Toyota Trying to Slash Prius' Price - GreenHybrid

Atomic Frog · #1 (**permalink**) 09-13-2005, 10:17 AM

Hi all,

Saw this article in USA Today. Here's a link. Good news for those of us low on $$$. Hopefully it won't impact overall quality though.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/...-premium_x.htm

Jason · #2 (**permalink**) 09-13-2005, 10:55 AM

Please continue this discussion here:
http://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/t...cars.3630.html

Eskrimast1 · #3 (**permalink**) 09-13-2005, 05:00 PM

Quote:

USATODAY.com
Toyota hopes to cut hybrid premium in half

The president of Toyota Motor says he has told his engineering chief to find a way to cut in half the price difference between fuel-efficient gas-electric hybrids and similar gasoline models.
Katsuaki Watanabe also said here Monday that Toyota will sell 1 million hybrid vehicles a year worldwide by early next decade, up from a planned 300,000 this year, about 60% in the USA. And he said Toyota is developing fuel-efficient diesel-power vehicles for the U.S. market but "not in the short term."

http://biz.yahoo.com/usat/050912/13102471.html