2016 Toyota Prius: Full View Photos Finally Leaked

2016 Toyota Prius: Full View Photos Finally Leaked

With the 2016 Toyota Prius scheduled to make its global debut in Las Vegas on the evening of September 8, you had to figure that photos of the car would leak out at some point.

And so they have.

After years of spy shots of camouflaged Prius development mules, pre-production prototypes, and test vehicles, now we can see the actual lines of the 2016 Prius.

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The photos shown here came from a Facebook post submitted to the page for Prius Club Malaysia, which requires membership to view (via DPC Cars).

And as expected, the fourth-generation Prius has at least some styling cues from the rather more extreme Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle–especially at the rear.

The “floating” roof with a blacked-out pillar echoes the Mirai, as do the high taillights with angled lighting elements in them.

The Prius remains a very high-tailed hatchback, however, and continues to feature a second glass panel in the vertical part of the tailgate for better rearward visibility.

Toyota executives have said that the 2016 Prius will have fuel efficiency that’s at least 10 percent better than the prior model, which came in at 50 miles per gallon combined–so we can expect 55 mpg or better for the new model.