, an increase of 12.6 percent over August 2005. Toyota Division light truck sales were up 12 percent, with a best-ever August total of 83,336 units. Light truck sales were led by the RAV4 SUV, with all-time best-ever monthly sales of 14,363, up 87.4 percent over the same period last year. The Prius gas-electric hybrid mid-size sedan posted best-ever August sales of 11,177, an increase of 9.3 percent. Scion reported all-time best-ever monthly sales with 19,252 units sold. The tC sports coupe led the way with unsurpassed monthly sales of 9,185 units, up 18.5 percent. Scion xB sales were up 35.1 percent, posting monthly sales of 6,956 units. The xA posted sales of 3,111 units, up 6.8 percent. Lexus passenger cars posted all-time best-ever sales of 18,376 units, an increase of 21.0 percent over August 2005. Lexus SUV sales were down 9.4 percent. [data sheet]

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