Toyota to make new hybrid car
Friday, 14 August 2009
TOKYO, Aug 13 (AFP): Toyota Motor Corp. will start selling a new hybrid car in 2011 that is more fuel efficient than its Prius, in a bid to keep pole position in environmentally friendly vehicles, a report said today.
The new hybrid, based on Toyota's Vitz compact car, will have a fuel economy of more than 40 kilometres per litre, against 38 kilometres for the third-generation Prius, the Yomiuri newspaper reported, without citing sources.
It will have a price tag of about 1.5 million yen (15,600 dollars), cheaper than Toyota's existing hybrids, and is expected to be sold in Japan, Europe and the United States, the report said. A Toyota spokeswoman declined to comment.
The new hybrid, based on Toyota's Vitz compact car, will have a fuel economy of more than 40 kilometres per litre, against 38 kilometres for the third-generation Prius, the Yomiuri newspaper reported, without citing sources.
It will have a price tag of about 1.5 million yen (15,600 dollars), cheaper than Toyota's existing hybrids, and is expected to be sold in Japan, Europe and the United States, the report said. A Toyota spokeswoman declined to comment.