The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a recall for a select number of Toyota models produced between 2009 and 2013. The recall is for Toyotas sold by Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC. The recall is for possible airbag calibration faults for models equipped with interior accessories such as leather seat covers, seat heaters, and [...]
Toyota Motor Sales has just announced some pricing and packaging changes to the 2013 Prius, Prius V and Prius Plug-In hybrids. More importantly however, in bids to curtail the heavy competition via branding tactics, Toyota introduced their latest Persona Series Special Edition model to the Prius as a way to help personalize the car for [...]
Toyota has announced the pricing details on the 2013 Prius, Prius V and the Prius Plug-in Hybrid models. All pricing for these three 2013 Prius gamily members become effective October 2012. The MSRP on 2013 Prius has been increased by $200 on each of the five Prius equipment levels. Check out more news on the Toyota [...]
In hot competition with Toyota’s Prius models, Ford has recently given a press release that notes its competitor’s name a whole 15 times to make its point. Now, Ford is taking jabs at the Prius V minivan with advertisements for its new C-Max hybrid. Ford has stated that the intention is to “establish C-Max Hybrid [...]
The Toyota Prius is officially the world’s third best-selling car in the first quarter of 2012… well, almost. Actually, sales of the Prius more than doubled when Toyota extended the family to a four-model lineup meaning all the sales of the Prius C, Prius V, Prius plug-in hybrid and the ‘standard’ Prius all count under [...]
Toyota announced today that it has sold a total of 4 million hybrids around the world through April 2012. That’s pretty outstanding in the grand scheme of things. The Japanese automaker said that hybrid vehicles accounted for 15 percent of its global sales so far in 2012. The company currently sells 18 hybrid vehicles in [...]
The 2012 Toyota Prius V is the first new member of the Toyota Prius Family and the first Prius model to debut after the Prius we’ve all come to know and love. The goal of the Toyota Prius V is to meet the needs of full-families with active lifestyles while providing the same ‘care about mother [...]
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 [...]
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’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 [...]
