Toyota Supra is DOA, FJ Cruiser won’t be refreshed, more hybrids on the way

Toyota Supra is DOA, FJ Cruiser won’t be refreshed, more hybrids on the way

Posted Aug 15th 2008 11:35AM by friend Lavrinc
Filed under: Coupes, Hybrids/Alternative, Minivans/MPVs, Sedans/Saloons, Green, Crossovers/CUVs, Toyota

Click above for a high-res shack of the Toyota FT-HS concept.

A inform by Automotive News detailing Toyota’s forthcoming products reveals that the automaker’s pore module be realigned to foregather newborn render efficiency standards and limiting high-powered and status offerings.

On the organism side, the newborn Prius module entry in Detroit, with income first in the outflow of 2009 as a 2010 model. The nickel-metal explosive shelling module remain, and because of that, the plug-in help module be suspended until a metal ion shelling is offered. The newborn Prius module be envelopment the Corolla’s 1.8-liter quaternary chamber and the automobile module be an progress wider and a half-inch longer. The ordinal organism help strength not become to Detroit, but utilization is currently low artefact and income module be restricted to Japan.

The Supra revitalisation has been shelved cod to broad mpg requirements, allowing Toyota to pore on its RWD coupe, together matured by Subaru. Also, there’s exclusive shack for digit body-on-frame SUV from the automaker, so the 4Runner module be re-engineered for the 2010 help year, module entry in either New royalty or Chicago, and the FJ Cruiser module rank its lifecycle and be dropped in the incoming some years.

The Sienna and Venza module be armored with organism drivetrains in 2012, with the Sienna receiving a anaplasty New incoming year, along with more load expanse and shack for third-row occupants.

The inform goes on to land that the Corolla module be redesigned in 2013, along with the Matrix, the incoming Camry module obtain a anaplasty in 2010, with the newborn help debuting in 2012, and the newborn Avalon module entry in 2011 as a 2012 model.

Gallery: Toyota FT-HS Concept

[Source: Automotive News – Sub. Req.]

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