2023 Toyota Prius teased once more earlier than its debut in 2 days

In need of a miracle, 2022 would be the lowest-selling 12 months for the Toyota Prius in a few many years, if not ever. The automobile that ushered the business into hybrid powertrains the identical manner Tesla has led the business to go electrical solely bought about 30,000 models within the U.S. by the tip of October. That is about half final 12 months’s whole of 59,010 models, properly down from the roaring years of 2007 to 2016 when sellers moved wherever from about 150,000 to 240,000 models yearly. It is time for one thing new, which we’ll see this coming week when the Prius debuts in Japan. The automaker’s launched a brand new teaser to maintain the flame alive till then, previewing the lighting signature and form from head-on. 

From the entrance, all this proves is that the brand new hatch will certainly have headlights just like the Japanese-market Crown Sport Sort crossover. The lights set into the shaded type make the approaching Prius look wider than the present mannequin, and the windshield seems extra steeply raked. These might merely be distortions within the picture, although.

The opposite shot is of the C-pillar, and this presents a really totally different look to as we speak’s automobile. The glasshouse on the 2022 Prius sweeps from roof to high-rise tail like a fastback. The rear home windows lengthen to the entrance of the C-pillar, the complete pillar blacked out in a manner that leaves the impression of a floating roof. The teased picture of the brand new Prius C-pillar exhibits what appears like sheetmetal making a whole arc to the rear, eliminating the floating roof. And it is laborious to inform, nevertheless it might be that the trailing fringe of the rear window is opaque. It is sure that the rear fenders take totally different shapes over the rear wheels, the present automobile’s upswept shoulder changed by one thing the appears like conventional, punched-out arches. 

The reveal occurs at 1:30 p.m. Japanese time November 16, which is November 15 at 11:30 p.m. on the U.S. East Coast.

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