2001-2003 Toyota Prius: Year-to-Year Changes
Updated: 11/23/08
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Learn about the year-to-year changes of the 2001-2003 Toyota Prius. Get full details of the styling and performance changes throughout the history of the 2001-2003 Toyota Prius.
Year to Year Changes
2002 Toyota Prius:
Front side airbags were newly optional for 2002, along with cruise control and a navigation system. By now, Honda's Insight was available with a continuously variable transmission, like the Prius.
2003 Toyota Prius:
Unchanged for 2003, the Prius continued to attract buyers who favored high fuel-economy figures. Honda launched a conventionally-styled Civic Hybrid sedan this year, with a different power system and a smaller gas engine, to compete against the Prius. Toyota, meanwhile, was about to move away from the original sedan design and introduce a larger, more potent Prius with a hatchback body, as a 2004 model.
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