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Malignant Rumors: Toyota set to build Yaris / Vitz hybrid in Europe next year
Now that hybrid tech is becoming more widespread, Toyota is looking to push its gas-electric offerings down a notch after the not-too-well-received Sai-based Lexus HS. According to Reuters, Toyota ain't scurred of the hit it has recently taken to its hybrid sales and is readying a European-market Yaris (Vitz in Japan) hybrid that will be manufactured in Valenciennes, France next year.
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Toyota Begins Production Of The Yaris Hybrid At French Plant
Toyota today announced that it has commenced production of the new Yaris Hybrid at its Valenciennes plant with the first vehicle to roll off the production line going to a customer in northern France. The hybrid version of the third generation Yaris...
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New 2012 Toyota Yaris / Vitz Breaks Cover In Japan [photos And Video]
The new Toyota Vitz, or as we'll come to know it on both sides of the Atlantic, the third generation Yaris supermini, was unveiled Wednesday in Japan. Even though what you see pictured here is the Japanese domestic market (JDM) version, as was the...
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New 2012 Toyota Yaris / Vitz To Be Revealed On December 22, Returns 62.3mpg
Toyota Motor Corp. has confirmed the Japanese market launch date of its all-new Vitz supermini, which we will come to know as the Yaris. Seen for the first time through a series of leaked brochure shots that hit the interwebs earlier this year, the 2012...
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2012 Toyota Yaris / Vitz Mini Site Launched In Japan, But Leaked Brochure Shots Reveal All
Toyota is getting ready to present a new generation of its Japanese domestic market Vitz supermini, which we will come to know (with a few changes here and there) as the 2012 Yaris. For this reason, Toyota launched a mini site teasing the new car through...
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Toyota's 2011 Low-cost Dedicated Hybrid To Be Based On The Yaris
A news report has shed light on Toyota's plans to develop a dedicated small hybrid model to take on Honda's Insight hybrid that just went on sale in the USA. Speaking with Japan's Nikkei business newspaper Akihiko Otsuka, chief engineer of...
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