Fresh off a glow-up for its latest generation, the trailblazer for Toyota hybrid cars may make a local comeback amid growing sales of petrol-electric vehicles.

The Toyota Prius could make a surprise return to Australia after years of staring on from the sidelines at the latest, and widely-acclaimed fourth-generation model.

Toyota’s hybrid pioneer was pulled from local showrooms in mid-2022 amid slow sales, months before the reveal of the current Prius, with styling considered to be more attractive than before.

Sean Hanley, Toyota Australia sales and marketing boss, admitted to reporters at the Tokyo motor show in recent days that he “would’ve loved to have taken [the Prius], in hindsight”.

Now Australia is looking increasingly likely to follow the UK in reviving the Prius after pulling

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