Toyota News
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Texas is pickup country, as a visit will confirm. It's one reason Toyota builds its full-size Tundra pickup truck there. But Texas governor Rick Perry overstepped last year when he sneered at the ability of the Toyota Prius hybrid to hold hay. Austin American-Statesman humor columnist John Kelso raised his eyebrows at a comment by Governor Perry in July that slammed the Prius while defending pickup trucks. While speaking to the Chamber of Commerce in San Antonio, Gov. Rick Perry made the point that Texans will continue to drive their pickups no matter what gas costs by saying: "You can't put...
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2010 Toyota Prius Takes Best-Selling Title In Japan
The battle between the 2010 Toyota Prius and the 2010 Honda Insight continues to rage in Japan, where the 2010 Prius became the best-selling car for the month of May. It wrested the crown away from the 2010 Insight, which had become the first hybrid ever to lead the list when it took the top spot...
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2009 Toyota Yaris: 41 MPG Without a Hybrid or Hypermiling!
Small, simple, inexpensive cars can return mileage almost as good as a hybrid--and may cost you less overall
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2010 Lexus HS250h Pricing: Is It Really An Upscale Alternative To The Prius?
As the Prius's fancy big brother and perhaps the first entry-level luxury hybrid, pricing of the 2010 Lexus HS250h will position it in the market
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May's Most Popular Posts: 2010 Toyota Prius Reference Guide Rocks, Again
Readers are eager for all kinds of information on the new 2010 Toyota Prius, though a Prius-Jetta TDI comparison sneaks into 5th place
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Business Week on 2010 Toyota Prius: We Like It. We Really Like It!
Reviewer lauds fuel economy, peppy driving, and spacious interior, even if it drives
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Supplies of the eagerly await 2010 Toyota Prius could be affected by unexpectedly high demand in the Japanese domestic market
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Driving the 2010 Lexus HS250h--The Fancier Sibling of the 2010 Toyota Prius
It's fancier, heavier, quicker, and a bit less fuel-efficient, but the 2010 Lexus HS250h shares a lot under the skin with the 2010 Toyota Prius
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First Drive: 2010 Lexus HS250h
The first dedicated hybrid from Lexus is a very different mix of mileage and luxury than the Prius it's related to. And, boy, is it heavy.
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Tom Hanks Early Adopter of EVs, Rav4 EV Has Over 50,000 Miles, Still Sees Daily Use
Tom Hanks, the movie star, is also an early adopter of electric vehicles. His 2003 Toyota RAV 4 EV is still in use today, and runs on the original batteries that came with the vehicle. Hank's RAV4 sees daily use by one of his employees. The vehicle has just over 50,000 miles on it now and is...
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Subaru Plans For Cleaner Diesels and Hybrid Models by 2011
Quirky carmaker Subaru sees cleaner diesels and hybrids on the horizon. This week Ikuo Mori, president of Fuji Heavy Industries, (Subaru's parent company) told Japanese reporters that Subaru is developing a cleaner diesel designed to meet 2011 global emissions standards and that he hopes to have a...
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Huffington Post Picks Up AllAboutPrius
We're delighted and honored that The Huffington Post is now including our All About Prius posts in their Wires section
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A mother in New Zealand recognized her pink-butterfly daughter in a post we did for AllAboutPrius.com; ah, the interwebs ...
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2010 Toyota Prius MPG Commercial With Even More Colorful Nature-People
Now that the 2010 Toyota Prius marketing theme has been launched, it's time to start ticking off the car's benefits, starting with MPG
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Behind the Prius Scenes: How They Made The Harmony Commercial
The first TV commercial for the 2010 Toyota Prius took hundreds of extras and a huge amount of computer graphics
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Toyota Pushes Up Next-Gen Prius Test Leases from 2010 to late 2009
So, you're a die-hard Prius fan eager to get your hands on one of the 500 PHV test lease vehicles Toyota has promised for next year? Hold on to your butt... Toyota has announced they'll be leasing the third-generation Prius plug-in hybrid by the end of THIS year, months ahead of schedule. There...
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2009 Toyota Camry Hybrid Goes NASCAR
NASCAR is expanding into non-Detroit brands with the selection of a Toyota Camry Hybrid as the pace car for several races this summer
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2009 Toyota Highlander Hybrid: The Only Hybrid That Seats Seven
If you need seven seats and want a hybrid, there's only a single choice: the 2009 Toyota Highlander Hybrid
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Surreally harmonious landscapes, solar bus shelters, huge public flowers, living billboards--welcome to the 2010 Prius marketing machine!
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2010 Honda Insight Is Country's Best-Selling Car...In Japan
Score one for the new Honda Insight; it outsold every other car in its home country last month
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2009 Chevrolet Aveo: Small, Cheerful, Green
Four days with a rented 2009 Chevy Aveo led us to think it's adequate and gets the job done, but not top of the class
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Nielsen Says Most Insight Buyers Compare to Prius--But Not the Other Way Round
Is there a danger for the 2010 Honda Insight if it's always compared to the Toyota Prius, but Prius buyers ignore the Insight?
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More Proof That Batteries Last: Ford Escape Hybrid Taxis Retire With 300,000-Plus Miles
Like many cities across the world, San Francisco is learning that hybrid taxis not only save gas, but last as long as needed
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Hybrid Patrol Cars Spread Into More Urban Police Squads
New York is hardly alone in adding hybrid patrol cars to its police department fleet
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