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Friends: 0 |  Autocar; Prius coupe tackles Honda CR-Z Prius coupe tackles Honda CR-Z - Autocar.co.uk Toyota is planning a Prius coupe to go head to head with the Honda CR-Z, Autocar can reveal. The sleek, sporting hybrid is expected to be part of a Prius family, which would also include an MPV that could line up against a hybrid production version of the Honda Skydeck. Honda is keen to regain its footing in the hybrid market and Toyota, which was understood to have ditched the idea of expanding the Prius range, has been urged to respond. The Prius coupe would use the same 1.8-litre VVT-i hybrid powertrain and chassis as the hatch version, with 134bhp. A more aerodynamic body and possible weight saving would bring slight improvements to the 10.4sec sprint to 60mph and 110mph top speed. |
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Friends: 3 | Re: Autocar; Prius coupe tackles Honda CR-Z Toyota making a factory two-door version of the current Prius and making it a "sporty coupe" much in the same way that Honda has a two door sporty version of the four-door Civic? I'm all for it!   image source: R o b e r t o - B e r n a r d o - R e n d e r i n g s: Toyota Prius Coupe  http://priuschat.com/forums/prius-hybrid-news/67911-upcoming-toyota-prius-coupe-get-italian-design.html . Last edited by Rybold; 10-28-2009 at 02:48 AM. |
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Friends: 23 | Re: Autocar; Prius coupe tackles Honda CR-Z 1st shot is a pretty good PS. The issue now is whether they've solved the moonroof vs. 17" alloys dilemma. (or not offer a moonroof at all). |
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Friends: 6 | Re: Autocar; Prius coupe tackles Honda CR-Z That second rendering is pretty sweet. |
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Friends: 0 | Re: Autocar; Prius coupe tackles Honda CR-Z Same 1.8 liter engine size. Lighter weight. Should be the best fuel economy of all in the new Prius lineup...? Sign me up! |
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Friends: 0 | Re: Autocar; Prius coupe tackles Honda CR-Z Both these concepts seem great to me. But note to Toyota, if you do release a Prius coupe with a spoiler, please go back to color coding them to match the vehicle. Infact, go back to the color matching spoiler for The Prius. The Black plastic spoiler on the 2010 just doesn't look as good as the matching colored spoilers of before. I don't know what the cost savings of a uniform generic spoiler happens to be, but especially on a streamline sporty coupe version, I'd really not like to see the black as the only choice. The photoshop and mock-ups look great imo. Sans spoiler.
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