{"id":137207,"date":"2010-01-04T19:29:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-05T00:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/04\/mean-green-tommy-kaira-slams-toyota-prius-and-honda-insight\/"},"modified":"2010-01-04T19:29:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-05T00:29:00","slug":"mean-green-tommy-kaira-slams-toyota-prius-and-honda-insight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/137207","title":{"rendered":"Mean Green: Tommy Kaira slams Toyota Prius and Honda Insight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/aftermarket\/\" rel=\"tag\">Aftermarket<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/hybrids\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hybrid<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/hatchbacks\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hatchback<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/honda\/\" rel=\"tag\">Honda<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/toyota\/\" rel=\"tag\">Toyota<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/design-style\/\" rel=\"tag\">Design\/Style<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/tommy-kaira-2010-toyota-prius\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/01\/prius-lead.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><small>Tommy Kaira Toyota Prius &#8211; Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>\nHybrids aren&#8217;t exactly known for being the sportiest vehicles on the road, but that doesn&#8217;t mean their owners don&#8217;t want to look as good as possible behind the wheel. As such, perhaps it shouldn&#8217;t be too surprising that Japanese tuning companies are jumping on the gas-electric bandwagon almost as quickly as the automakers themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Chief among those hybrid tuners is Tommy Kaira, which has released a slew of new bodykit bits, suspension upgrades and wheel options for both the <a href=\"http:\/\/autoblog.com\/model\/prius\">2010 Toyota Prius<\/a> (which we <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/09\/29\/toyota-prius-gets-visual-makeover-from-tommy-kaira\/\">saw teasers of previously<\/a>) and <a href=\"http:\/\/autoblog.com\/model\/insight\">Honda Insight<\/a>. We&#8217;ll leave it up to you to decide if the add-ons add up to an improvement in the wedge-shaped hybrid hatchbacks. In any case, <a href=\"http:\/\/tommykaira.com\/tkcars\/price\/zvw30\/zvw30_ver4.htm\">click here<\/a> to see the whole kit and caboodle for the Prius and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tommykaira.com\/tkcars\/price\/ze2\/ze2_ver3.htm\">here for the Insight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"postgallery\">\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/tommy-kaira-2010-toyota-prius\/low\/\">Tommy Kaira 2010 Toyota Prius<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/tommy-kaira-2010-toyota-prius\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/01\/tommy-kaira-prius-large_1_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/tommy-kaira-2010-toyota-prius\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/01\/tommy-kaira-prius-large_2_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/tommy-kaira-2010-toyota-prius\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/01\/tommy-kaira-prius-large_3_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/tommy-kaira-2010-toyota-prius\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/01\/tommy-kaira-prius-large_7_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/tommy-kaira-2010-toyota-prius\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/01\/tommy-kaira-prius-large_4_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"postgallery\">\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/tommy-kaira-2010-honda-insight\/low\/\">Tommy Kaira 2010 Honda Insight<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/tommy-kaira-2010-honda-insight\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/01\/tommy-kaira-insight-large_09_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/tommy-kaira-2010-honda-insight\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/01\/tommy-kaira-insight-large_10_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/tommy-kaira-2010-honda-insight\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/01\/tommy-kaira-insight-large_08_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/tommy-kaira-2010-honda-insight\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/01\/tommy-kaira-insight-large_06_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/tommy-kaira-2010-honda-insight\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/01\/tommy-kaira-insight-large_07_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n[Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/tommykaira.com\/tkcars\/price\/zvw30\/zvw30_ver4.htm\">Tommy Kaira<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/04\/mean-green-tommy-kaira-slams-toyota-prius-and-honda-insight\/\">Mean Green: Tommy Kaira slams Toyota Prius and Honda Insight<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:29:00 EST.  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