Toyota in talks with GM about the prospect of a ’GM-badged’ Prius

All of us are still sketchy on the details of this new joint project between Toyota and GM but the same sources have said that a GM-badged car that will be loosely rendered from the Prius will be produced at the NUMMI plant in California, in effect replacing the Pontiac Vibe, the car that will end its production at the same site in August.

Despite these new plans, GM is still moving forward with selling its stake in the NUMMI factory as part of a massive company overhaul the company is doing in order to get back on their feet after being dangerously close to being bankrupt earlier this year.

As far as Toyota is concerned, the Japanese-based car manufacturer is in the process of deciding what cars are going to be produced at the California plant to make up for the void left behind by GM. The Prius has been mentioned on more than one occasion as the car that will soon be produced there after talks of it going to a Mississippi plant was scratched not too long ago.

It’s beginning to look like this story has picked up more legs and that the partnership between Toyota and GM is far from finished.