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2015 Toyota NS4 Advanced Plug-In Updates, Photos & Videos!

Discussion in 'Gen 4 Prius Main Forum' started by Sergiospl, Jun 22, 2013.

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  1. GregP507

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    A great answer as usual & I have to agree with everything Felt says.

    Some of the sentiments I expressed are partly down to my own frustration for believing somehow that NS4 will make it to production and now as it becomes gradually obvious that that might not be the case. If Toyota had been more open about their plans around NS4, all of us fans would have had more realistic expectations - maybe. Either way, in the future, I will take Toyota concept designs for exactly what they are - concepts & nothing more.
     
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    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    Depending on how picky you want to be, the Audi TT and Plymouth Prowler are two that made it into production fairly close to the concept shown at the auto shows.
     
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    sometimes concept carts are also part test bed, not only for the whole car, but for separate components. so this ns4 may go into production, but not exactly the same as the concept. chevy had a bunch of "C_" concept cars that were basically corvette prototypes. the later corvettes had similarities, but not exactly the same. so you may just see something very similar to that ns4 in a few years. and Toyota might openly compete with tesla

    the ns4 was not built on an assembly line. concept cars are somewhat hand built.
     
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    After visiting the Toyota-Global website, I noticed they dropped Electric Vehicle tab from their Technology File and reading the tab on Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle noticed they said, "Learn more about the various technologies used Toyota's plug-in hybrid vehicles". Hmmm. Vehicles implies more than one. So you may get your wish on seeing something close to the ns4.
     
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    Body-style is only one aspect of many.
     
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    Is this not it?

    Electric Vehicle | TOYOTA GLOBAL SITE
     
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