Toyota Prius

Real World: Prius worse MPG than BMW 520D

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Quote: Toyota Prius proves a gas guzzler in a race with the BMW 520d

The Toyota hybrid is hailed as an eco-paragon, so how does it fare against a big BMW? To find out our correspondents go on a run to Geneva


It’s classified by the American government as the “most fuel-efficient car sold in the US” and this seal of official approval is reflected in a special status that the Prius and other hybrids enjoy over conventionally powered cars.
For example, you can drive a Prius in American “high occupancy vehicle lanes” – designed for vehicles carrying passengers – even if there’s nobody else in the car. In Britain the Prius has had a similar boost. You can enter the central London congestion zone without paying the usual £8-a-day charge. For road tax purposes it’s classed as an “alternative fuel vehicle” so you pay less tax than you would for a conventional car that produces the same emissions. Road tax is just £15 a year and in last Wednesday’s budget, Alistair Darling, the chancellor, renewed his commitment to preferential treatment for hybrids. Plus, if you drive a Prius as a company car it enjoys a 3% discount (until April) compared with the tax on other cars producing identical amounts of carbon dioxide.
But are transport and tax planners – here and in the US – being fair to the people who drive conventional cars? The official fuel consumption figure for the Prius – supplied by Toyota itself – is 65.7mpg in mixed motoring. That’s a claim not supported by many of the letter writers to The Sunday Times who say they get nearer to 50mpg. If our readers are right and the official figure is wrong it has important implications, not least of which...

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From the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, Cars.com's Kelsey Mays takes a look at the 2010 Toyota Prius. It competes with the Honda Insight and Ford ...

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Toyota Prius sales defy safety scandal
Daily Mail
Toyota's Prius hybrid car, used by Hollywood stars such as Gwyneth Paltrow, topped Japanese sales charts in March despite a safety scandal which has seen US
Toyota Prius Tops Japan Sales - Analyst BlogBenzinga
Toyota (NYSE: TM) Prius Tops March Auto Sales in JapanTransWorldNews (press release)
Prius tops Japan March auto salesTaipei Times
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Globe and Mail

America seeks to roll over Toyota with huge fine
The Standard
Despite the global recall woes, Toyota's Prius hybrid was Japan's top-selling car in March for an 11th straight month. Toyota sold 35546 of the gas-
Agency seeking $16 million penalty against ToyotaCNN (blog)
Toyota fined maximum $16.4 million by NTHSA, largest in auto historyWeekly Driver
US seeks $16.4 million fine against ToyotaKPAX-TV
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Globe and Mail

How I learned to love the Prius
Globe and Mail
That brings us to the curious case of the Toyota Prius. As I headed off to pick up the Toyota hybrid for an extended test, I felt like a Punjabi groom being


Globe and Mail

Toyota rebounds from recall-induced sales slump, as does its Prius
Christian Science Monitor
It regained its footing in March, helped along by robust Prius sales. A row of Toyota Prius cars sat on the lot at Toyota of El Cajon in El Cajon, Calif.,
Toyota Rises: March Sales Up 35.3%; Prius Up 48% From FebruaryBarron's (blog)
Toyota continues to shrug off recall effects; March sales climb 24 per centThe Canadian Press
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