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Old 03-13-2009, 03:53 PM   #4 (permalink)
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"Affordable"? Wrong word choice - it just plays into the "but hybrids are too expensive" myth. If Toyota wants to build a cheaper hybrid, fine, the Prius is easily affordable to a lot of people, and a cheaper hybrid would still be unaffordable to many.
I thought their plan all along was to integrate hybrid tech across their product fleet. Another thing I read (here?!?!) was that they would have kind of a "Prius car line" in the same way they have a Scion car line.

Who knows, maybe they'll make a commuter extraordinaire that looks like a 1st gen Insight!

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