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0Report: Toyota announces service campaign to fix exhaust on 28,000 Prius V hybrids 1334354940
Toyota engineers worked hard to get the emissions that come out of the tailpipe of the Prius V down to a low level, but that doesn't mean that everything is copacetic with the car's exhaust system. To fix a known problem, Toyota has announced a service campaign for the Prius V, both in the U.S. ...
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Report: Hybrids lead fastest growing segment but still may not be worth the extra price 1334016480
Hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery electrics accounted for the fastest-growing U.S. vehicle segment in terms of first-quarter sales, though they still may not be worth the extra price if all you're looking for is payback through lower refueling costs, according to separate ...
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Study: One and Done: Study says most hybrid drivers don't buy another 1333981800
How much do hybrid drivers really, truly like their cars? According to R.L. Polk, not all that much – at least not in 2011. Polk has released a new hybrid loyalty analysis that concludes that only 35 percent of people who bought a hybrid bought another one last year. The data comes from ...
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By The Numbers: Monthly record sales for Prius, Volt help drive up March alt-fuel sales almost 40% 1333742460
Rising gas prices may not have lifted all alt-fuel vehicles last month, but they did a pretty good job for some of the higher profile models. Overall, U.S. March sales of hybrids, extended-range plug-in hybrids, battery-electrics and diesels jumped about 40 percent from a year earlier as both the ...
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Official: Toyota Prius sales surge 54% from a year earlier to monthly record 1333540740
Toyota looked to redeem a relatively slow year for Prius sales in 2011 by broadening its lineup for the world's best-selling hybrid. By the looks of its sales last month, the strategy is working. The Japanese automaker sold 28,711 Prius hybrids in March, the all-time U.S. monthly record since ...
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Official: Toyota increases Prius V price by $150 1333130820
Toyota thinks you should pay a little bit more for its cars, starting in May. Today, the automaker announced small but measurable price increases pretty much across the board for its Toyota brand lineup and for two Scion models, with the most surprising being a $150 hike in the price of the 2012 ...
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Miami Toyota dealer tacks $7,000 onto price of Prius C *UPDATE 1332281040
A Twitter user called miami4me2c discovered something interesting at a Toyota dealer the other day and thankfully shared pictures of this unusual Prius C Two window sticker. Remember, the base Prius C starts at just $18,950, and the Two normally starts at $19,900. With the options that dealer ... -
Report: Toyota increasing Prius C production to meet high demand at home and abroad 1332172860
When we last asked Toyota representatives about the production capacity of the 2012 Prius C, we were told the company's Iwate, Japan plant could make up to 30,000 units each month. That sounds like a lot, but Toyota is currently sending just 20 percent – 6,000 a month – to the United ...
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Official: Toyota Prius C outsells monthly totals of Chevy Volt, Nissan Leaf in three days 1331920920
Toyota is pretty sure that its expanded Prius family will drive up sales of the world's best-selling hybrid, and the early sales returns indicate that the company is right, right, right. After the Prius V sold about 8,400 units in the U.S. in the first ten weeks, the smaller, cheaper and more ...
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Official: Toyota says five most recent U.S. models average 44 mpg 1331848860
Toyota says the five models it recently introduced to the U.S. market have an average EPA fuel-economy rating of 44 miles per gallon, giving the Japanese automaker an opportunity to gain market share as gas prices rise. All told, Toyota has increased its fleetwide fuel economy by about 12 percent ...

