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Toyota plans to launch a new ,000 subcompact hybrid, according to a report in Japan’s Asahi newspaper. The car, expected in late 2011, will use the platform and engine of the Yaris subcompact—but will feature a unique name, design, and a hybrid system that is more cost-competitive than the company’s other hybrid models. The [...] [...]

Easily Toyota’s smallest hybrid
Talk of a new Yaris-based Toyota hybrid continues to spill out of Toyota.
According to the latest reports, Toyota plans to begin selling a Yaris-based hybrid by 2011 to compete with the Honda Fit hybrid.
Can’t wait for a healthy sub-,000 hybrid market.

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250h: Toyota’s latest Lexus hybridWithin the next decade, Toyota plans to begin selling 1 million hybrid cars per year. The path to that sales output will certainly require a number of new hybrids, and the next new one might just be a CT 200h, CT 300h, or CT 400h according to the latest Lexus rumors.
The [...] [...]