Toyota Prius

The Toyota Prius has in recent years become somewhat of a must have for many celebrities and politicians due to its apparently "green" credentials. The car also benefits from low tax and is exempt from the congestion charge. With a newer and apparently more efficient version due to be released in the summer, I thought I would look into how "green" this car is. As a petrol head I often worry about the future of our motor vehicles, with oil prices rising and also the oil itself running low I wonder how much long we will be able to enjoy our great machines! So in my opinion cars which are purposely built to both save petrol or to ...  Read the complete review

The Toyota Prius is actually designed to be a low-emission car rather than fuel-efficient, but fuel-efficiency is a side-effect of the low emission objective. My current average fuel consumption is about 45mpg and I'm able to fill the tank to about 40 litres (c. 85 gallons). I have heard that the tank is a flexible rubber bladder tank and will vary in size according to the temperature. I drive on urban, built-up and congested roads covering on average 12 miles a day, 5 days a week with a bi-monthly motorway trip of about 150 miles one way. Very briefly and generally, the Toyota Prius hybrid engine uses the electric engine when ...  Read the complete review

For those among you that have not heard of this car before, it is a fairly recently introduced eco-friendly family car from Toyota. Personally, I hadn’t heard of it before up until the time I entered one of a Japanese colleague. I have to say that from the outside it doesn’t make much of an impression. I normally wouldn’t go for a car like this, but after hearing about it, I went to my local dealer and took a prospectus and I am actually considering its purchase. What changed me? You have to see the dashboard of this car. It reminds me of some kind of home entertainment system. The hi-tech dashboard features a multi-information ...  Read the complete review