Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Toyota Yaris HSD: coming in 2013

In 2013 the family of hybrid Toyota will expand downward with the debut of the new Yaris HSD (Hybrid Synergy Drive), the standard version of the innovative prototype presented at the last Geneva Motor Show. The future Japanese city car hybrid is an important part of the strategy that will bring the manufacturer in 2020 to offer a hybrid version for every model in its range.

The adventure hybrid of the Japanese manufacturer, which began back in 1997 with the launch of the first generation Prius, recorded in just 14 years of the enviable record of 3 million vehicles with hybrid drive distributed worldwide with Toyota and Lexus brand. HSD with the launch of the Yaris, Toyota first to explore the B-segment car equipped with sophisticated full hybrid technology, thus greatly expanding the number of potential buyers directed towards this innovative technology.

Aesthetically, the new hybrid model anticipates the future forms of the Yaris, but added a number of aerodynamic devices designed to optimize fuel consumption and emissions, which takes its name from Hybrid Synergy Drive (HSD). Among the targeted changes we find a brand new front bumper section and particularly with a large central mouth, a reduced grid, special alloy wheels with low-resistance tires, a spoiler on the rear window and side skirts.

The Yaris HSD uses a sophisticated plug-in technology features a 1.3-liter gasoline engine mated to a permanent magnet synchronous electric motor powered by a pack of lithium-ion batteries. Also pressing the EV button located on the dashboard, the Yaris HSD allows you to use only the electric drive is that when starting in the short distances at low speeds (under 50 km / h), making them a car with zero emissions.

However, when both engines utilize the Japanese city car is still very cheap by the second record home average mileage of 3.2 l/100 km in the air and emitting just 75 g / km of CO2. As anticipated the future of Toyota's hybrid car will debut in international markets from 2013 at a price that will be around € 18,000, while its production will start next year in the installation of the Japanese House of Valenciennes, France.

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