flipside909

TORRANCE, Calif., Dec. 23, 2010 – Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., will stage the world premiere of the Prius family of vehicles at a press conference at the 2011 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. In addition to the current third-generation Prius and Prius Plug-in vehicle (PHV), the first all-new addition to the Prius Family will debut along with a Prius concept vehicle.

The press conference will be held on Monday, Jan. 10 at 1:05 p.m. EST in the Riverview Ballroom at Cobo Center. A live Webcast will be available at ToyotaNewsroom.com.

A Prius Family Sneak Peak video featuring X Games champion skateboarder Bob Burnquist is available at YouTube.com/Toyota.

Courtesy: TMS USA

flipside909

Toyota's latest secret!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAySsiSMqHA

TRDFantasy

Great to hear, expected preview though.

I am more eagerly waiting for official confirmation of the Camry debut.

PhilipMSPT

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So, it's a Prius with more cargo space.

I hope they design the car to be significantly different, which retaining familial features.

Like how the Corolla and Matrix look very different, but still basically are the same car.

-J-P-L-

What they don't want to do is make a car that cannibalizes the standard Prius.
It needs to be something that most sedan buyers wouldn't consider so that the Prius can maintain its outstanding sales pace.

bruce van

Yes! This is going to be good...

RXSF

I thought it was going to be and Mazda5 competitor...like a small people mover

lamar411

cant wait to see it.

LexFather

That Prius v (van) is going to sell like hotcakes. A van that gets 40 MPG would be great. A lot of people don't want a big Sienna.

I assume the concept will be the Prius coupe!

GFerg

Not so sure about the class yet, but its perfect timing as Ford is bring its C-Max over here as well.

Slvr surfr

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Im getting the impression that Toyota will spin the "Prius" name off into a stand alone company sans Lexus and Scion. Possibilty or wishful thinking?

PhilipMSPT

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Any spy pics yet of the final product?

There's gotta be some floating around...

TRDFantasy

Only teaser pics so far. Spy pics can be found in this thread:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/car...-released.html

flipside909

Yeah it seems like that as they made it pretty clear with the launch of the FT-Ch concept last year in Detroit regarding the "Prius" family line of vehicles.



Here is the rollout strategy of the hybrid line during the Paris Motor Show a few months back. Although the Auris is a Corolla, they all ride on a modified variation of MC platform. FT-CH, Auris Hybrid and Prius

venom21

Looks decent enough, wish they could have squeezed a few more MPGs out of it. 40 combined is good though.