The world’s most preferred car brand is Toyota Motors, and this car major is invariably associated with the hybrid technology. Toyota and hybrid goes hand in hand, as the Japanese car giant is the pioneer of the hybrid technology and brought it to the mass car consumers, so that the future commutation system could be better and greener.
Toyota’s first and most successful hybrid vehicle offering comes in the form of the Prius Hybrid. The Prius is the best selling hybrid car in the world and it is kind of synonymous with the hybrid technology. The hybrid vehicle has earned several acclamations and tremendous love and favor from the world’s consumers. However, Toyota never stopped at the Prius. Being the globe’s auto leader, Toyota has advanced in the hybrid technology by leaps and bounds and has 24 hybrid models. Nevertheless, The Prius remains the world’s favorite hybrid brand despite several other potential hybrid cars from Toyota as well as its rival companies.
Thus, Toyota has launched a revamped model of the Prius PHV in the domestic car market of Japanese. This upgraded Toyota Prius PHV has come packed with new features both on the outside as well as on the inside. The vehicle is also manufactured in a different process to enhance in its overall efficiency and performance.
When the exterior looks are concerned, the new updated Toyota Prius PHV comes along with a two tone body color scheme, newly designed aluminum alloy wheels and flashy LED lights to highlight the ‘PHV’ and the ‘Hybrid Synergy Drive’ emblems on the boot lid of the car.
As for the interior changes, the new updated Prius PHV features a new padded compartment box in its dashboard that helps in storing the passengers’ mobile phone or iPads safely. The car’s cabin also gets a new classy and chic dark wooden grain inserts on the center console as well as on the armrests.Gaadi.com
Moreover, Toyota has also upgraded the production process of the Prius. The Japanese car giant has enhanced the welding apparatus which assembles the Prius. This upgrade in the production process of the Prius with the new spot weld accounts for making the vehicle a little rigid and stronger than before.
The new refreshed Toyota Prius PHV will be available in the car market of Japan in 4 trim models, namely L, S, G as well as the high-end G with Leather interiors. The new updated Prius PHV has a starting price tag of the 2.85 million yen (approximately Rs. 18.14 lakh) for the base model, which extends up to 3.998 million yen (approximately Rs. 25.45 lakhs) for the top trim model G with premium leather upholstery.
While the new Prius PHV is launched, Toyota is sweating to bring in the next generation Prius that is expected to be showcased in the year 2014. Based on Toyota’s New Global Architecture platform, the all new Prius Hybrid is awaited by all, and it is said to become even more powerful and have an entirely new design language as well.
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