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Well, the 2010 Toyota Prius model is scheduled to be
officially unveiled at a Detroit auto show early next year, but no Toyota
enthusiast is going to have any surprises when it comes to the car’s looks,
because photos of it have been “leaked” on PriusChat.com since earlier this
week, and have since been posted all over the web.
We use the word leaked in quotes because nobody seems to be
sure if the photos are an actual leak or just a “clever” viral marketing scheme
by Toyota. Oh
bother, we do have to stop with those quote marks, especially since the same
strategy does seem to have worked in the past. The doubts do lend credence,
especially since the leaked photos have a very professional look about them,
like they came out of a photo shoot, not some hurried snapshots an employee
took when the bosses weren’t looking.
Toyota
has made a post on their
blog on Thursday, confirming the whole affair. The pictures are the real
deal, Toyota says, and they make it a point of telling
us that they can’t release anything past very vague technical specifications until
the Prius’ official unveiling at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January.
“This new Prius will retain all of the virtues of the model
that precedes it. It’s about the same size as its forebear, but with more
interior room and better fuel economy,” says Toyota. Indeed, while the Prius maintains the
same basic shape as its predecessor, it does tend to borrow some details from
other Toyota
models such as the Matrix and Corolla.
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