Toyota Trying to Slash Prius' Price

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09-13-2005, 10:17 AM

Atomic Frog

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Toyota Trying to Slash Prius' Price

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

09-13-2005, 10:55 AM

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Re: Toyota Trying to Slash Prius' Price

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

09-13-2005, 05:00 PM

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Toyota hopes to cut hybrid premium in half

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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