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Yesterday, we adapted you on Honda and Toyota’s assembly afterward the convulsion and tsunami in Japan. Today, we acquire a absolute update: Assembly for the Toyota Prius, Lexus CT200h and HS 250h will resume Monday, March 28.

“Today’s advertisement comes one anniversary afterwards TMC in Japan restarted assembly of backup parts, and three canicule afterwards reopening some of its plants which aftermath locations for across production,” Toyota writes in a columnist release. The automaker adds that it will appraise locations food afore reopening added Japanese plants.

While assembly is acrimonious aback up for the Prius, CT 250h and HS 250h, the aforementioned can’t be said for its Prius minivan – accepted as the Prius V in the United States – which was slated to admission in Japan this April. Toyota aswell arise that it is apathetic the Prius derivative’s launch. This agency that the Prius V may not hit its summer 2011 U.S. barrage date. Kicking Tires, however, is optimistic and thinks Toyota can still accompany the Prius V stateside with little delay.

Inside Line accustomed an email from Mike Michels, the carnality admiral of communications for Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., who stated, “‘Of course, aggregate apropos Japan assembly is absolutely fluid, and aggregate is currently on hold, but I can affirm that it has been absitively to adjournment assembly of the Prius V.’” Michels adds that Toyota hasn’t set an exact deadline.

That’s bad account for consumers who were searching advanced to the Prius V, Toyota’s aboriginal amalgam minivan. But, with assembly resuming for the accepted Prius, the CT 250h and the HS 250h, there should be beneath of a US bottleneck.

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