Just picked this up - Prius C

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Originally Posted by CTScott

Embrace the future (err, present or perhaps past). Power windows have been around since the 1940 Packard and are a wonderful addition to the automobile. I have had Japanese vehicles with over 140,000 miles on them with all of the original power window hardware still working perfectly. My new Crashy #2 has manual windows and I will soon be switching them to power.

To actually answer your question - Going in the opposite direction from power to crank means changing the window regulator assembly. If the vehicle is not offered with a manual one it would mean adapting a manual one from a different or older vehicle to work.

Thanks. It sounds like more of a PITA than I anticipated. I'll probably just have to hope that down the road, when I'm ready, that the rumblings that Tooter has heard about manual crank windows going away after this year are wrong. OTOH, if I end up choosing the C instead of the Yaris, it will end up being a moot point......Aha! I just had another thought/question --a crazy one that probably would cost too much to make it worth it -- but i'll ask because I think you would best know the answer. If I wanted the (smaller than the C) Yaris Hybrid would it be possible to economically make it U.S. Spec and bring it over from Europe?