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Prius

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History-backed dossier

5 manufacturer-stated entries, 5 explicitly numbered · 5 reviewed history entries.

Names in the record 8

プリウス · PRIUS · PRIUS 1.5L · Prius AWD · Prius Plug-in Hybrid · Prius Plug-in Hybrid SE · Prius Plug-in Hybrid SE (Prime SE) · 普锐斯

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Front view of Toyota Prius MXWH60 HEV Z 2WDExact-code photograph
Toyota Prius MXWH60 ↗HEV Z 2WDTokumeigakarinoaoshima · CC0 · Image resized for display.
Manufacturer entries
5
Reviewed histories
5
Listed chassis codes
9
Ownership profiles
9

01 / Manufacturer record

A chronology of change

In introduction order. Only what the manufacturer states: a generation number, a full model change without a number, or a named series. Introduction years are launch years, not production periods; no end years are inferred.

  1. 1997

    1st generation

    Manufacturer-numbered

    プリウス 10系 · Manufacturer source · Japanese source · Launch release

  2. 2003

    2nd generation

    Manufacturer-numbered

    プリウス 20系 · Manufacturer source · Japanese source · Launch release

  3. 2009

    3rd generation

    Manufacturer-numbered

    プリウス 30系 · Manufacturer source · Japanese source · Launch release

  4. 2015

    4th generation

    Manufacturer-numbered

    プリウス 50系 · Manufacturer source · Japanese source · Launch release

  5. 2023

    5th generation · HEV

    Manufacturer-numbered

    プリウス 60系 · Manufacturer source · Japanese source · Launch release

Reviewed / Cited manufacturer histories

History with its context intact

Curated from the cited manufacturer sources for Japan. A chassis code appears under a generation only where the cited source lists it.

  1. 1997

    First generation

    Reviewed history · Japan

    1997–2003 · Japan · Toyota's historical generation period

    Toyota · Prius evolution

  2. 2003

    Second generation

    Reviewed history · Japan

    2003–2009 · Japan · Toyota's historical generation period

    Codes in the cited source: NHW20 ↗

    Toyota · Prius evolution · Toyota · second-generation Prius and NHW20

  3. 2009

    Third generation

    Reviewed history · Japan

    2009–2015 · Japan · representative ZVW30 grades in Toyota's lineage record

    Codes in the cited source: ZVW30 ↗

    Toyota · Prius evolution · Toyota · third-generation lineage and ZVW30

  4. 2015

    Fourth generation

    Reviewed history · Japan

    Introduced 2015 · Japan · launch year, not a production-end claim

    Codes in the cited source: ZVW50 ↗ZVW51 ↗ZVW55 ↗

    Toyota · Prius evolution · Toyota · December 2015 Prius base-vehicle codes (Welcab specification, code mapping only)

  5. 2023

    Fifth generation

    Reviewed history · Japan

    Japan HEV sales began January 2023 · HEV launch; PHEV timing differs

    Toyota · model generation gallery · Toyota · January 2023 HEV launch

From history to ownership

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Selected facts from published vehicles

Compare 12 already published facts across 9 documented vehicle configurations. Each value belongs only to its linked code, market and cited source. Different grades or production periods may have different specifications.

This selection is taken from published, cited vehicle records—not pending research, unpublished candidate facts or an inferred model-wide specification table. Open each record for its complete edition and equipment limitations.

Identity index / Not a generation map

The codes behind the name

Codes listed for this nameplate by MLIT or a manufacturer archive. They are not assigned to a generation: an archive car’s year does not establish which generation a code belongs to.

  • MXWH60Engine M20A (内燃機関) 1VM (電動機) · MLIT editions 2024–2026
  • MXWH65Engine M20A (内燃機関) 1VM (電動機) 1WM (電動機) · MLIT editions 2024–2026
  • NHW20Engine 1NZ, 1NZ(内 燃機関) 3CM, 1NZ(内 燃機関) 3CM(電 動機), 1NZ(内燃機関) 3CM(電動機) · MLIT editions 2004–2006, 2009–2012 · Also listed as エスティマ
  • ZVW30Engine 2ZR, 2ZR (内燃機関) 3JM (電動機) · MLIT editions 2011, 2013–2015 · Also listed as Vitz
  • ZVW50Engine 2ZR (内燃機関) 1NM (電動機) · MLIT editions 2016–2019
  • ZVW51Engine 2ZR (内燃機関) 1NM (電動機) · MLIT editions 2016–2023
  • ZVW55Engine 2ZR (内燃機関) 1NM (電動機) 1MM (電動機) · MLIT editions 2016–2023
  • ZVW60Engine 2ZR (内燃機関) 1VM (電動機) · MLIT editions 2024–2026
  • ZVW65Engine 2ZR (内燃機関) 1VM (電動機) 1WM (電動機) · MLIT editions 2024–2026

Market evidence

What each official source lists for this nameplate. A dated listing does not establish that a vehicle is still sold or produced.

