Here we go!
Toyota is planning to unleash six new hybrid models by the end of 2012. Six. For any any manufacturer, that seems to be a pretty big push. Especially, when hybrid sales are on the downward trend.
According to Carscoop, some will be only hybrid specific models but details remain sketchy on body types and what classes will be targeted.
Additionally, we can look forward to a car co-developed with Tesla Motors. Could it rival the Nissan Leaf? Possibly but nothing has been confirmed.
With that said, with declining hybrid sales figures, is Toyota doubling down on a bad bet?
With the recent unveiling of a production-ready Fit / Jazz hybrid by Honda, fellow Japanese automaker Toyota is readying for a big hybrid fight. Undaunted by the recent drop in hybrid sales, Toyota plans to launch six new hybrid models by end of 2012, one of which will be a Vitz / Yaris hybrid.
In a presentation in Detroit on Monday, Toyota Executive Vice President Takeshi Uchiyamada explained that two of the six new hybrids will be for Lexus and four for Toyota adding that all of them will be new and not next-generation versions of existing hybrid models...
[Source: Carscoop]
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