You know who worked really hard this year and deserves abreak? You’re fuel pump, that’s who. Youtake for granted all the hard work the fuel pump assembly does for you. Without it you wouldn’t get to work, or getto the in-laws for the holidays. OK, somaybe in the second example we wish the fuel pump would stop working so wecould skip the in-laws. Nonetheless, they deserve a break.It appears that Toyota is going to give the fuel pumps intheir new Prius C a huge break. These fuelpumps are going to have a nice and relaxing job, since the new Prius C issupposed to get 83 miles per gallon. That’s a little bit better than the standard Prius model. According to Toyota the Prius C will get thebest city fuel economy of any hyrbids that do not plug in.
The car was introduced last week at the Tokyo Motor Show asthe Toyota Aquas, but it will be officially introduced as the Prius C in thestates next month at The Detroit Auto Show. The cost will be somewhere around $21,700. The car will have a 1.5 liter four cylinderengine to go along with its electric motor. The total horsepower of the vehicleis going to be around 98. This is about40 horsepower less than the normal Prius and the Prius V. You will be able to buy this miniature Prius thisspring. And, Toyota is forecasting that alot of you are going to buy it. Theyexpect to sell 12,000 a month in Japan and hope to have a 20 percent increasein global sales this year.
