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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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$200.00
Bids: 0
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Toyota : Solara CONV SLE V6 2006 TOYOTA SOLARA SLE V6 1 OWNER FL CAR 36K MILES!
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End time: 24-Nov-08 18:20:04 PDT

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Toyota : Supra nonturbo tuner car
$200.00
Bids: 0
End time: 24-Nov-08 13:24:57 PDT

Toyota : Camry SE Excellent Handling Car - 30 MPG - Looks Great!
$1,870.00Buy It Now: $19300.0
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End time: 24-Nov-08 12:32:01 PDT

Toyota : Prius 2003 TOYOTA Prius! HYBRID,1 OWNER,FL CAR
$9,995.00 Buy It Now
Best Offer Enabled
End time: 24-Nov-08 12:16:12 PDT

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$6,350.00 Buy It Now
End time: 27-Nov-08 12:09:09 PDT

Toyota : Solara SE 06 SOLARA SE V6! COUPE! 50K! 1 OWNER! FL CAR! SHARP!
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End time: 24-Nov-08 11:58:02 PDT

Toyota : Corolla Standard Solid Car, Great Mileage, Dependable Transportation
$2,499.00Buy It Now: $3400.0
Bids: 0
End time: 24-Nov-08 08:12:06 PDT

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$18,887.00 Buy It Now
End time: 24-Nov-08 07:27:53 PDT

Toyota : Avalon 1996 Toyota Avalon 158,600 (Originally Grandma's Car)
$200.00
Bids: 1
End time: 23-Nov-08 19:32:44 PDT

Toyota : Corolla LE 2008 Toyta Corolla LE - Runs and Feel Like New Car --
$810.00
Bids: 2
End time: 23-Nov-08 20:08:37 PDT

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$200.00Buy It Now: $9250.0
Bids: 0
End time: 23-Nov-08 19:30:00 PDT

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$2,000.00Buy It Now: $15985.0
Bids: 0
End time: 23-Nov-08 19:00:00 PDT

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$500.00
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End time: 23-Nov-08 17:28:17 PDT

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$8,999.00Buy It Now: $21300.0
Bids: 0
End time: 23-Nov-08 18:15:00 PDT

Toyota : Celica GT 2003 TOYOTA CELICA...BEAUTIFUL SPORT CAR
$6,000.00Buy It Now: $7500.0
Bids: 11
End time: 23-Nov-08 12:43:35 PDT

Replica/Kit Makes 2004 Toyota Camry look modified- Car has only 17K miles
$11,500.00
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End time: 23-Nov-08 08:40:02 PDT

Toyota : Corolla TOYOTA COROLLA 2003 VEHICLE CAR CE GAS SAVER
$2,000.00
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End time: 23-Nov-08 06:37:19 PDT

Toyota : Prius Hybrid 05 PRUIS HYBRID ! 1 OWNER ! FLORIDA CAR RUST FREE ! WOW
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Best Offer Enabled
End time: 25-Nov-08 19:36:17 PDT

Toyota : Corolla Automatic, S Model, Excellent MPG, Clean Car, Well Kept
$12,500.00
Bids: 0
End time: 20-Nov-08 18:00:00 PDT

Toyota : Prius pkg #2 Excellent Fuel Economy (45 MPG) Very Nice Car
$1,500.00Buy It Now: $21900.0
Bids: 0
End time: 25-Nov-08 14:53:35 PDT

Toyota : Camry LE GARAGE KEPT, ONE OWNER, SMOKE FREE, FLORIDA CAR.
$4,550.00
Bids: 8
End time: 22-Nov-08 08:31:02 PDT

Toyota : Yaris 2008 TOYOTA YARIS 38MPG GAS SAVER 3,000 MILES F.L. CAR!
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Best Offer Enabled
End time: 24-Nov-08 20:26:21 PDT

Toyota : Prius HYBRID 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS HYBRID FUEL EFFICIENT ECONOMY CAR
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End time: 24-Nov-08 18:51:48 PDT

Toyota : Prius HYBRID 2002 TOYOTA PRIUS HYBRID FLORIDA CAR NO RESERVE AUCTION
$4,550.00
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End time: 21-Nov-08 18:17:28 PDT

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$15,000.00 Buy It Now
Best Offer Enabled
End time: 24-Nov-08 17:55:14 PDT

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Best Offer Enabled
End time: 24-Nov-08 17:17:55 PDT

Toyota : Celica Toy T 1987 TOYOTA CELICA~Toy T~SUNROOF Classic RARE CAR
$500.00Buy It Now: $600.0
Bids: 0
End time: 21-Nov-08 17:17:28 PDT

