Prius body for third generation ready?

Close to what the 2009 Prius will look like?

Some time next year fans of hybrid vehicles will be driving the sales people at Toyota crazy. Why? Because everyone will be dying to have a third generation Prius in 2008.

Still, there is far more that we don't know about this new Prius than what we know. According to Edmunds, however, we know the body design is in final design stages, and it will look similar to the Hybrid X concept pictured above - one of three main designs that Toyota was considering for the next gen Prius.

Nonetheless, it won't look exactly like the one pictured above. Then again, maybe Toyota will offer a few different Prii, such as a sporty Prius, or a smaller city Prius - something Toyota has indicated was possible in the past.

Excited yet?