Spy Shots: Are you the Toyota Prius minivan?
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/spyphotos/" rel="tag">Spy Photos</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/hybrids/" rel="tag">Hybrid</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/minivans/" rel="tag">Minivan/Van</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/toyota/" rel="tag">Toyota</a></p><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2010/09/2012-toyota-prius-alpha-hybrid-minivan.html"><img hspace="4" border="0" align="right" vspace="4" class="right border" alt="Prius Minivan Spy Shot" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/prius-mpv-spy.jpg" /></a>Even though we've been hearing various rumblings across the interwebs for quite some time now that <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/toyota">Toyota</a> was hard at work crafting a <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/priusminivan">mini-minivan version of its popular Pruis hybrid hatchback</a>, it always helps assuage the skeptics when spy shots start to show up. And that's exactly what we have here.<br />
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Toyota's next <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/04/video-cold-chilling-in-the-toyota-sienna-swagger-wagon/">swagger wagon</a> appears to share its basic aerodynamic wedge-like profile with the well-known <a href="http://autoblog.com/model/prius">Prius</a>, but the entire greenhouse seems to have been moved up and forward a few inches, taking on an airier feeling in the process. We don't see any evidence of sliding doors, so we'll have to assume (for now) that the Prius minivan will use four normal swinging portals.<br />
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Rumors indicate this machine, which may be called the Prius Alpha, will sport three rows and offer seating for seven. The spy shooter suggests that the MPV is roughly the size of a <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/mazda5">Mazda5</a>, which we'd guess is just about right. Power will likely come from a version of the Prius hatchback's four-cylinder hybrid powertrain, possibly with the addition of lithium ion batteries to improve mileage and may even allow for more electric-only propulsion opportunities. Look for it to hit the market around 2012.<br />
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[Source: <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2010/09/2012-toyota-prius-alpha-hybrid-minivan.html">Carscoop</a>]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/28/spy-shots-are-you-the-toyota-prius-minivan/">Spy Shots: Are you the Toyota Prius minivan?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/28/spy-shots-are-you-the-toyota-prius-minivan/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19651905/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/28/spy-shots-are-you-the-toyota-prius-minivan/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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