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Toyota plant suspends Prius production after fire

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by Areometer, Nov 22, 2005.

  1. Areometer

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    TOKYO (AFX) - Toyota Motor Corp said one of its plants in central Japan has been forced to halt production of the Prius hybrid and other popular vehicles for at least a week after a fire damaged an assembly line.

    Toyota Auto Body normally assembles about 1,000 finished vehicles a day at the Fujimatsu Factory, about one-quarter of which are Prius gas-electric hybrids.

    >> Read More @ Forbes.com
     
    #1 Areometer, Nov 22, 2005
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    Maybe prices will go down just a tad on any damaged Prius? Fire sale?
     
    #2 bigdaddy, Nov 22, 2005
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    LOL, this thread title is a bit misleading. I thought that actual Prius were catching on fire on the road from some manufacturing error and they had to stop production. Whew.
     
    #3 ONwi03, Nov 22, 2005
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    Secret plan to increase demand??!!

    Actually, that's too bad, setting them back at least 2000 Prii this year just as the '06s hit the dealerships.
     
    #4 efusco, Nov 22, 2005
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    :lol: Really! I hope the fire in the plant wasn't caused by an individual Prius catching fire. :lol:
     
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    Oh those sneak Asians! Another complex plot to drive up MSRP and waiting lists on new Prius, and keep values high on used Prius.
     
    #6 jayman, Nov 23, 2005
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