A Toyota Mark X sedan car is dispayed in a showroom in Tokyo on November 5, 2009. The compact luxury sedan, which features a gasoline-electric hybrid system with a 2.4-liter engine, will go on sale in Japan on December 7. AFP

Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda arrives at a press conference to unveil Toyota's redesigned Mark X sedan in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. The conventional gasoline-powered Mark X with better fuel efficiency will be sold in the domestic market with a starting price of 2.38 million yen (US$26,240. AP

Toyota Motors President Akio Toyoda (R) walks beside the company's new Mark X sedan during a press preview in Tokyo on October 19, 2009. Toyota launched the new domestic model Mark X equiped with 2.5 or 3.5-litre V6 engine onto Japanese market from October 19. AFP

Toyota President Akio Toyoda with VP Takeshi Uchiyamada

Toyota Motors President Akio Toyoda (R) answers a question beside vice President Takeshi Uchiyamada (R) beside the company's new Mark X sedan during a press preview in Tokyo on October 19, 2009. Toyota launched the new domestic model Mark X equiped with 2.5 or 3.5-litre V6 engine onto Japanese market from October 19. AFP

Toyota President in front of new Mark X sedan

Toyota Motors President Akio Toyoda (R) walks in front of the company's new Mark X sedan during a press preview in Tokyo on October 19, 2009. Toyota launched the new domestic model Mark X equiped with 2.5 or 3.5-litre V6 engine onto Japanese market from October 19. AFP