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Toyota Goes Wild on Custom Prius Models For Charity

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:45:00 +0000

The annual event known as "SEMA" (for Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Assocation) has grown from its simple trade show origins into a global extravaganza bigger than most auto shows . Imagine the hugest Kustom Kar event you can possibly conjure. On steroids. In Vegas. SEMA is now a mandatory stop for every large automaker. This year ...

DailyTech Reviewer Spends Week With 2010 Toyota Prius, Loves It

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:15:00 +0000

Continuing our series on 2010 Toyota Prius reviews from around the web, this week we turn to Jason Mick of TechDaily. He spent an entire week with a 2010 Prius V, the most upmarket trim level, and loved it. Mick isn't entirely new to AllAboutPrius.com. In late August, we reported on his investigation into Prius price-gouging . And he's ...

Most Popular Prius Posts for October: Floor Mat Recall

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:52:00 +0000

It's the end of October, but we'll spare you the lame Halloween jokes and dive directly into the most popular posts of the month on AllAboutPrius.com. Just like the month before, only two of September's most popular posts reappeared: the 2010 Toyota Prius Reference Guide (by now the year's undisputed champion), and last month's surprise ...

Coupe To Join Expanded Prius Lineup, Perhaps Even Minivan

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:23:00 +0000

It's long been the dream of Toyota's U.S. arm that the company would add additional body styles to the Prius line. And Toyota finally gave the nod to that idea earlier this year. Now, details are starting to emerge on the new models that will join the all-new, third-generation 2010 Toyota Prius, currently sold only as a five-door ...

2010 Prius Beats 2010 Fusion Hybrid in Detroit News Showdown

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:54:00 +0000

Every so often, we like to take a look at what other reviewers have said about the 2010 Toyota Prius hybrid . So we were excited to hear that the Detroit News , from the bowels of Big Three territory, was doing a hybrid showdown comparison test. The paper rated eight mass-priced hybrids , leaving out both the most expensive luxury ...

Best Fuel Efficiency in the U.S.: 2010 Toyota Prius, at 50 MPG

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:37:00 +0000

Well, now it's official. The 2010 Toyota Prius offers the best gas mileage of any new car sold in the U.S. for the upcoming 2010 model year, with a blended EPA rating of 50 miles per gallon. The 2010 Prius had actually been rated at 50 mpg back in March, but the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had to finish rating all 2010 models ...

Prius Patent Problems? Trade Panel to Investigate Infringement Claim

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:34:00 +0000

A U.S. trade panel has agreed to investigate claims that Toyota infringed privately held patents in designing its hybrid electric vehicles. Toyota is widely acknowledged to be the industry leader in hybrids , having sold more than 2 million globally since 1997. If the allegations are upheld by the U.S. International Trade Commission ...

2010 Prius Supplies Still Scarce, Toyota Considers US Factory...Again

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:15:00 +0000

As global demand remains high for the 50-MPG 2010 Toyota Prius, stocks of the car at U.S. dealers are down to a one-week supply, which is all but sold out. A normal supply is considered to equal 60 days' worth of sales. Sales of the 2010 Prius spiked in late July and August, due to a combination of natural demand for the all-new ...

2010 Toyota Prius: Reviewing the Reviews

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:06:00 +0000

As we've noted before , our sister site TheCarConnection.com offers deep, comprehensive car reviews, with both our own impressions from driving the car (in this case, the all-new 2010 Toyota Prius) and summaries of comments from all the other reviews done. Completely redesigned for 2010, the third generation of the Prius--the car that ...

Will 2010 Toyota Prius Hatchback Get a 2011 Sedan Sidekick?

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:32:00 +0000

Two weeks ago, Toyota confirmed that it would offer more than one body style for its Prius hybrid-electric vehicle. Now, in Japan, the company has introduced a Toyota version of the car we know here as the 2010 Lexus HS250h . That car, the first "dedicated hybrid " from Lexus , was launched in Japan in July. The 2010 Toyota ...

Most Popular Posts for September: Prius Drag Races, Who Knew?

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:04:00 +0000

We're back on schedule with our favorite end-of-month activity, logging the most popular posts of the last month-or-so on AllAboutPrius.com. Autumn is here (for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere), and we've got a fresh crop of favorites. We only held over two of August's most popular posts , and we had one reappearance from June (on ...

ALERT: Toyota Recalls 2004-2009 Prius, DoT Urges Removing Floor Mat

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:04:00 +0000

Toyota may will recall all models of the 2004-2009 Toyota Prius to ensure that the driver' side floor mat cannot interfere with the accelerator and brake pedals, possibly causing the accelerator to stick. This afternoon, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued an "urgent" warning to owners that strongly advises them to ...

Coming Up: Toyota Prius To Be Sold In Multiple Body Styles

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:56:00 +0000

Since it was launched in 1997 in Japan, and 2000 in the US, the Toyota Prius has only been sold as a single body style. From 1997 to 2003, it was a subcompact four-door sedan. Since then, it has been a midsize five-door hatchback , thoroughly redesigned for 2010. Now, Toyota executives told its dealers, the company plans to use the ...

Drag Race Video: 2010 Toyota Prius vs 2009 Toyota Prius

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:05:00 +0000

Which is faster, the 2010 Toyota Prius or its predecessor, the 2004-2009 Prius? On paper, the 2010 should win. Its engine is larger (1.8 liters vs 1.5 liters) and more powerful (134 total horsepower vs 104 hp). It's even got a lower coefficient of drag, the very respectable 0.25. This morning we got a note from Roman Mica, a "National ...

Want To Be An Editorial Intern at High Gear Media? Talk To Us!

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:21:00 +0000

High Gear Media, the parent company of AllAboutPrius.com and more than three dozen other automotive websites, is now looking for editorial interns. They'll do a mix of writing, publishing, and editing content across our entire network car-related sites. Here's what we offer to our interns: stories published online under their own names ...