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Toyota to introduce first hybrid car in Peru in July

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Japanese car manufacturer Toyota will introduce its first hybrid car in the Peruvian market this July, Toyota del Perú's executive chairman Hiroaki Fujiwara announced Wednesday at the Government Palace in Lima.

He said Toyota will have this year a batch of 50 units of the Prius model worth 37,000 dollars each.

There are currently two million hybrid cars in the world, which have avoided the emission of half a million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the environment, and 80 percent of them are Toyota, he detailed.

Fujiwara explained that this eco-car model combines a gasoline engine with a clean and quiet electric motor.

"The Toyota Prius emits 40 percent fewer CO2 emissions than any conventional vehicle and it has a performance of over 62 miles per gallon," he said. Fujiwara also announced that the company will plant a tree for each person who tests the vehicles as its corporate responsibility program seeks to protect the environment.

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# David N says :
June 3, 2009 [ 23:09 ]

$37k??  For a Prius?  Sheesh, only a sucker would buy that thing.  In the US you could buy one Prius and one Toyota Yaris for that price and have two cars and change left over.

Lot cheaper to buy a brand new Yaris down here and have some cholito rig it with GNV.

# ROY says :
June 4, 2009 [ 0:08 ]

DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW MUCH THE GOVERNMENT TAXES NEW CARS? THERE MUST BE A REALLY HIGH IMPORT TAX, TO PUT THE PRICE FOR THAT TOYOTA CAR THAT HIGH.  DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THE TELEPHONE NUMBER IS FOR THE TOYOTA DEALER IN LIMA?  I WAS THINKING ABOUT BUYING A NEW TOYOTA 4X4 LATER THIS YEAR TO DRIVE AROUND DOWN THERE. MIGHT BE CHEAPER TO SHIP ONE THERE  :)

# Star says :
June 4, 2009 [ 7:12 ]

http://www.toyotaperu.com.pe/    (havent you herd of google)

# Anonymous Dave says :
June 4, 2009 [ 21:25 ]

For that kind of money I could just hire a full-time on-call driver for several years and have him drive me around on demand.

# TOYOTA Prius says :
July 7, 2009 [ 11:19 ]

Since this month you can buy the TOYOTA Prius in Peru. The launch was with Alan Garcia, the president of Peru and the president of Toyota Peru.

You can see about this new car in Peru in the next URL:

http://www.ecotoyota.com.pe

This is a peruvian website called Eco Toyota. Here you can read about the Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive Technology and you can partipate of the Eco Test Drive, in which for every test drive, Toyota will plant a tree in Lima.

# Tomas says :
July 23, 2009 [ 10:31 ]

What? 37000? In the US the price is 22000. Why so expensive? Because it pollutes less the environment it doesn't mean that a Peruvian had to pay that amount of money. If Toyota really wants to protect the env. they should sell this car at a lower cost.

# Rene says :
July 23, 2009 [ 21:44 ]

Toyota has no interest in protecting the environment, they're interested in selling as many cars as possible. Before attacking Toyota, first have a look how much is added to the cost of shipping (100% sure Toyota doesn't have a factory in Peru), importation (tariffs etc; huge overhead for importer compared to sales), sales tax and other taxes that's most likely included in Peru (US prices are always excluding taxes).

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