I went over my notes from the Pate Swap Meet from years back.
One of the vendors offered a body kit for S-10/GMC S-15 pickups which included a front clip,and entirely new rear 'box,' which made it look like a 1940's roadster.
Anyway,they were asking $12,000 for the kit.
Something for the Prius would have to be as radical,and aerodynamically proven,and it would have to respect the existing unit constructed Toyota platform,unlike the body-on-frame GM pickups.
If $12,000 covered their time,trouble,development,tooling,material,labor,fi xed overhead,distribution,marketing,and a reasonable net profit,etc.,then we have at least one example of a real world price for a kit which significantly alters a body shape.
