As the central London congestion charge zone extends west to take in an even greater slice of the capital next week, the Toyota Prius becomes an even more compelling choice for drivers seeking to save money and drive a car that’s less harmful to the environment.
A team of researchers has hit the streets with a mission – to build a comprehensive database of every commercial property in Britain. To carry out this massive task from street level, their employer is using specially adapted Toyota Prius hybrids.
Toyota (GB) PLC is turning its fleet team green by giving them Toyota Prius company cars. A saving of 56 tonnes of CO2 is achieved because Prius produces one tonne less CO2 than the best D-segment diesels on the market*.
Image-conscious motorists can look the business and save money in the New Year with the introduction of the new Yaris Zinc.
London’s Mayor Ken Livingstone may be a non-driver, but he and his partner recently joined the eager line of customers for Toyota’s environmentally friendly Prius petrol-electric hybrid car.
One of Wales’s senior statesmen has become the latest political figure to opt for the environmental benefits offered by the Toyota Prius.
Positive feedback from engineers is driving the expansion of Toyota Prius hybrid cars within the fleet of one of the UK’s most respected independent fire systems companies.
Two Sussex students are hoping to set a record for economy in the inaugural Student Gumball rally which has set out from Dover for Croatia on 3 September.
Hertfordshire Special Constabulary has taken delivery of a new Toyota Prius T3, which has been donated by Andrew Rowley Toyota in Watford and will be used primarily to carry out daily ‘nuisance patrols’ to help combat anti-social behaviour.
One of London’s biggest recycling companies is the latest addition to what is becoming a mass movement in the capital to adopt Toyota’s hybrid technology.
Toyota has announced that worldwide cumulative sales of the Toyota Prius, the world’s first mass-produced hybrid vehicle, have passed the half-million mark, with 504,700 units having been sold by the end of April this year.
One of London’s longest-established private-hire companies has joined the city’s green movement by switching part of its fleet to hybrid synergy drive – in the form of 10 Toyota Prius hybrid cars.
For the third year in succession, the 1.5-litre petrol engine of the Hybrid Synergy Drive has won best 1.4-1.8-litre engine in the International Engine of the Year awards and has also been named ‘Best Fuel Economy’ for its application in the Toyota Prius.
The head of one of Britain’s regional Wildlife Trusts has swapped his conventional estate car for an environmentally friendly Toyota Prius hybrid vehicle – and he is hoping that his …
The first all-hybrid private-hire operation is underway in London, as a young company sets out to overturn perceptions of minicabs with its eco-friendly Toyota Prius fleet.
Toyota acknowledges that there are many alternative routes to achieving the ultimate eco-car and it has led the field in pursuing most of them…
It was comments from passengers that encouraged London’s longest-established private hire and courier service to start using Toyota Prius cars – and by this summer Greater London Hire should have 32 of the petrol-electric hybrids on its fleet.
Toyota’s pioneering work in developing and implementing environmentally friendly hybrid and diesel technologies has been rewarded with the 2006 Green Award from What Car? magazine.
Toyota is introducing a series of new design and equipment features to take its multi-award winning Prius into the New Year.
In 1999 the head of the UK’s leading independent wine importer switched from an 18mpg executive car to the 65mpg Prius, reckoning the potential savings in fuel, tax, insurance combined with the exemption from the London congestion charge would save him £5000 a year….he was not wrong, and it’s got even better!
Tokyo — TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced today that global cumulative sales of Toyota hybrid vehicles have topped the 500,000 mark, with approximately 513,000 units sold worldwide by the end of October this year*.
Panasonic not only has its name on Toyota’s Formula 1 racing cars, but now its staff are taking notice of a rather less thirsty Toyota – the petrol-electric Prius.
Thanks to a partnership deal between The Metropolitan Police Service, National Car Rental and Toyota, the 94 Safer Neighbourhoods teams across London have been given the use of Toyota Prius Hybrid cars.
It’s 20 years since Travelodge pioneered the budget hotel market in the UK. Now it has 272 sites around the country and opens a new hotel every 10 days.
