<![CDATA[Jalopnik: 2009 toyota prius]]> http://tags.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: 2009 toyota prius]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/2009toyotaprius http://jalopnik.com/tag/2009toyotaprius <![CDATA[The Top 11 Cars Of 2009 Most Likely To Get You Laid]]> Teenagers have always lusted after cars as a way of getting other things they're lusting after, which is why we've compiled these eleven 2009 model year cars most likely to get you laid.

Because we've shown you what types of women certain cars attract, we thought we'd spice this list up a bit with the type of women you'll most likely pick up with these 11 cars you'll most likely get laid in. Of course, keep in mind we didn't say these cars will get you exactly who'll you'll want to copulate with. But we digress.

Anyway, you'll also want to click on each vehicle's image to see how the car will seal the deal for you.

11.) 2009 Ford F-150 Platinum Edition


Costs: $40,910 MSRP
Attracts: High-Class Redneck Ladies
Click on the image above for how this car will seal the deal!

10.) 2009 Lexus IS 250


Costs: $32,325 MSRP
Attracts: Upwardly Mobile Executive Assistants
Click on the image above for how this car will seal the deal!

9.) 2009 Audi S5


Costs: $51,875
Attracts: MILFs
Click on the image above for how this car will seal the deal!

8.) 2009 Cadillac Escalade


Costs: $62,545
Attracts: Girls Sippin' That Crissy
Click on the image above for how this car will seal the deal!

7.) 2009 Toyota Prius


Costs: $22,000
Attracts: Eco-Minded Yuppies
Click on the image above for how this car will seal the deal!

6.) 2009 Bentley Continental GTC


Costs: $193,300
Attracts: Golf Course Preppy Chicks
Click on the image above for how this car will seal the deal!

5.) 2009 Jeep Wrangler


Costs: $20,205
Attracts: University of Tennessee Sorority Girls
Click on the image above for how this car will seal the deal!

4.) 2009 Subaru Forester


Costs: $19,995
Attracts: Ani DiFranco Fans
Click on the image above for hints on how to seal the deal

3.) 2009 Ferrari California


Costs: $200,000 MSRP (est)
Attracts: Lamborghini Booth Professionals
Click on the image above for how this car will seal the deal!

2. ) 2009 VW Eos


Costs: $31,615
Attracts: Flamboyant Gay Males
Click on the image above for how this car will seal the deal!

1.) Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione


Costs: $210,000 (limited U.S. sales)
Attracts: Anyone with a pulse
Click on the image above for how this car will seal the deal!

Photo Credit: Hot Rodder Magazine

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<![CDATA[Why You Should Buy A Toyota Prius Right Now]]> The Carpocalypse has forced Toyota to finally offer incentives on the Prius. Now's the time to buy one on the cheap to sell back to liberal elite coastal-dwellers at a profit when gas prices rise.

Right now is the perfect moment for a buy-and-flip on a Prius, or really any hybrid, for when gas prices rise. For starters, for the first time ever, the Prius is getting a dealer incentive — up to $1000 off in dealer cash depending on where you're buying. Second, if you spend some time doing an inventory search at Toyota dealer web sites, you may be able to find a dealer with an over-supply on the lot and haggle your way into a lower offering price given the 2010 Toyota Prius is on its way to dealers in a few months.

While it's possible to just keep the car and drive it around as a form of transportation, you could just park it for a year and wait for the economy to improve, gas prices to go up, the Prius inventory to drop and then offload your "barely-driven" new Prius to some poor sap who promises his wife a Prius for Christmas and gets the Tickle-Me-Elmo fever when dealerships are sold out.

But it's not just new Prii, in general, with prices are low, there's a downward pressure on used hybrid prices as well. Given the generally high resale price on used Prii, why not take advantage of Toyota's new certified used hybrid program and buy a used one for flipping later?

Whether you go new or used, look at this as an investment using that cardinal rule of buying low and selling high.

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<![CDATA[Japanese Daily Reports Toyota To Boost Prius Output 70% In 2009]]> The super-best number one awesome automaker from the land of the rising sun is planning to flood the world with smug, cranking up output of its gas-electric Prius Hybrid 70% by the end of next year, according to the Nikkan Kogyo industry daily. If Toyota achieves its goal, annual Prius output would be somewhere north of 480,000 units. We don't question their ability to succeed, but will battery and hybrid electronics suppliers be able to keep up with Toyota's ambitions?

Jalopnik Snap Judgment: Our "snap" guess is yes. Given that Toyota has long been upfront about its goal of building a million hybrids a year by 2010, we have to give the company the benefit of the doubt on its supplier chain. Remember, the Toyota Manufacturing Process (TMP) actually started the concept of lean manufacturing and just-in-time supply. To that end, the company is building its own battery facility, reducing exposure in that most critical of hybrid components. And with plans to make room for more Priuses at a Japanese factory and to build them in the US at a new plant in Mississippi, Toyota appears to be taking steps to alleviate pent-up Prius demand.

So, half a million Priuses a year? Despite the mere thought bringing blood flowing out of our uber-enthusiast ears, we have to give Toyota credit for ratcheting supply up when demand exceeds it on this product, as opposed to being forced to ratchet supply down when demand drops like a rock. That's always been the problem our poor, poor US automakers have had — always trying to wring every sale out of a product in an attempt to meet and beat the U.S. financial markets quarterly expectations. Now our only question is — how will the world cope with so much new smug? [Automotive News, Sub. Req.]

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<![CDATA[2010 Toyota Prius Caught Semi-Silently Prowling Streets Of San Fran?]]>

Is it the 2010 Toyota Prius? Maybe. All we know is it looks to be either a test vehicle for the next-gen Prius or the worst application of after-market Prius accessories we've ever seen. Unfortunately we're not expecting solar panels until the 2011 Prius, so that doesn't help us. Nor do we see any Chinese-made "Made In The USA" stickers — of course that won't be slapped on the side either until 2011, so there's really nothing we can see to distinguish this Prius from the 2009 Toyota Prius in front of it. Well, except for the heavy white tape and plastic. Although we shouldn't complain about this Prius' looks. At least it's not killing anyone. (Hat tip to Cord!) [Mr. Ben @ Flickr]


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<![CDATA[2009 Toyota Prius]]> The manly men over at World Car Finns snagged themselves a closer set of shots of the 2009 Toyota Prius than the ones we showed you a few weeks ago. These new shots show in much greater detail the minor nature of the mid-cycle refresh of the world's number one super awesome hybrid, showing a grin that could make anyone smile as well as a new cut-line in the happy little hybrid's hood. We're a wee bit unimpressed at this point but we're sure the Prii fans of the world will embrace it as the next best thing since sliced bread. You know, as long as they're happy — right? We'll be happy when it's starting to look more like this.
[via World Car Fans]

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