2000 Toyota Prius Sales Catalog

THF206198 / 2000 Toyota Prius Sales Catalog
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Artifact Overview

Car brochures have evolved from straightforward product catalogues into polished creative sales tools. Their quality paper, rich color, inventive formats, and sophisticated graphic design all contribute to a buyer's developing impression of a car in a showroom. Advertising might entice people to a dealership, but brochures extend and deepen the relationship between vehicle and potential buyer.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Trade catalog

Date Made

2000

Subject Date

2000

Place of Creation

Creator Notes

This Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. automobile product information catalog was printed in the U.S.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.0.16.2

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 9.875 in
Width: 7.5 in

Inscriptions

Printed on cover: PRIUS / genius
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