{"id":358516,"date":"2010-02-24T13:21:27","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T18:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/?p=51756"},"modified":"2010-02-24T13:21:27","modified_gmt":"2010-02-24T18:21:27","slug":"toyota-prius-variants-coming-in-2011-lexus-is-based-rwd-plug-in-hybrid-in-the-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/358516","title":{"rendered":"Toyota Prius variants coming in 2011, Lexus IS based RWD plug-in hybrid in the works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/2010_detroit_toyota_ft_ch_images_main.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"355\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The new Lexus CT 200h is just one of the many hybrids in the works from Toyota. Sources say that Toyota will continue to expand its range of hybrids with a Prius based wagon, sporty coupe and an MPV in spring 2011. That will be followed by a Lexus IS-based rear-wheel-drive plug-in hybrid Toyota sedan and a hybrid version of the RAV4 by 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Toyota&#8217;s 1.8L VVT-i hybrid system will soon become the company&#8217;s core powertrain, aimed at helping it sell more than one million hybrid units globally by the early part of this decade.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autobytel.com\/content\/research\/chooser\/index.cfm\/action\/SelectTrim\/make_vch\/Toyota\/model_vch\/Prius\/cat\/Any\/year_si\/0\/minprice\/0\/maxprice\/999999\/mpg\/any\/id\/31622\"><strong>Click here to get pricing on the 2010 Toyota Prius<\/strong><\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/2010\/01\/12\/2010-detroit-toyota-ft-ch-dedicated-hybrid-concept-hints-at-smaller-prius\/\">Toyota FT-CH<\/a> previewed a sporty Prius coupe that will go head-to-head with the Honda CR-Z. Insiders are also talking about another hybrid plug-in sports car that will use the next-generation rear-wheel-drive Lexus IS platform.<\/p>\n<p>Continuing to add hybrids to its existing model, Toyota will offer a gasoline-electric powertrain on the new RAV4 by spring 2012, only available in the 5-door RAV4.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>2010 Detroit: Toyota FT-CH Concept<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/2010_detroit_toyota_ft_ch_images_017.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2010 Detroit: Toyota FT-CH Concept\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/2010_detroit_toyota_ft_ch_images_017-128x84.jpg\" alt=\"2010 Detroit: Toyota FT-CH Concept\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/2010_detroit_toyota_ft_ch_images_004.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2010 Detroit: Toyota FT-CH Concept\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/2010_detroit_toyota_ft_ch_images_004-128x84.jpg\" alt=\"2010 Detroit: Toyota FT-CH Concept\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/2010_detroit_toyota_ft_ch_images_005.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2010 Detroit: Toyota FT-CH Concept\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/2010_detroit_toyota_ft_ch_images_005-128x84.jpg\" alt=\"2010 Detroit: Toyota FT-CH Concept\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/2010_detroit_toyota_ft_ch_images_012.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2010 Detroit: Toyota FT-CH Concept\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/2010_detroit_toyota_ft_ch_images_012-128x84.jpg\" alt=\"2010 Detroit: Toyota FT-CH Concept\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-51756\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>All Photos Copyright \u00a9 2009 Stephen Calogera \u2013 egmCarTech<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"563\" height=\"422\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157623196636208%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157623196636208%2F&amp;set_id=72157623196636208&amp;jump_to=\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"563\" height=\"422\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157623196636208%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157623196636208%2F&amp;set_id=72157623196636208&amp;jump_to=\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; By: Kap Shah<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/News\/NewsArticle.aspx?AR=247740\">AutoCar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/LRmcTAJCHK1TqaBw0SnSOY6YBmU\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/LRmcTAJCHK1TqaBw0SnSOY6YBmU\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/LRmcTAJCHK1TqaBw0SnSOY6YBmU\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/LRmcTAJCHK1TqaBw0SnSOY6YBmU\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=ljAN1lIlfwc:EL8bOCM6baQ:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=ljAN1lIlfwc:EL8bOCM6baQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=ljAN1lIlfwc:EL8bOCM6baQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=ljAN1lIlfwc:EL8bOCM6baQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=ljAN1lIlfwc:EL8bOCM6baQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=ljAN1lIlfwc:EL8bOCM6baQ:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=ljAN1lIlfwc:EL8bOCM6baQ:TzevzKxY174\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Lexus CT 200h is just one of the many hybrids in the works from Toyota. Sources say that Toyota will continue to expand its range of hybrids with a Prius based wagon, sporty coupe and an MPV in spring 2011. That will be followed by a Lexus IS-based rear-wheel-drive plug-in hybrid Toyota sedan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-358516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358516\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}