SPECS
Overall length: 181.3 inches
Overall width: 74.4 inches
Overall height: 64.0 inches
Wheelbase: 112.2 inches
Bed length: 48.0 inches
Bed length with midgate down: 72.0 inches
Bed length with midgate and tailgate down: 96.0 inches


DETROIT -- Suburbanites who haul themselves to work in the city, and haul stuff home from the hardware store, are the target buyers Toyota had in mind as it created the A-BAT hybrid pickup concept.
The A-BAT will be one of Toyota's two unveilings at the Detroit auto show in January.
The A-BAT is smaller than the Toyota Tacoma pickup and has a four-foot bed. But the concept uses tricks such as a sliding roof panel and fold-down mid-gate to be capable of carrying tall loads or the truck manliness standard of the four-by-eight-feet sheet of plywood.
For more storage, there are lockable drawers in the walls of the truck bed and a large drawer that slides out from underneath the truck bed.
The A-BAT rides on a unibody platform, a departure from standard pickup procedure.
Styling is marked by a thick C pillar, and wheels pushed to the corners of the truck's footprint. The truck's design comes from Toyota's Calty studio in California.
The A-Bat's shape was inspired by the silhouette of the Toyota prius, Calty Project Creative Director Matt Sterling said in a statement.
Also inspired by the Prius is the concept truck's powertrain--a four-cylinder gasoline engine mated to Toyota's hybrid system.
Inside the A-BAT are seats for four. But the rear pair of seats can fold down, or slide into a storage compartment to create extra cargo room. The top surface of the instrument panel is lined with solar power cells to generate electricity for the concept's portable navigation system.




Uhhhhh Okay, I guess if you like the Ridgeline you'd spill your latte seeing this.

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This looks like a modded out Honda Ridgeline. I know I'm gonna take a bashin on this one, BUT I kinda like it....

well least the turdra wont be the ugliest thing toyata builds any more

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05 kc le 4x4 mods: Vk-pro, Injen intake, Dre coilovers, infinity steering wheel and console. needs: this list is way to long

HAHAHA

Hybrids are the DEVIL!

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'04 SexySilver KC XE ....120k miles....the usual mods.

Wow, that looks ugly!!

don't worry B, by the time hybrids penetrate the market enough to really put your precious american-gouging job at risk, you will be in that great oil refinery in the sky with 70 virgins.......

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'04 2wd with PRG stuff......



"Wait a minute. What did you just say? You're predicting $4-a-gallon gas? ... That's interesting. I hadn't heard that." --George W. Bush, Feb. 28, 2008

Just enough room to stand up in back. That way you can mount the .50cal on the roof, and Presto! Micro Urban Assault Vehicle!

Red

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2005 Titan KC SE, Helwig, True-Track, ARE MX Canopy

With something that damn ugly you would need the gun.

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05 kc le 4x4 mods: Vk-pro, Injen intake, Dre coilovers, infinity steering wheel and console. needs: this list is way to long

so is an A-batz.com site coming in the near future? with Sky as the 1st member?

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born 12/3, purchased 1/4 '04 Smoke SE KC PRG MT kit, CST spindles, PRG Spec'd SAWs 2.5" C/Os w/Eibachs, SAW Airbumps, CST carrier bearing, 37x12.5x17 Pro Comp Extreme All-Terrains, American Racing Mojave Teflons, HID low beams, Magnaflow custom exhaust, Injen CAI Filter, ID FRP prerunner fenders, front windshield tinted, Optima Yellow Top, Pioneer AVH-4100DVD w/ipod adapter connected to 80gb iPod, Sirius, HD radio tuner, Hertz 6.5" Components front, Boston 6.5" rear, Boston G1 10" subs, tech12 sub enclosure, Alpine amps, Eclipse BEC106 backup camera, TrueTrac, regeared from 2.94s to 4.11s, CTW TT prerunner fiberglass bedsides, Giant Motorsports under axle conversion kit w/64" deavers (21" rear travel) with Giant custom built rear bedcage and KING 3.0 bypass shocks...

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