Toyota declares war with Honda about hybrid car

Largest car manufacturer in the world can not sit looking Honda offer price under
According to a Nikkei of Japan, Toyota plans to launch the car gas-electric hybrid that can cost about 20,150 USD in 2011 to compete with Honda's insight, which cost under U.S. $ 20,000 in the U.S. market.

Start with the launch of the new Toyota Prius, with the purpose of dreasing the waste of fuel average 4.7 liters per 100 km. While Honda's insight is more, about 5.7 km lit/100. 

In general, Honda immediately received the attention and the purchase of Japanese customers. With the insight cost of USD 19,300, 4500 USD lower than the Prius. About 18,000 orders have been signed while the goal of Honda vehicles only about 5000 per month. 

Nikkei discloses that Toyota will cut production costs for the Prius to present a product with cheap gasoline that has capacity of 1.5 liters less than the present.