The third generation Prius was revealed at the Detroit show in January 2009 as a 2010 model, with sales in Japan beginning on 18 May 2009. It added three driving modes, EV, Eco and Power, a bigger 1.8 liter Atkinson cycle engine, a lower drag figure and optional solar roof panels, plus bioplastics made from plant fibers such as kenaf and ramie. It also grew into a family, with the Prius v wagon and Prius c hatchback in 2011 and a plug-in version in 2012, and about 1.69 million of the liftback had been sold by mid 2013.
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is a car produced by Toyota since 1997 over five generations
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From 2005 to 2009, the second-generation Prius had been built by FAW Toyota in the city of Changchun for the Chinese market.
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Production commenced in August 2003 at the Tsutsumi plant in Toyota, Aichi, supplemented in October 2004 with the Fujimatsu plant at Kariya, Aichi.
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The third generation Toyota Prius debuted as a compact liftback manufactured and marketed by Toyota
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Toyota debuted the new Prius (2010 US model year) at the January 2009 North American International Auto Show, and sales began in Japan on 18 May 2009.
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is a car produced by Toyota since 1997 over five generations
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Among the new standard features of the Prius, Toyota introduced three user-selectable driving modes: EV mode for electric-only low-speed operation, Eco mode for best fuel efficiency, and Power mode for better performance.
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In 2011, Toyota expanded the Prius family to include the Prius v
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