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I checked on some European car market news and I found out that Toyota pledged to boost its European market share in 2009. Toyota Europe says it will bounce back in 2009 after its new-car sales fell 10 percent to 1,119,521 in 2008, compared with the year before. Toyota Europe CEO Tadashi Arashima said the company expected that 2008 would be a difficult year for Toyota and Lexus because the brands had fewer model launches. “This, coupled with global market upheaval, significantly impacted our sales volume and production levels,” Arashima said. He also added that Toyota expected a tough year ahead in Europe but he promised the automaker would increase its market share through a product offensive of 12 new Toyota and four new Lexus models. Some good news for Toyota though, was that combined Toyota and Lexus hybrid sales increased 18 percent to 57,819 in 2008. Sales of the Prius were up 29 percent to 41,495. The Yaris small-segment car was Toyota’s best seller in Europe last year, although its sales fell 10 percent to 239,155 vehicles.

Speaking of Europe, I remember that reading festival, seatwave tickets are already on sale, as well as T in the park Seatwave tickets. I guess I should try to score some tickets now before they run out of stocks.