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Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced that global sales of Honda hybrid vehicles passed the 300,000-unit mark on a cumulative basis at the end of January 2009, since the introduction of the first-generation Insight in November 1999.

Honda is now selling its hybrid models in approximately 40 countries around the world including the key markets of Japan, North America and Europe.

Model	Region	Start of Sales	Cumulative Unit Sales
Insight	Japan	Nov. 99	2,340
	North America	Dec. 99	14,288
	Europe	Mar. 00	392
	TOTAL		17,020
Civic Hybrid	Japan	Dec. 01	22,899
	North America	Mar. 02	191,493
	Europe	May 03	34,757
	Asia/Oceania	Feb. 04	5,514
	China	Nov. 07	280
	Others	May 06	306
	TOTAL		255,249
Accord hybrid	North America	Dec. 04	28,471
	TOTAL		28,471
Total Unit Sales of Honda Hybrid Models			300,740

Last February 6, 2009, Honda began sales of the all-new Insight hybrid vehicle in Japan. The new Insight is a five-door hatchback model featuring a lightweight, compact hybrid system that achieves exceptional fuel economy at an affordable price. Sales of the all-new Insight is scheduled to begin in Europe and North America in March and April, respectively. Honda set annual sales targets of approximately 60,000 units in Japan, more than 30,000 units in Europe and approximately 100,000 units in North America. The annual global sales target is approximately 200,000 units.

Honda will further enhance its hybrid model line-up with the introduction of the all-new sporty hybrid vehicle, based on the CR-Z design concept model, in 2010, in an effort to achieve full-scale market penetration of hybrid vehicles.

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