Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Would a Yaris hybrid steal Prius sales?

Small hybrid cars versus small clean diesel vehiclesAn instant top selling hybrid?

By 2011, if the rumors are correct, Toyota will launch a Yaris-like hybrid that might sell for as low as $15,650 and achieve as much as 70 mpg in the city.

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Friday, July 31, 2009

Another step towards the Yaris hybrid

Toyota Yaris hybrid takes another step towards reality.Easily Toyota's smallest hybrid

Talk of a new Yaris-based Toyota hybrid continues to spill out of Toyota.

According to the latest reports, Toyota plans to begin selling a Yaris-based hybrid by 2011 to compete with the Honda Fit hybrid.

Can't wait for a healthy sub-$20,000 hybrid market.

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Toyota: Cheap, small hybrid cars coming

Toyota is going to bring a number of cheap hybrid vehicles to market, including the Toyota Yaris hybrid and probably the Auris and Corrola hybrid.Yaris hybrid confirmed

Small Toyota hybrid cars are coming.

Akihiko Otsuka, chief engineer of the redesigned, third-generation Toyota Prius stated, ""We are developing a low-priced hybrid vehicles like Honda's Insight. We are going to compete by expanding our hybrid-vehicle lineup to smaller hybrids, in the class of the Vitz [sold in Japan] and Yaris.".

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