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The Detroit News is reporting group vice president and general manager for Toyota of the Americas, Bob Carter, has confirmed the 2010 Toyota Prius will be debuting at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show and will be joined by a uniquely styled and appointed version for Lexus. The Prius was set to move upmarket relative to its former iterations, but with a Lexus version now on the way, Toyota's own marketplace may be getting crowded. But the bigger story is how this news makes things far more interesting for January's Detroit Auto Show. galleryPost('ToyotaPriusSpy', 6, '2010 Toyota Prius Out Testing'); Jalopnik Snap Jugdement : Considering we'll be seeing two all-new dedicated hybrids from Toyota, the formal debut of the 2010 Honda hybrid , who knows what from Nissan , and with the first fully-formed Chevy Volt revealed just a couple months earlier, the 2009 Detroit Auto Show is setting up to be a serious, next-gen hybrid battle royal. More interesting to us, contrary to...
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Speaking at today's 2009 Pilot launch, Takeo Fukui, Honda's President announced his company is producing a new stand-alone small hybrid for the 2009 model year. The Vehicle, which will use their new IMA compact hybrid system, will retail at a cheaper price than any Honda hybrid yet. The company intend to produce 200,000 units of the hybrid, with 100,000 of them coming to North America. By 2010, Honda want Hybrids to account for 10% of their global sales. They're also planning a production version of hte CR-Z concept shown in Tokyo, it'll be a hybrid too.
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After introducing us to the Ford Verve at Frankfurt late last year, Ford is bringing this new global small car platform to the United States. The four-door shown here is the basis for the production vehicle that will hit driveways in North America sometime in 2010, while the three-door is from the Euro-spec model that we may or may not see (depending on the reaction). We imagine that the 18-inch polished wheels probably won't be standard when it goes into production, but it'll be fairly close otherwise. This is for all of you out there joining the chorus of complaints that we're not getting Ford Europe products. Press release below the jump. galleryPost('FordVerveNAConcept', 6, 'Ford Verve North American Concept'); Ford REVEALS small-car vision FOR NORTH AMERICA DETROIT, Jan. 13, 2008 - Ford Motor Company is revealing the Verve, a concept vehicle that makes clear the vision for the new small cars Ford soon will introduce in North America. The Verve is bold and...
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