Toyota fails to meet Prius demand

Buyers of  the all-new Prius are facing waiting times of upto 9 months in Japan as the company struggles to keep up with demand for the car. The Tsutsumi plant in Japan, the only producer of Priuses worldwide, has a global backlog of 100,000 cars as demand for the new hybrid outstrips supply. Latest sales figures show that 1 in 10 cars currently sold in Japan is a Prius. In the UK, Toyota is