PRIUS COUPE REVEALED
Prius Coupe appear Two-door, bear and SUV are set to accompany next Toyota Prius saloon, as the amalgam cast gets its own showrooms
The Prius ancestors is growing again. Toyota is already set to accompany the seven-seater Prius Plus to UK showrooms aboriginal next year – but Auto Express can acknowledge that it’s aswell planning to barrage a leash of all-new models in the next three years as it moves to about-face the Prius into a standalone brand. This adventurous footfall will see hybrids awash through specific dealers by 2014.
That’s if the backup for the accepted Prius alehouse is due to arrive, and our illustrations appearance the cars that will accompany it in these new franchises. Readers may be accustomed with the aboriginal of these, as the Prius C was previewed by the arresting Prius C Concept at the Detroit Motor Appearance in January.
Gone are the blade-like headlamps and characteristic LED active lights apparent on the car on the stands. The adventurous bash active down the flanks has aswell been axed, as the assembly C takes on a added bourgeois design. The abstraction charcoal the same, though, with the bunched five-door bear accouterment a new access point to the Prius cast and aggressive with abate hybrids like Honda’s Insight and CR-Z.
With its bunched ambit and low kerbweight, as able-bodied as its aggregate of a 1.5-litre petrol engine and an electric motor, the C will be the a lot of able Prius. It’s set to bear abridgement able-bodied in balance of 80mpg. But if you anticipation the new Prius cast wouldn’t be exciting, anticipate afresh – a two-door achievement amalgam is aswell appropriate for 2014.
The Sports Coupe is based on a rear-wheel-drive belvedere taken from the next Lexus GS. It will get a new constituent amalgam start-up featuring lithium-ion batteries, and be offered with a chiral gearbox. Aswell set to admission in 2014 is a Prius SUV. This high-riding archetypal has been rumoured back the Amalgam X Concept was apparent at 2007’s Geneva Motor Show, and it’s set to be based on the Toyota RAV4.
Our sources say it will be the a lot of able car in its class, and action the latest Amalgam Synergy Drive start-up or a adaptation of the Sports Coupe’s constituent drivetrain.
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