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more about #compact more comments → mricyfire: SIck of the hybrids...Toyota needs a sports car...the TC & Solara, well just isnt cutting it. more » ☠Grяrяrяrяrя, portrait of a chickenwolfmoosepig.: Is this the joint venture between Toyota and Apple? That would be like the smug equivalent of an atomic bomb. Toyapple iCar. more » Skunky: Make it a new MR2 and I'd be interested. more » Miscellanea: I believe this is just as relevant here as the original post. more » maximum-sienna: So when will they make a hybrid that is self aware? more » Boosted Lego Wagon: Possible names: The Pris The Smuglet The Hindsight The Mini-Prie Purgatory more » layabout: Ooooh a Toyota hybrid compact,i'll save this story for when i can't sleep more » Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp: I could see the appeal of a smaller, lighter, cheaper, simpler, less-whiz-bang hybrid. I figure, if it's available with lots of stuff prefixed with th... more » TimTim: So this is how they plan to make their cars more exciting? Sorry Toyota, you're still not getting it. more » Ash78, cube farmer: They've already got it entered in NASCAR. more » lilwillie: So just a tiny bit of smugness this time? more » -
#hybridcarwars
Report: Toyota Preparing Compact Hybrid
With the 2010 Toyota Prius moving to the mid-size category and the 2010 Honda Insight undercutting it on price, it's logical a new compact Toyota hybrid is in the works for late 2011. Reuters has the details. [Reuters] -
#2011chevybeat
2011 Chevy Beat Exposes Its Interior, Still Concealing US Plans
The fate of the Chevy Beat is still in limbo for US markets, but as we see here, that isn't stopping the ongoing development of the latest GM minicar. The Beat gets a buddy for some hot weather testing and we get a look at the interior for the first time. For a subcompact, it's hard to be surprised by the spartan accommodations and the long-handled shifter, but we do like the floating gauge pod mounted directly to what appears to be a tilting steering column. Coupled with a high seating arrangement and supposedly true-to-concept styling, the Beat is shaping up to be more than your average econo-beater. More »
