A brake system recall affecting almost a quarter of million Toyota and Lexus hybrids globally will force more than 1600 Toyota Prius owners in Australia to take their vehicles back to the dealership.
Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has celebrated its global hybrid sales surpassing five million units, while announcing plans to introduce 18 new hybrid models by the end of 2015.
The Toyota Camry Hybrid has overtaken the Toyota Prius in local sales, as Toyota’s in-house battle of the hybrids ticks over 50,000 units.
Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has sold its 50,000th hybrid car in Australia – split between 42,000...
Toyota Australia has expanded its hybrid family once more with the addition of the new luxury-spec Toyota Prius V i-Tech.
Priced from $46,490, the new i-Tech variant adds a number of extra features to justify its $10,500 premium over the...
Another Toyota Prius recall has surfaced just seven days after the news that Toyota would recall 2.76 million vehicles around the world for a steering system fault, including 12,710 second-generation Toyota Prius hybrids in Australia.
Toyota has recalled 2.76 million vehicles around the world in the second multi-million-vehicle recall for the Japanese manufacturer in recent weeks.
The recall, which relates to a potential fault with the steering systems of nine different...
Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has sold more than one million hybrids in 2012, resulting in the best sales year on record for Toyota and Lexus hybrids and giving even more credibility to the technology's growing popularity.
Three Toyota Prius hybrids have joined 16 Fisker Karmas in being damaged by fire when Hurricane Sandy hit New Jersey last week.
The New York Times reports that although the three Toyota Prius models – including a plug-in hybrid and a...
The classic wedge-shape of the Toyota Prius is under review as the Japanese car maker works towards a final design for the next generation of the hybrid vehicle.
According to a report from Bloomberg, the next-gen Toyota Prius, while still more...
When the first-generation Toyota Prius launched back in 1997, there were more than a few industry pundits who thought the whole hybrid thing was a fad. And like most fads, they thought it wouldn’t last.
The current-generation Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid will not come to Australia after a local trial of five vehicles found the electric-only cruising range was not enough to meet local acceptance.
The Toyota Prius has broken into the third spot behind the Toyota Corolla and Ford Focus in worldwide car sales figures for the first quarter of 2012.
According to Bloomberg, 247,230 Prius models have been sold, behind 277,000 Focuses and...
Toyota is predicting it will sell more than a million hybrids in 2012, a milestone that will be helped by an expansion of its most famous petrol-electric range that includes the Toyota Prius V.
Toyota has launched the seven-seat Toyota Prius V expanding its hybrid family to four models alongside the Prius hatch, Prius C and Camry Hybrid.
The $35,990 Toyota Prius V (denoting versatility) is Australia's first seven-seater hybrid...
Two-thirds of owners of older hybrid vehicles in the US bought a conventionally powered non-hybrid vehicle when they returned to new vehicle market last year.
A study by automotive analyst Polk found only 35 per cent of hybrid owners purchased...
A blind man has successfully piloted Google’s autonomous car on public streets, bringing the dream of driving closer than ever for vision-impaired people.
Google recently put legally blind Californian man Steve Mahan behind the wheel of its...