Seriously, Toyota. I was making a JOKE when I wrote on April Fools' Day that Toyota is going to co-produce the Volt with GM. This time, though, it's not the Volt at the center of the conversation, it's the Prius. And this time, it's not a joke.
Bloomberg is reporting that Toyota is offering to supply a version of the Prius to GM. Toyota is apparently trying to talk GM into keeping Nummi alive by having Toyota and GM co-produce the Prius in the US out in California. Our friends in Mississippi will be none too happy. According to Bloomberg, "Toyota President Akio Toyoda and GM’s Fritz Henderson will meet in Michigan in August said the people, who asked not to be identified because the plan isn’t public.A GM-badged car based on the Prius is among the options for new products at a jointly owned factory in California after GM said it would end assembly of the Pontiac Vibe there earlier than planned, they said."
The article also states that, according to their sources, the plant in Mississippi is pretty much off the table as an option for US-based Prius production.
What do you think? Good idea? Bad idea? Worst idea ever?
