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Toyota warns profit will be hit by quake The world’s biggest car-maker Toyota has slashed production of its hybrid-powered Prius model according to a source within the group.
Sales in the United States plummeted about 40 per cent last month, leading a worldwide slowdown in sales from a peak last year.
Two factories in Japan had been building 50,000 cars a month on average – according to the source that will drop to 45,000 from this month.
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