Here we are, the first Miscellaneous Thoughts for the week of Monday, May 18, 2009. Today, you can watch hot chicks (literally hot chicks) wash the Ford Fiesta, learn about the ‘Great Ethanol Scam,’ and read just how many 2010 Toyota Priuses have been sold before the hybrid goes on sale at dealerships. The Great [...]
According to Japan’s Nikkei business daily, Toyota has received 75,000 orders for its new 2010 Toyota Prius. That will give it a big chance to hold its ground in a fierce battle with the 2010 Honda Insight hybrid, which reported sale figures of nearly 20,000 units in the first three months. In March, Honda said [...]
Toyota and its advertising agency, Saatchi & Saatchi LA, have officially launched the marketing campaign for the 2010 Toyota Prius called “Harmony Between Man, Nature and Machine.” The main theme behind the campaign is to show consumers how they can get extra power, space, safety, advanced technology and 50 mpg in one car. The 2010 Toyota [...]
According to a report by Japan’s Nikkei newspaper, Toyota and Honda are making an estimated profit of about ¥300,000 ($3,100 USD) on every hybrid they sell. That is pretty close to what they make on small gasoline vehicles as well. Nikkei said that if Honda sells 200,000 units of the 2010 Insight Hybrid in the first [...]
Toyota today announced the pricing info on the 2010 Toyota Prius which is scheduled to go on sale in May nationwide. Prices start at $21,000 ($21,750 with delivery, processing, and handling (DPH) fees) which is $1,000 than the outgoing model. Power comes from a 1.8L Atkinson 4-cylinder engine making 98-hp. Mated to an electric-motor with an [...]
According to local newspapers in Japan, Toyota has received more than 20,000 orders for the 2010 Toyota Prius, which goes on sale in Japan in mid-May. Chunichi and Nikkei both cited an unnamed Toyota official saying that the company expects that number to reach 40,000 before the cars launch – a pace that could allow [...]
Just two days ago, it was reported that Toyota will lower the price of the 2010 Prius in Japan to make the hybrid more competitive with the 2010 Honda Insight. Today, Honda’s CEO Takeo Fukui said that he will not lower the price on Insight anymore. “I don’t think that would be meaningful to do [...]
Toyota has notified its Japanese dealers that it will price the new 2010 Toyota price at 2.05 million yen ($20,750 USD) which is right on par with the new 2010 Honda Insight. The move is Toyota’s latest response in the hybrid war between the Prius and Honda Insight. Still, that might not be enough to entice [...]
Toyota’s president Katsuaki Watanabe said today that the company will keep selling the current Prius model alongside the 2010 model year that arrive in Japan in May. “They will have different engine sizes — 1.5 liters and 1.8 liters — and we figure there will be demand for the two to co-exist,” Katsuaki told reporters [...]
Toyota has been pretty worried about the 2010 Honda Insight hybrid that is priced lower than the current Toyota Prius and will definitely be priced lower than the 2010 Prius. With competition heating up, Toyota has decided it will produce a new small hybrid vehicle that will be priced lower than the Insight. According to [...]
