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Key facts
- Manufacturer
- Toyota
- Production
- December 1997 – present
- Model years
- 2001–present (US)
- Class
- Subcompact / supermini ( B ) (1997–2003) Compact / small family car ( C ) (2003–present)
- Body style
- 4-door saloon (1997–2003) 5-door liftback (2003–present)
- Layout
- Front-engine, front-wheel-drive Front-engine, four-wheel-drive ( E-Four )
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- compact car
- Manufacturer
- Toyota
- Official website
- toyota.jp/info/prius_special
- Image
- 2023 Toyota Prius Z HEV.jpg
- Brand
- Toyota
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- Commons category
- Toyota Prius
- topic's main category
- Category:Toyota Prius
- service entry
- 1997-12-00
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Encyclopedic overview
The Toyota Prius (/ˈpriːəs/ PREE-əss) (Japanese: トヨタ・プリウス, Hepburn: Toyota Puriusu) is a car produced by Toyota since 1997 over five generations. The Prius has a hybrid drivetrain, called Hybrid Synergy Drive, which combines an internal combustion engine and an electric motor. Initially offered as a subcompact four-door saloon, it has been produced only as a compact five-door liftback since 2003.
The Prius was developed by Toyota to be the "car for the 21st century"; it was the first mass-produced hybrid vehicle, first going on sale in Japan in 1997 at all four Toyota Japan dealership chains, and subsequently introduced worldwide in 2000.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Toyota Prius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.