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Toyota A-BAT will remain a concept... for now

Bob Carter, Toyota Motor Sales USA's vice president and general manager, told our man Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com that the Toyota A-BAT is on indefinite hold. According to Carter, "We have a lot of top priorities right now, and A-BAT isn't one of them." Although news of the A-BAT's imminent arrival was circulating as early as February, Toyota's decision to put the project on hold doesn't come as a surprise. With auto sales down overall – and pick-ups being hit particularly hard in the last year – the business case for a ... Read more →

Rumormill: Toyota Prius coupe in the works Damon Lavrinc

Even though Toyota has made it clear that a separate Prius brand isn't a sure thing, that doesn't mean that more body styles of the iconic fuel miser aren't on their way. The latest speculative Prius ...

Toyota considers building A-BAT truck, cancels small diesel Jeremy Korzeniewski

Despite the fact that its full-sized truck competitors from Ford, General Motors and Dodge will all offer new small-displacement diesel engines within the next year or so, Toyota has reportedly ...

Toyota considering adding two more small vehicles to U.S. lineup Damon Lavrinc

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Toyota A-BAT Concept. The new CAFE standards are causing every automaker to rethink what vehicles will populate their lineups come 2020. Toyota's plan could ...

Toyota seriously considering A-BAT: The Prius of pickups? Damon Lavrinc

click above for a high-res gallery of the Toyota A-BAT concept We've harped on the fact that this market is ready for a small truck that splits the difference between full-sizers of today and compact ...

Detroit 2008: Toyota A-BAT Concept revealed after dark 1 year ago on Autoblog

click above for more high-res images of the Toyota A-BAT Concept After the first day of the 2008 Detroit Auto Show press days ended, some of us decided to take up Toyota on its invite to a reception at which we were greeted by the live reveal of the A-BAT concept hybrid pickup. Though images of the ...

VIDEO: Ins and Outs of the Toyota A-BAT Concept hybrid pickup 1 year ago on Autoblog

Mike Levine from Pickuptruck.com first tipped us off that the Scion brand might be considering a pickup for its youth-targeted lineup. In the video above, Levine explains why the A-BAT hybrid pickup concept ended up being a Toyota truck rather than the Scion we were expecting, as well as going over ...

Detroit '08 Preview: Toyota A-BAT hybrid pickup concept 1 year ago on Autoblog

click above to view more images of the Toyota A-BAT Concept Perhaps in response to the criticism that Toyota has received over the past year from environmentalists for its ever larger and thirstier trucks, the Japanese automaker is switching direction with its 2008 Detroit concept - the A-BAT ...






Autoblog Podcast #151: With Car and Driver's Eddie Alterman

Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.

 
 

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