Japan's choosy car buyers are turning to smaller hybrids.

video in Japan

Toyota's Aqua subcompact hybrid was the nation's top-selling car for the first time in 2013.

Toyota sold over 260,000 of the mini cars, beating out its own Prius for the first time.

Honda's N Box subcompact came in third.

Six of Japan's ten bestselling cars were mini cars.

Here in the US, Toyota sells the Aqua under the name Prius c.