The Japanese manufacturer finally decided to reveal the MPV version of the current generation Prius. The new Prius V is available with the same hybrid powertrain but it is slightly larger measuring 4,62m lenght, 1,78 wide and a wheelbase pf 2,78m. The fuel consumption announced by Toyota is 5,6 liters/100 km. At the exterior the
After cherishing the recent sales success of the Toyota Prius, the Japanese have just announced that they think their hybrid synergy drive vehicle can make it to first place. That’s right, Toyota consider that their hybrid will be its top-selling U.S. vehicle sometime soon.
Even the Japanese manufacturer suffered from a very long series of recalls last year summing million of vehicles espcially in U.S., Toyota plans to take the leadership in U.S. in the following nine years. By 2020, Toyota aims to make from the current Prius hybrid the best selling vehicle. The vice of Toyota America recently
I’ve always referred to the Toyota Prius as the “Darling of Hollywood” but it seems that I’ve been doing it wrong. The little Japanese hybrid is actually the darling of… Japan.
Ok, so there’s this thing called the United States Environmental Protection Agency and it got together with this other thing called the Department of Energy. When they got together they came up with something called the Fuel Economy Guide for 2011. And apparently the highlight of this here guide is the 2011 version of the
The Japanese people from Toyota announced that a new plant will be made in Thailand in order to produce the Prius hybrid model. Toyota wants to increase the production rate of the Prius model and they will build a plant in Thailand. However, the Toyota Prius hybrid manufactured in Thailand will be sold just in
According to it’s own Facebook page, the Toyota Prius will soon feature a bigger lineup than the traditional hatchback we’re getting used to. In actual fact the lineup will expand as when you go to a Toyota dealership you will be offered a choice as opposed to being asked about the color of your Prius
It seems that sales figures really make for celebration reasons these days, and why not because when troubled times hit and words like financial crisis, economy and other stuff like that come along selling a car is slowly turning into a bit of a miracle. So after Mazda celebrated sales figures of their iconic MX-5
The Japanese manufacturer at Toyota announced that they are preparing an affordable plug-in hybrid model based on the Prius model and expected to debut on the market by 2012. The electric model from Toyota promises a low acquisition price of about $28,000 being more affordable than other zero-emission models available on the automotive market. People
Cars and pedestrians don’t mix and both categories are more or less annoyed when they have to go near one another, but this is especially true to car owners. Didn’t you just get annoyed when someone was walking casually down the alley and you had to drive closer and closer to the person in order
Spanish independent designer Daniel Garcia decided to give the world his a new interpretation of BMW’s Vision Concept that’s seen from Audi’s (unofficial) perspective. Enter the Audi A9, this not only fits the category for Hybrid and Concept but also wishes to have a Sports Sedan tag added to the name.
Toyota has received dozens of complaints in North America and Japan on braking issues of the popular Prius hybrid. Toyota is a pioneer in terms of ecological models and any questions about security of the Prius hybrid could be a major setback to its efforts to recover from heavy losses caused by the recall of
A Toyota engineer announced that prices of plug-in hybrid cars will drop to an affordable level so that the popularity of this type of car to grow. Yoshikazu Tanaka, one of the heads of the engineers at Toyota, have big plans for the next generation of plug-in hybrid cars. He said that he want to
This tuning is very cool and also special for me because it makes part from that category with tuned cars in a mode very pleasant to me. I’m not sure what makes me to like this tuned car so much but I think that it is the fact that it is very aerodynamic or at
I usually start the article with the good parts of the vehicle that I’m talking about, but this time, I have almost nothing positive to say about how is this car looking. The single good thing that I like at this car is the fact that it is a hybrid.
Japane have the most eco automakers , while North Americans repeat a grade in chapter ecology. Toyota is the first in the ranking, while GM at the bottom. A study by Queen’s University in Belfast shows that Toyota is the most “green” automaker in the world, at the other end of the “green axis” is
That’s not the first time but now the number of cars is dramatically. Japanese car manufacturer announced that it will recall 3.8 millions vehicles from U.S. market due to the risk that the floor mats block the accelerator pedal, a problem suspected to have caused several accidents in which five people lost their lives.
