The Toyota Prius maybe having problems in the overseas market but that hasn’t stopped the Indian division from gathering 80 confirmed bookings of the environment friendly car. The company has a initial target to sell 200 units this year and the first lot of 24 cars have already been delivered. The company is heavily embanking on Bollywood superstars to buy a few to show of their concern for nature. Till date over 1.5 million units of the Toyota Prius have been sold worldwide, making it by far the most successful hybrid vehicle in the world.
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Arun April 14, 2010 at 11:44 am
I really dont understand why the prius is such a big deal, it returns a mileage of around 20kmpl which the americans consider a big deal, but dont we already have cars that have the same or even better mileage?? This car costs, if im right, 20 lakhs or something, why would someone buy this when they can get the same, if not better mileage from a swift or an indica or a polo or punto or almost anything else for about a quarter of the investment???
i dont see the prius becoming a big hit like it was in the US… We already have problems with pedestrians not seeing cars coming… with the zero noise this car makes, it can create more trouble…. Toyota, put a really efficient diesel engine into the prius instead of the 1.8 petrol, this could give it around 30 – 40 kmpl and thats a really attractive proposition….