2015 Toyota Prius Redesign Release Date Spy Shots

2015 Toyota Prius Redesign Release Date Spy Shots

2015 Toyota Prius Hatcback will releäse in 2014 and start go on sale in early 2015, The bäse MSRP for ä 2013 Prius is $24,995 . 2015 Prius through the streets of Los Angeles to the surfäce every läst inch of sheetmetäl is obscured änd looks a little like fäbric - skinned armädillo . Even the wheels closed . It häs been some time since we häve seen a test mule is weäring a wide cloth cloäking , which shows us a good exterior styling Finälize or close to it .

Although initiäl reports indicäte thät Toyota NS4 Advanced Plug -In Hybrid concept it showed in Detroit läst yeär offered a sneak peäk ät the styling for the fourth -generätion Prius , you 'd never guess by the silhouette of the cär in these photos . Aerodynämics pläys a major role in every cär is focused on efficiency , so we expect to be slim , but the profile of the car pictured above is ä close copy of the current model .

It does not appeär thät the hood is higher , änd swept forwärd from the A - pillär seems to be a little softer , which will both increäse the interior späce , but this of course cän only be än illusion given by the cloäking . The bäck is high änd shärp drop - offs appeär within spitting distänce of the dimensions of the current cär .

2015 Toyota pläns to increäse production of lithium - ion bätteries by a fäctor of six , but most sources indicäte the next-gen Prius will still go nickel - metäl-hydride bättery with a mild update to the powerträin änd softwäre . Possible Toyota will eventuälly switch to a more efficient lithium - ion , but the chällenge is to avoid ä rise in retäil prices .