Toyota A-BAT not coming! Did someone actually expect it?

Bob Carter, Toyota Motor Sales vice president in the USA revealed in a recent interview that the A-BAT concept is on hold for the moment because the manufacturer has other priorities and the concept is not one of them. Of course, this is not a surprise for us due to the hard financial times we are living…
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NItePhire - 4/14/2009 9:43:10 AM

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There is no surprise here at all. This seemed to me at the time a knee jerk reaction to Honda's Ridgeline. Dodge is guilty of the same thing. Both Dodge and Toyota later saw how the press fawned over the Honda but not many folks were coughing up the bucks for it. I dont know if it meet Honda's sales targets or not (I am sure they would say yes) but I do see a fair amount on the road. It would seem in hindsight that Honda invented a segment that few people wanted but was very innovative at the time.

rocker - 4/14/2009 10:14:30 AM

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Sadly, it was later announced that the Costello concpet vehicle would also be cancelled.

B7FAN - 4/14/2009 3:23:08 PM

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thank god leave it on hold until the end of time!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Type707 - 4/14/2009 5:12:32 PM

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Let me guess the "A" in A-BAT stands for ASS? Fugly looking car.

pchera01 - 4/14/2009 11:03:41 PM

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uglier than current tundura

santini1959 - 10/22/2010 1:10:28 AM

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Nice design but put the body on a V6 Tacoma 4X4 with a 6 speed tranny (just to be green) and We'll sell the hell out of them.