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2012 Toyota Prius V Station Wagon: First Drive Review

Green Car Reports

Toyota executives will go to extraordinary, absurd lengths to avoid defining the body style of the new 2012 Toyota Prius V. Presented with a list of alternatives--sedan, hatchback, minivan, station wagon, sport utility vehicle?--he Bob Carter, brand sales chief for Toyota Motors in the U.S.,

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2012 Toyota Prius V Station Wagon: First Drive Review

Green Car Reports

Toyota executives will go to extraordinary, absurd lengths to avoid defining the body style of the new 2012 Toyota Prius V. Presented with a list of alternatives--sedan, hatchback, minivan, station wagon, sport utility vehicle?--he Bob Carter, brand sales chief for Toyota Motors in the U.S.,

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Road Test: 2021 Toyota Sienna Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

All-New, All-Hybrid Family-Friendly Minivan. Toyota long ago made a commitment to hybrids, with the Prius being the most successful result of the company’s commitment to combining electricity and gasoline. Next up for 2021 is the all-new Sienna Hybrid minivan, which previously was powered only by a gasoline V6.

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Automotive Market Research Perspectives on Selling Green in a Try-to-Survive Market

Green Car Congress

He shared research that “ People assume a quieter minivan is a safer minivan. In an age of over-stimulation, it doesn’t take much for a consumer to develop a rather daunting list of conscious and sub-conscious concerns about purchasing a hybrid. ” Why is the Prius a success? The styling is there.

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