Toyota has announced the pricing on new 2012 Prius C, which will be arriving at Toyota dealerships across the nation next month. The new compact 2012 Toyota Prius C offers buyers an urban-friendly hatchbacks that achieves an estimated EPA fuel-econmy rating of 53 mpg with prices starting at just $18,950 (not including delivery, processing and handling [...]
In just 10 short weeks, the Toyota Prius v managed to outsell the Chevrolet Volt that was available for all of 2011. GM sold 7,671 units in 2011, and 7,997 in its first 13 months, while the Prius v hit dealers in October 2011, and by the last week in December 8,399 had rolled off [...]
The 2012 Detroit Auto Show will be one heck of a large show. Toyota has just dropped a teaser of what it calls the NS4 Concept car. Toyota says that the study is said to preview ‘an advanced plug-in hybrid concept’ and… well, that’s really about it. The Toyota NS4 Concept will make its debut [...]
We are not sure exactly what, why or how, but there is a rumor that the Toyota Prius will be making its racing debut in an upcoming series. The 2012 Prius has a 1.8-liter four-banger powerful enough to manage a combined output of 134hp, giving it a top speed of 112mph and a 0-60mph time [...]
The Prius PHV, Toyota’s first plug-in hybrid, will be available for order in Japan as of January 30, after its debut that hit just before this week’s Tokyo Motor Show. Sales for the Prius Plug-in Hybrid are projected to reach 60,000 per year, with the bulk of these sales in Japan, anticipated around 35,000 – [...]
While many sports car enthusiasts may be happy to hear this, treehuggers may shed a tear or two. Sales of the top-selling hybrid since 1997 – the Toyota Prius – have declined 9.4 percent through Oct. 2011 from a year ago. Worry not though nature lovers. Toyota says that sales of the Prius will rebound [...]
Toyota is teasing a bunch of its Tokyo Motor Show debuts today and one of the many vehicles to debut in Japan next month will be the Toyota Aqua, which will eventually come to the United States as the Toyota Prius C. Toyota says that the Aqua “combines the features of a compact car with [...]
Over the past couple years, GM attempted to reinvent the wheel with the Volt in the same way that Toyota reinvented the wheel when developing the second generation Prius: has it paid off? Now that there is a Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid, how does it stack up against the Chevrolet Volt in cost per mile? [...]
Toyota’s Prius Family, otherwise known as Toyota Prii, is getting larger and larger with the new Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid and the Toyota Prius V joining the standard Toyota Prius in the Japanese automaker’s lineup. In the middle of 2012 the Toyota Prius C will also join the rest of the family. To advertise its [...]
Toyota has updated the Prius for the 2012 model year with a bunch of new updates including revised styling, Toyota’s Entune Connectivity system and a new PLUS Performance accessory appearance and handling package. Power still comes from a 1.8 liter Atkinson-cycle 4-cylinder engine making 98-hp. Working together with an electric motor – the system makes [...]
