With the introduction of new-generation Toyota Prius, the model became extremely popular in Japan and became the best selling car this year, so it was clear to everyone that say it will be chosen for “Japanese Car of the Year” (JCOTY). The award was presented to the first day of 41 th exhibition in Tokyo, which opened its doors to visitors on October 24 and will be closed on November 4. Participated in the vote 60 Japanese journalists, such as Toyota Prius received 433 points, followed by the hybrid Honda Insight and Volkswagen Golf 6. The third place of Volkswagen Golf 6 is a crucial recognition of the qualities of the car, especially given how hard it is to break the European model of the Japanese market. Furthermore, 6 of the Golf was awarded his prize “Foreign Car of the Year” and the title “Sports Car of the Year” went to the Nissan 370Z. Yesterday did you know that Mitsubishi i-MiEV was awarded in the category “most advanced technologies.

The Japanese company Toyota disseminate detailed information about the concept Prius Plug-in Hybrid, which will debut at the upcoming motor show in Frankfurt, which will be open to visitors from 17th to September 27th. Exterior design does not differ in anything from a standard Prius, but Nickel-Metal Hydride battery is replaced by an advanced lithium-ion. Thanks to this car can traveling 20 km. and to develop 100km / h. in fully electric mode. Like all Plug-in hybrids, and that can boast much faster charging the batteries (and a half hours in 230-volt contact), where it is automatically included exhaust the 1.8-liter gasoline engine with a power 97 h.p. Toyota of state that hazardous exhaust emissions in a mixed mode are 60gr/km. The interior of the Prius Plug-in Hybrid is equipped with a Hybrid System Indicator, showing information about the distance that can be walked in electric mode, and the Electro Multi-Vision screen displays the car’s contribution to reducing CO2 emissions. In 2010, by Toyota plans to put 500 copies of the Prius Plug-in Hybrid, to be able to do absolutely all the tests in a real environment. Possibly then, the company will decide whether to enter the vehicle into series production.