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2023 Toyota Prius Limited Review – Finally a Worthy Choice

The Truth About Cars

The Toyota Prius was once reviled by most enthusiasts and often the butt of jokes, even in pop culture. Prius drivers were stereotyped as left-lane camping, NPR-listening, Green Party-voting smug virtue-signalers. But it was based in one truth – the Prius might save you a lot of gas but man it was no fun to drive.

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2023 Toyota Sequoia Review - A Three-Row Prius?

The Truth About Cars

Despite that, the Prius has become the defining hybrid car of the past two decades or so, with the model name occasionally outshining the marque itself. While the full-sized Tundra offers the choice between a standard turbo V-6 and hybridization, this 2023 Toyota Sequoia is hybrid only. How does it stack up in the real world?

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Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Prius Prime PHEV

Clean Fleet Report

Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Prius Prime PHEV Plug-in Hybrid Technology in an All-New Package Toyota is taking the lead suggesting how you should drive a plug-in hybrid. The all-new 2023 Prius Prime gets two less miles per gallon in hybrid mode than the 2022 model, but the all-electric driving range has increased substantially.

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2023 Toyota Prius Review – Better, But is That Good Enough?

The Truth About Cars

The Toyota Prius has pretty much always been focused solely on fuel economy. The design was driven by the desire to maximize MPGs. If you bought a Prius (or leased one) you likely bought it for fuel economy – or maybe because it was affordable. The Prius’s new duds make the car more attractive but it remains wedge-shaped.

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2024 Toyota Grand Highlander Hybrid Max Review - Yeah, It Is That Good

The Truth About Cars

Hybrid, of course, sticks something resembling a Prius beneath said Grandness. It’s a heckuva package, showing 27 mpg in both my testing and on the window sticker. The standard hybrid, with CVT and sans turbo, can manage around 33 mpg, give or take depending on front- or all-wheel drive configuration. versus 112.2

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2023 Toyota Crown Review – Not Quite a King

The Truth About Cars

Toyota invited me to join other Chicago-area automotive journalists at one of the company’s offices in Chicago’s far western suburbs last week to sample the Crown and the redesigned Prius. In case you’ve forgotten, the Crown comes standard with all-wheel drive and is only available as a hybrid – and there is no plug-in setup.

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Toyota launches Prius in Japan; forecasts delay in deliveries of the new model

Green Car Congress

Prius α S Click to enlarge. Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has launched the Prius α (Prius alpha) in Japan. Derived from the third-generation Prius hybrid, the α offers an interior allowing multiple seat arrangements. Prius α powertrain. km/L (73 mpg US, 3.2 Earlier post.).

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