Toyota's Hybrid Auris HSD Concept headed for Frankfurt

Toyota has announced this week that the hybrid concept of its best-selling midsized hatchback will be headed for the Frankfurt Car Show. The Auris is already a success in Europe, and Toyota hopes that when this version actually hits the market, sales will increase even more.
Performance figures aren't as good as one might have expected. Its 1.8 liter engine only delivers 97 horsepower, considerably low for today's power standards. It reaches 100 km/h also in a very long time, around 10 seconds, as toyota has revealed so far.

The hybrid system also does not grant the Auris with any exceptional hybrid features. Even though Toyota did not reveal them yet, knowing the fact that the Auris is only able to run on electrical power for 2 km at a maximum speed of 46km/h, meas that it won't have much difference if compared to the regular Auris models. The only exciting feature granted by this system is that emissions get as low as 100g/kmAndré's Opinion

I think that this car has everything to not be a success. Since it is a hybrid, it will probably cost more than the regular Auris models, and even though it pollutes less, opting for a diesel version of this hatchback might be wiser and grant its buyer with better performance figures and a much lower price tag.