First toyota prius year. Nevertheless the prius caught on. Generation 15 2001 2003 the prius was the worlds first mass manufactured compact electric car at it launch. For toyota hybrid plug in hybrid and fuel cell and battery electric vehicles beginning with model year 2020 the hybrid hv battery is covered for 10 years from original date of first use or 150000 miles whichever comes first.
Heres the thumbnail history of what actually transpired before and after the first toyota prius went into production in japan in 1997. Nhw10 19972000 in 1995 toyota debuted a hybrid concept car at the tokyo motor show with testing following a year later. The first prius model nhw10 went on sale on 10 december 1997.
Debut in 2001 and sold only 15000 units that first year. The 2004 toyota prius is a five passenger hatchback hybrid which has been totally redesigned for the new model year and boasts an epa estimated rating of 60 mpg in the city and 51 mpg on the highway. Fuel economy based on revised testing methods was 42 city 41 highway and 41.
During its first year in the market a total of 27279 prius phvs were sold worldwide 142 allowing the prius phv to rank as the second most sold plug in. While toyota hasnt yet announced the warranty for the prius prime for 2020 we expect the phev to be covered by 3 year36000 mile basic and 5 year60000 mile powertrain warranties. Launched in japan in 1997 the toyota prius hybrid made its us.
Toyota was pleasantly surprised that sales the first year exceeded projections and when some hollywood stars took notice and purchased the vehicles things. Its domestic launch in late 1997 marked the culmination of a concerted five year effort by toyota motor corporation to develop and bring to market a practical low emission family vehicle. Toyotas initial global sales goal was to sell more than 60000 prius phv a year with japan as the main market and aiming for 40000 units two thirds of the carmakers global sales goal.
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