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2010 Prius named WhatGreenCar Car of the Year, Insight and Fusion Hybrid also "commended"

Last year, the first time WhatGreenCar gave out its Green Car of the Year award for UK vehicles, the Ford Focus EcoNetic won the title. That car managed to get a 33 on a WGC's hundred-point scale (lower is better) for, well, greenness. This year's winner for the U.S. market Car of the Year was the 1.8 liter, 4-cylinder continuously variable transmission 2010 Toyota Prius. The Prius scored a 30 to beat out nine other finalists: Honda Insight hybrid (WhatGreenCar Rating 34) Smart fortwo gasoline (39) Ford Fusion Hybrid (40) Honda ... Read more →

Report: Revived Toyota MR2 hybrid could challenge Honda CR-Z Sam Abuelsamid

Honda may not have the hybrid sports coupe market to itself for long if a report out of Japan has any merit. One of Japan's top car magazines, Best Car, is reporting that Toyota is planning to ...

iQ not unusual enough for you? Toyota will decorate it for free Sebastian Blanco

There's no doubt that the Toyota iQ gets noticed. The unusual car – like the Smart Fortwo – stands out in traffic while the frugal 1.0-litre VVT-i model emits only 99 grams of CO2 per ...

REORT: Toyota basks in 14,000 pre-orders for new Sai hybrid in Japan Sebastian Blanco

When Toyota unveiled its new Japan-only hybrid model, the Sai, last month, it said it wanted to sell 36,000 of them each year, or 3,000 a month. The Sai, sort of a little cousin to the Lexus ...

Toyota starts discussions on who will get PHEV Priuses Sam Abuelsamid

Toyota is getting ready to start deploying a fleet of 200 plug-in Prius hybrids in the coming months and the company needs to figure out what to do with them. The cars will all be leased for ...

REPORT: Toyota U.S. president Lentz believes Prius could supplant Camry as brand's best seller 15 days ago on Autoblog Green

The Toyota Camry has been the best selling car in the U.S. for 11 of the past 12 years, and only a total industry meltdown has managed to slow the Japanese automaker's bread-and-butter sedan. Even with that impediment, the Camry still has a comfortable lead versus its archrivals, the Honda ...

Seven - well, six, no, five - ways to boost your Prius' MPG for just $4,047 15 days ago on Autoblog Green

Got $4,047? That's what it'll take you to make your Prius even more efficient and snazzy if you were to buy one of everything on the list of seven MPG-saving items put together by HybridCars (and which just happen to be available for sale from the site). The items include a $69 aftermarket EV button ...

Five Axis offers up Aerius kit for 2010 Prius 15 days ago on Autoblog Green

If you don't win the charity auction for the Aemulus-modified Prius but want something flashy for your 2010 Prius, take a look at the Aerius Prius that made its debut at SEMA this year (they're practically the same vehicle). The kit designed by Five Axis will, according to Gas 2.0, be available ...

Fuel cell vehicles finish 707-mile demonstration run in Japan 17 days ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota, Nissan and Honda all participated in a fuel cell demonstration run in Japan last week. The three automakers brought their most advanced hydrogen fuel cell vehicles out for the two-day trip from Tokyo to Fukuoka with an overnight stop in Osaka. The driving teams piloted a Honda FCX Clarity, ...

REPORT: Toyota Prius wagon, SUV in the works 17 days ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Toyota_Prius_SUV_Available_Next_Year'; Exactly how the Prius name navigates the shift from defining the world's most famous hybrid to it's own sub-brand – "Not!" – or moniker for other Toyota hybirds – "Yes!" – has been a source of ...

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