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more about #abat more comments → Elhigh: Oh thank GOD. Now, cut the head off and burn it, and bury the body under moving water. It's the only way to keep it from coming back. Or is that for v... more » Paul Y. don't drive too fast.: BOOOOOO. While not a fan of the styling, I really liked what the A-BAT was about. Small, efficient, flexible pickup? WHERE DO I SIGN? Oh, wait, nowher... more » MushyHeirloom: It's a bird! It's a plane! Nope, it's fucking dead! more » aSoundofSleep-less nights: Sooooo ... no Ridgeline Hybrid? *Shurgs shoulders, walks away* more » leavethegun-takethecannoli: What is that? A front-loading dryer? more » wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx: Can we, as an automotive world as a whole, trade in the soon to be produced Scion iQ for the lately late Acura NSX? Is that possible? As for the A-BAT... more » FЯeeMan: Holy Mother of C-Pillars, Batman! Couldn't have come soon enough. more » How Wankelin' Got His Sig Back: If Darkwing Duck had had a car, this would have been it. "I am the terror that flaps in the night! I am the gum that sticks to your shoe!" Awesome show more » If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face: Na na na naNa na na naHey hey heyGoodbye. more » MushyHeirloom: The worst-executed good idea in years. I'm not sad. more » Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Seems like a mistake, but whatevs. The Scion is probably harder to do, and the PU-hybrid a more straightforward conversion. So they can revisit the ... more » Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig): Just make a Venzamino. I might consider that. more » .357: That front end is horrible. Toyota A-Bat, you will not be missed. more » SirNotAppearing: RIP Toyota Aztec, I hardly knew ya. more » -
#carpocalypse
DOA-BAT: Toyota Hybrid Truck Concept Dead
Production plans have been halted for the Ridgeline-esque Toyota A-BAT Concept hybrid truck, trading focus on Batman for the more Pikachu-like Scion iQ. [PickupTrucks.com] -
#detroitautoshow
Detroit Auto Show: Toyota Reveals New Honda Ridgeline, Calls it the A-BAT Concept Hybrid Truck
This is it — whatever "it" is. Actually "it" is Toyota's newest concept they'll be bringing to the Detroit Auto Show in two weeks, the A-BAT Concept Pickup Truck. And A-BAT is more than just a winged rat, it's actually, as we're told by our friends at PickupTruck.com, an acronym for "Advanced Breakthrough Aero Truck." That's a name that has us kinda scratching our heads. How did Toyota name a concept vehicle a "breakthrough" when it looks like the love child of some sort of menage-a-truck involving the Honda Ridgeline, the Chevy Avalanche and the Toyota Prius. Yeah, you heard us — the Toyota Prius — you know, for that tint of green. But despite what appears to our eyes as the obvious Ridgeline-esque styling, Toyota claims the look of this unibody-platformed concept truck is unique — based on "the 'trapezoid' silhouette from the side profile of the Toyota Prius." But don't think for a moment this concept is all car and no truck. The A-BAT's able to shed the five-person crew-cab-like set-up with a tiny four-foot bed and transform itself into a two-seat "El Camino" configuration with a full eight-foot bed. The transformation's accomplished by dropping both the liftgate and the "midgate" ( that sound you hear is Chevrolet's legal team opening up their briefcases in unison) on either end of the mini-bed. More »
