2011 Toyota Prius Hybrid Review & Test Drive

‘THE ORIGINAL AND STILL THE BEST’ 

It has been a couple of years since I tested a new Toyota Prius hybrid but I have tested several other hybrids from the manufacturers who have started to build them.

I took a base two Prius and found that overall the hybrid is still the best with higher mpg specs, its unique styling, comfort and roominess and versatility.

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Toyota Reveals Prius Performance Plus Package

Go ahead and snicker, but I’ll tell you this flat out: a 2011 Toyota Prius equipped with the soon-available Performance Plus Package will lap a racetrack faster than a stock Prius and (probably) faster than a Lexus CT200h. It’s also faster around a racetrack than a bicycle, moped, desert tortoise or banana slug, but let’s be honest here: a Prius with no engine work and moderate suspension tuning isn’t going to be setting any lap records, at least not compared to other automobiles. Read more

Google Engineer: Self-Driving Cars Could Save A Million Lives Each Year

Although it could save lives, many of us thought the conception of a driverless self-driving car was something that we would never see in our lifetime. Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University and profound Google engineer, Sebastian Thrun, thinks otherwise.

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Is Toyota Working On A Prius Pickup?

It’s no secret that Toyota will be expanding their Prius model line to include a five door minivan (the Prius V) and, eventually, a compact hatchback based on the Prius C shown at this year’s Detroit Auto Show. In the “truth is stranger than fiction” category, Pickup Trucks.com is reporting that Toyota could revive their A-BAT concept and stuff a hybrid drivetrain under the hood. The A-BAT (for Advanced Breakthrough Aero Truck) was shown at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show, and featured a lightweight unibody construction and hybrid power train. It was quite a bit smaller than the current Toyota Tacoma, so the A-BAT would revive a long dormant segment of the truck world: the subcompact pickup truck. Read more

2010 Toyota Prius Hybrid Review & Test Drive

Toyota Prius Hybrid – ‘THE ORIGINAL AND STILL THE BEST’

First introduced in 1997 as the world’s first mass-produced hybrid automobile, the all-new, third-generation Prius hybrid sedan sets new standards for innovative hybrid design and technology, raising its level of convenience features and performance to new heights, including a combined EPA estimated fuel efficiency rating of 50 miles per gallon.

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