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Toyota Prius: best-selling car in the world in 2012

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The sales figures for the first three months of the year show a significant relevance for the event from the market of the four wheels. For the first time ever, in fact, a hybrid car is to occupy the leadership of the special list of best selling cars in the world.
The numbers, collected by the Institute focus2move the first 30 markets in the world, worth over 95% of total international showcase the triumph of the Toyota Prius, which, as mentioned, at the end of the first quarter of the year was the car one seller in the world with a total of 256,930 units registered. The Prius has succeeded in it thanks to the results obtained in the two main markets in which it is marketed or the United States and Japan, which, among other things, offers special incentives to purchase hybrid cars.

Behind the "Prius" is the square of another car or the Toyota Corolla / Auris, in the first quarter of the year has sold 252,739 units. The Nissan square also a third model in the top ten in the league that sees the Toyota Camry close to the ninth place.

Third in sales in the first quarter of the year preceding the Ford Focus, Volkswagen Golf and another Ford, the Fiesta, which close the fourth and fifth.

Here are the ten best selling cars in the world in the first three months of 2012 according to data collected and analyzed by focus2move. Next to the name of the car is shown the number of units sold.

Toyota Prius 256,930
Toyota Corolla / Auris 252,739
Ford Focus 231,620
Volkswagen Golf 184,958
180,056 Ford Fiesta
Chevrolet Cruze 170,682
Volkswagen Polo 169,131
Volkswagen Passat 168,607
Toyota Camry 161,956
Ford F-Series 153,827