US: Toyota confirms Prius for Mississippi but no date

Author: Simon Warburton | 14 January 2010

Toyota's US unit on Thursday said its new plant in Blue Springs, Mississippi, would be used to build the Prius hybrid, currently imported from Japan, although timing depended on how quickly the depressed US market recovered.

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