By Molly Parr
In Cars, Local News, Toyota / By Paul Tan / 15 July 2014 4:15 pm / 276 commentsUMW Toyota have released the new prices for the Toyota Prius and Toyota Prius c after the government’s tax incentives for CBU hybrid vehicles ended at the end of last year. The following are the new prices, OTR including insurance for private registration:Toyota Prius – RM 216,400.52Toyota Prius Luxury – RM 230,916.00Toyota Prius C – RM 153,170.43As you can see, a B-segment Prius c now costs as much as a D-segment Camry, while the Prius and Prius Luxury‘s prices have been pushed up to way over RM200k. The smaller Prius c came in at two spec levels – RM97k for the normal spec and RM104k for the Prius c TRD Sportivo. Click to enlarge picsHowever, UMW Toyota is set to come back into the incentivised hybrid game with the Toyota Camry Hybrid. In fact, we’ve already seen the Camry Hybrid at JPJ Putrajaya as well as driving on public roads.
Liputan6, Jakarta Toyota secara resmi melakukan recall atau penarikan kembali Prius dan Prius V karena masalah pada sistem hybrid. Tak tanggung-tanggung, terdapat 267 ribu Toyota Prius rakitan 2013 hingga 2015 dan Prius V tahun 2014 hingga 2017 perlu diperbaiki di Amerika Serikat. Angka tersebut bisa saja bertambah menjadi 752 ribu unit kendaraan, melihat penjualan mobil ramah lingkungan ini secara global. Hal ini bisa menjadi penyebab kecelakaan lalu lintas karena mobil bisa saja berhenti secara tiba-tiba. Jika ini terjadi, kendaraan bisa kehilangan tenaga.
