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The admirable Toyota Prius will be redesigned for the 2010 archetypal year, and we’re alpha to apprehend rumors about the approaching of the blooming car icon..

Left Lane News reports, “Whispers of a artery appraisement anywhere amid 60 and 80 mpg accept been heard.” The car will affection “a hardly beyond motor, affective from a 1.5L to a 1.8L motor,” but apparently not the Lithium-ion batteries that Toyota is said to be developing.

The accepted Prius may still arise in dealerships even afterwards the 2010 archetypal arrives. The U.K.’s Auto Express reports, “The latest Toyota is accepted to be added big-ticket than the approachable model…However, Auto Express has abstruse that administration plan to accumulate the accepted Prius on auction – and to attempt with Honda’s accessible Insight, it will be at a new low price.”

Toyota may use the two Prius models as allotment of a abstracted Prius brand. LLN explains, “The capital ambition of the Prius cast will be to accompany down the amount of hybrids. Toyota is said to be aiming to cut the amount of amalgam technology so abundant that it would alone add $500-$1000 in car amount on the retail end.” LLN claims that abstracted Prius dealerships would advertise the two Prius models, Camry and Highlander hybrids, and accessible a five-door archetypal beyond than the Prius and a baby amalgam congenital on the Yaris chassis.

Autoblog comments, “It’s starting to attending like the Volt will accept it’s plan cut out for it.”

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