{"id":167369,"date":"2010-01-11T13:40:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T18:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/check-out-toyotas-new-hybrid-mini-car-2010-1"},"modified":"2010-01-11T13:40:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-11T18:40:00","slug":"check-out-toyotas-new-mini-prius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/167369","title":{"rendered":"Check Out Toyota&#8217;s New Mini Prius"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"float_right\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/~~\/f?id=4b4b654800000000000ac49f\" border=\"0\" alt=\"AP Toyota Compact\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/toyota-surprises-with-profit-boosts-forecast-2009-11\">Toyota<\/a> unveiled <span class=\"yshortcuts\"><\/span>a new hybrid concept car at the American International Auto Show in Detroit Monday that is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-worlds-ten-tiniest-cars-2009-12\">smaller than the Prius<\/a> and targets younger buyers, the <a href=\"http:\/\/green.yahoo.com\/news\/ap\/20100111\/ap_on_bi_ge\/us_auto_show_toyota.html\">AP reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A production version of the FT-CH compact car may be sold under the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/report-toyota-will-mass-produce-plug-in-prius-by-2012-2009-7\">Prius name<\/a>, as <span class=\"yshortcuts\">Toyota has<\/span> confirmed plans to expand the brand into an entire family of hybrids.<span class=\"yshortcuts\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The FT-CH is 22 inches shorter than the Prius, according to Toyota, and more fuel efficient.<\/p>\n<p>The car&#8217;s design is modeled after the retro style of early 8-bit video games, a strategy employed by the company to make the FT-CH appeal to younger buyers.<\/p>\n<p>There is no official timeline for when the model will be available to the public, but Toyota says it plans to sell 1 million hybrids per year globally by launching eight new hybrids in the next few years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t Miss: <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/greensheet\/~3\/the-worlds-ten-tiniest-cars-2009-12\" >The  10 Smallest Cars In The World<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/check-out-toyotas-new-hybrid-mini-car-2010-1#comments\">Join the conversation about this story &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>See Also:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/report-toyota-will-mass-produce-plug-in-prius-by-2012-2009-7\">Report: Toyota Will Mass Produce A Plug-In Prius By 2012<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-worlds-ten-tiniest-cars-2009-12\">The 10 Smallest Cars In The World<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/toyota-surprises-with-profit-boosts-forecast-2009-11\">Toyota Results Are Way Better Than Expected<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/gp6ODKuGdRED29b8pkjhIRV6iDA\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/gp6ODKuGdRED29b8pkjhIRV6iDA\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/gp6ODKuGdRED29b8pkjhIRV6iDA\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/gp6ODKuGdRED29b8pkjhIRV6iDA\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=0cXrz9W2N84:bz-LfNS2Zxk:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=0cXrz9W2N84:bz-LfNS2Zxk:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=0cXrz9W2N84:bz-LfNS2Zxk:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=0cXrz9W2N84:bz-LfNS2Zxk:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=0cXrz9W2N84:bz-LfNS2Zxk:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=0cXrz9W2N84:bz-LfNS2Zxk:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=0cXrz9W2N84:bz-LfNS2Zxk:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=0cXrz9W2N84:bz-LfNS2Zxk:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/greensheet\/~4\/0cXrz9W2N84\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toyota unveiled a new hybrid concept car at the American International Auto Show in Detroit Monday that is smaller than the Prius and targets younger buyers, the AP reports. 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