The HYBRID SYNERGY DRIVE power unit integrates the strong elements of an electric motor and a petrol engine. It is not merely a package that has an electric motor and a petrol engine on board. Toyota has applied cutting edge technologies based on ongoing research to integrate the dual power sources in the most ideal way.

There are other models called "hybrid vehicles" in existence, but Toyota is fully confident that the HYBRID SYNERGY DRIVE is the most advanced hybrid powertrain in the world. In fact, HYBRID SYNERGY DRIVE is one of the very few systems in the world in 2008 that fully complies with the UN's definition of a "hybrid vehicle".

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