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Toyota brand chief: Bring on more Prius versions
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04-10-2009, 07:01 AM
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Toyota brand chief: Bring on more Prius versions
 In a nutshell, "more posh, more power."
USA Today - April 8, 2009
Here it comes!! --Ed.
Love the Prius?
You may get more to love in the future.
The Toyota brand chief in the U.S., Bob Carter, says he thinks that gas-electric Prius will be the automaker's best-known modelin the future, just the way that Camry is probably its best known model now. So coming out with Prius versions that are a little bigger, or a little smaller, to fit more family needs is something that he's pushing for internally.
Carter also says:
- Toyota is working on a hybrid version of the Yaris subcompact in Japan, but there has been no decision about whether it should go on sale.
- The automaker will have a hybrid version of every class of vehicles in the 2020s. Worldwide, it plans to introduce 10 new hybrids in the next two years
- Toyota's midsized SUV, the Highlander, is getting a four-cylinder engine option despite its heft. It is the new, gutsy but quiet 2.7-liter four that's also going into the Venza crossover.
- A diesel version of the Tundra full-size pickup truck was pushed back. Tundra sales have been badly whacked by the recession.
In more Prius news, USA TODAY's James R. Healey reports:
Toyota says it'll put 150 plug-in versions of the new Prius into the hands of commercial users -- utility companies for example -- for field testing later this year, before considering a plug-in for showroom sale. Toyota says it needs at least a... [Read More]
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04-15-2009, 06:32 PM
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Re: Toyota brand chief: Bring on more Prius versions
Didn't they say this when the last Prius came out?, Hybrid options for the whole fleet by 2010? I'm thinking they've been listening to too many GM empty promises, hydrogen in the next 20 years, every year since the 50s or 60s.
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04-16-2009, 10:07 AM
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Re: Toyota brand chief: Bring on more Prius versions
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Toyota's midsized SUV, the Highlander, is getting a four-cylinder engine option despite its heft.
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It's about time!
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04-16-2009, 09:21 PM
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Re: Toyota brand chief: Bring on more Prius versions
this has been out for some time right?
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