Toyota Estima Hybrid Minivan Unveiled in Japan

While we've been hearing rumblings over the last few years that Toyota may introduce a hybrid minivan here in the states, it's already done so -- twice -- in Japan. Toyota recently announced that the second-generation Toyota Estima hybrid minivan is now available for sale in Japan. (Check out the Japanese-language Estima site for more info.)

While it's unlikely that the Estima in its current form will ever appear on our shores, it does indicate that Toyota hybrid technology may be appearing in a Toyota minivan stateside sooner than you think. As soon as we have additional news regarding any hybrid mnivan models we'll post it here.