Toyota : Corolla CE FWD 4 Sed 2005 Toyota Corolla! Clean Car! Runs Good!
$1,525.00
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End time: 19-Nov-08 16:00:00 PDT

Toyota : Avalon XLS 2008 Toyota Avalon XLS, Beautiful Car, Great Deal
$21,246.00
Bids: 0
End time: 19-Nov-08 15:18:17 PDT

Toyota : Corolla S 2004 Toyota Corolla S*SOLID CAR*TINIT*AUTO*POWER*SAVE $
$5,655.00
Bids: 7
End time: 24-Nov-08 13:42:08 PDT

Toyota : Solara SE 2007 Toyota Solara, Convertable, Beautiful Car
$17,234.00Buy It Now: $18834.0
Bids: 0
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Toyota : Camry LE 2004 Toyota Camry LE - Very Clean Car - Low Miles---
$6,351.00
Bids: 6
End time: 20-Nov-08 20:19:13 PDT

Toyota : Prius HYBIRD 2002 TOYOTA PRIUS HYBIRD EXTRA CLEAN CAR WARRANTY TX
$1,225.00Buy It Now: $7775.0
Bids: 5
End time: 18-Nov-08 19:49:02 PDT

Toyota : Corolla POWER PACK CLEAN 2007 Toyota Corolla CE POWER PACK FLORIDA CAR!
$9,600.00Buy It Now: $12795.0
Bids: 6
End time: 20-Nov-08 18:42:28 PDT

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$5,305.00
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End time: 20-Nov-08 18:36:35 PDT

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Best Offer Enabled
End time: 23-Nov-08 18:16:24 PDT

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End time: 23-Nov-08 12:58:35 PDT

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End time: 04-Dec-08 11:33:08 PDT

Toyota : Corolla COROLLA S COROLLA-S ONE OWNER FLORIDA CAR CLEAN CARFAX WARRANTY
$7,600.00
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End time: 18-Nov-08 07:20:35 PDT

Toyota : Celica GT CELICA GT - AUTOMATIC - FLORDIA CAR - CALL 517 482-7200
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End time: 20-Nov-08 06:53:02 PDT

Toyota : Corolla toyota corolla florida car 4 door auto gold
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End time: 20-Nov-08 03:54:55 PDT

Toyota : Supra hardtop 1994 Supra Twin Turbo Race car
$6,100.00
Bids: 4
End time: 19-Nov-08 15:08:07 PDT

Toyota : Camry xle 1998 toyota camry xle v6 great car... low miles
$1,525.00Buy It Now: $5600.0
Bids: 3
End time: 19-Nov-08 21:00:00 PDT

Toyota : Prius Hybrid car
$14,500.00 Buy It Now
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End time: 22-Nov-08 14:00:12 PDT

Toyota : Corolla CE 2005 TOYOTA CORROLA NON SMOKER PWR CLEAN TX CAR 71K
$9,980.00 Buy It Now
End time: 22-Nov-08 12:41:02 PDT

Toyota : Prius 2WD 2005 TOYOTA PRIUS,1-OWNER,FLORIDA CAR, VERY LOW MILES
$11,100.00Buy It Now: $19988.0
Bids: 4
End time: 19-Nov-08 10:08:14 PDT

Toyota : Camry LE Sport 1987 Toyota Camey LE Sport - Mom driven (Great 1st car)
$2,495.00 Buy It Now
Best Offer Enabled
End time: 19-Nov-08 07:55:17 PDT

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GM, Chrysler Pass on LA Auto Show
Wall Street Journal - 10 hours ago
Toyota Motor Corp. started building its new Venza crossover wagon at its Kentucky plant last week and will open a new Ontario factory next month.
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Clout Has Plunged for Automakers and Union, Too
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Some senators criticized the industry’s failure to sell cars like the Toyota Prius, which was built only as a hybrid — a vehicle that GM’s vice chairman,
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Toyota's Credit Rating May Be Cut as Fitch Reviews (Update2)
Bloomberg - Nov 17, 2008
``Even though Toyota may be selling small cars, it doesn't make a lot of profit, and that's probably what Fitch is rightly concerned about.
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LA car show promises extreme debuts
DetNews.com, MI - 9 hours ago
"Where there's an Aston Martin DB9 parked right next to a Toyota Prius. People here drive both here." Gone are the big SUVs from the press debuts for

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Austin CarShare, a car-sharing program, is adding six Toyota Prius hybrid cars, more than doubling its fleet. Founded two years ago with 35 members,

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