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The Japanese car giant says the expansion - which will include the Lexus CT200h to debut at this month's Paris Motor Show - answers increasing customer demand for greener cars and a rising number of hybrids from rival car makers.
The six will be two Lexus variants and four with Toyota badging. A Toyota spokesman - who is not named - says the models are all-new and not upgrades of existing hybrids. They will be launched to capitalise on the success of hybrids in select global markets.
Toyota's Prius, for example, has been Japan's best seller since May 2009. The announcement comes as rivals such as Nissan go public with plans for greener cars. In Nissan's case, it has ignored hybrids and wants all-electric vehicles.
It will sell the Leaf all-electric plug-in hatchback in Japan and Europe later this year and, possibly, Australia next year. Mitsubishi now sells its all-electric i-MiEV baby five-door hatch in Australia and Subaru sells electric cars such as the Stella on the Japanese market.
Toyota also has electric plans. It will debut a fully-electric version of its RAV4 at the Los Angeles motor show in November. The electric RAV is the product of Toyota's partnership with US-based zero-emission carmaker, Tesla.
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