US NHTSA model years 2001–2027 · vPIC type: passenger carUS EPA-tested model years 2001–2027 · 60 configurationsJP MLIT fuel-economy lists · March editions 2004–2006, 2009–2026FR Dated source listings 2001, 2014 · 4 source configuration records · ADEME 2014 archive listing · ADEME 2001 archive listingCA Model years 2001–2026 · 36 source configuration records · NRCan fuel-consumption model years · NRCan fuel-consumption model years · NRCan fuel-consumption model years · NRCan fuel-consumption model years · NRCan fuel-consumption model yearsMFR Toyota vehicle gallery · 1997, 2003, 2009, 2015, 2023NL RDW register · 22,868 registered vehicles, first admitted 1999–2026NZ Motor Vehicle Register · 60,319 registered vehicles, vehicle years 1998–2026UK DfT/DVLA licensing statistics · 130,012 vehicles, recorded years of manufacture 1995–2025AR DNRPA initial registrations · 716 registrations since 2018, model years 2010–2020MX INEGI light-vehicle sales · 81,333 sold, sales years 2010–2026BR Fenabrave registration rankings · listed 2013–2020CN SAMR recall notices · 3,210 recalled vehicles, built 2011–2014

See Prius in the Toyota catalog

Sources

  • DNRPA, Dirección Nacional del Registro de la Propiedad Automotor (Argentina): Makes and models of cars first registered in Argentina 2018 onwards, with registration counts and the registry's model-year span. Aggregated locally from registration-level files; owner fields are never read and no record-level data is kept. Model years are register evidence, not production periods; no generations or chassis inferred. Source.
  • Fenabrave, Federação Nacional da Distribuição de Veículos Automotores (Brazil): Brands and models of cars and light commercial vehicles newly registered in Brazil, 2004–2025, read from the year-to-date model rankings of each December report. Only the brand, the model and the years a model is listed are published; listing covers the ranked models of each segment, not every model registered. Years are market evidence, not production periods; no generations or chassis inferred. Source.
  • Natural Resources Canada: Canadian model-year and configuration listings, including electrified vehicles. Only verified base-nameplate matches are published; unresolved trim strings are held. Not proof of a generation, chassis or production period. Source.
  • SAMR, State Administration for Market Regulation (国家市场监督管理总局), Defective Product Administrative Center: Models named in China's defective-vehicle recall announcements since 2018, with the production years of the recalled vehicles and the number of vehicles recalled. Years are recall scope, not production periods; recalls cover vehicles sold in China (domestic and imported). Chinese model names are published only through a reviewed English name; no generations or chassis inferred. Source.
  • ADEME (France): French-market base names and dated homologation listings. Snapshot update is not a model year or production date. No technical values, generations, chassis or rebadging inferred. Source.
  • Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (国土交通省): Japanese domestic passenger cars listed in MLIT's annual fuel-economy lists (March editions; cars on sale at the end of the previous year). Establishes manufacturer, nameplate, chassis code (the vehicle type after the certification prefix in 型式) and the engine models listed with it. Does not establish generations; fuel-economy values are not copied. Source.
  • Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (国土交通省): 2004–2012 PDF editions, extracted from table cells with nameplates taken from ruled name blocks and every page cross-checked against its text-layer words; pages failing either check are held. Japanese domestic passenger cars listed in MLIT's annual fuel-economy lists (March editions; cars on sale at the end of the previous year). Establishes manufacturer, nameplate, chassis code (the vehicle type after the certification prefix in 型式) and the engine models listed with it. Does not establish generations; fuel-economy values are not copied. Source.
  • Toyota Motor Corporation: Generations Toyota numbers explicitly (初代 / Nth generation) and series Toyota names (20系), with the introduction year Toyota gives, paired across the Japanese and English gallery. Releases without an ordinal or series are not generations. No end years, chassis codes or specifications inferred. Source.
  • INEGI, Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (Mexico): Brands and models of light vehicles sold in Mexico since 2005, with units sold and the span of sales years, from INEGI's aggregated monthly statistics. Sales years are market evidence, not production periods or model years; no generations or chassis inferred. Source.
  • RDW (Netherlands vehicle authority): Marques and commercial names of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles registered in the Netherlands, with vehicle counts and earliest/latest first-admission dates. Grouped counts only, no individual vehicles. A first-admission date is not a production date; no generations, chassis or specifications inferred. Source.
  • Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency: Makes and models of passenger cars and light goods vehicles on New Zealand's Motor Vehicle Register, with vehicle counts and the earliest and latest vehicle year. Server-side grouped statistics only; no registration numbers, VINs, engine numbers or locations are read. A vehicle year is register evidence, not a model year or production period; no generations or chassis inferred. Source.
  • Department for Transport and DVLA (United Kingdom): Makes and DVLA generic models of cars and light goods vehicles licensed or SORN in the United Kingdom since 2014, with vehicle counts and the span of recorded year of manufacture (DVLA's 1900 placeholder ignored). Year first used (registration) is not mixed in. Not a production period; no generations or chassis inferred. Source.
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Energy (fueleconomy.gov): Vehicles tested for US fuel-economy labels since model year 1984. Establishes the marque, nameplate, US model year and each tested engine/transmission/drive configuration; not a generation, chassis code or service specification. Fuel-economy values are not copied. Source.
  • U.S. Department of Transportation, NHTSA: Make and model names that manufacturers registered with NHTSA by model year and vehicle type. A listing establishes the nameplate and a model-year registration only; it is not a generation, chassis code or specification, and not proof the vehicle was sold in the US that year. Source.

Published-profile evidence

These sources support the exact linked profiles. Their scope does not establish an entire model’s generation history.

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