REPORT: 2010 Prius' design will influence future Toyotas [w/ POLL]

REPORT: 2010 Prius' design will influence future Toyotas [w/ POLL]

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2010 Toyota Prius - Click above for a high-res image gallery

The Toyota Prius has long been a love-it-or-hate-it design. The sweeping roofline of the hybrid hatch may have been penned to maximize the car's ability to cut through the wind, but its shape is now instantly recognizable to the masses - so much so that Honda has been accused of ripping off the Prius' basic design for its latest Insight (gasp!).

Whether you're enamored or disgusted by the Prius' aesthetic, you'd better get used to the new styling cues.
The 2010 model is the shape of things to come for Toyota, debuting a few new forms that will infiltrate the rest of the automaker's line-up in the near future. Toyota's global design chief, Wahei Hirai, calls the styling of the new Prius "free-form geometrics," and a few of the more prominent elements -- including the hybrid's sharply-creased corners, slit-like front grille and bolder, more pronounced hood badge -- are all bound for future models. Good thing or bad thing? Tell us in the poll after the jump.


Gallery: 2010 Toyota Prius



[Source: AutoWeek]Continue reading REPORT: 2010 Prius' design will influence future Toyotas [w/ POLL]

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