31 August 2005
Toyota Prius Promotes Restful Nights
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.
Prius Archive
29 June 2005
Toyota Prius Avoids Higher London Congestion Charge
Toyota Prius drivers are set to save even more money as the London Congestion Charge daily rate rises from £5 to £8 on 4 July 2005.
2 June 2005
Two More International Engine Of The Year Awards For Prius
The Toyota Hybrid Synergy Drive system of Toyota Prius has been awarded two category wins in the International Engine of the Year Awards 2005.
29 April 2005
Green Moves In A Macho World
The construction industry, with its macho image, might be expected to be one of the last to embrace environmentally friendly cars…
14 April 2005
Greener Essex Adds Prius To The Pool
With a major campaign to clean up air quality in Essex underway, the ‘A Greener Essex’ message is being carried around the county on the signwritten sides of two of the cleanest vehicles on the road.
6 April 2005
Toyota Prius Sales Surge In 2005
Hollywood celebrities are not the only ones queuing up for Toyota ’s famous hybrid Prius with demand in the UK for the European Car of the Year continuing to soar in 2005.
10 March 2005
Oyez! Oyez! – Toyota Prius For Oxford Mayor
Oxford City Council has strengthened its green credentials with the purchase of a Toyota Prius as its official mayoral car.
24 February 2005
Environment Agency Gets Behind Toyota Prius
The Toyota Prius petrol-electric hybrid car, winner of the 2005 European Car of The Year has achieved the top score on the Environment Agency lease car list.
14 January 2005
Budgens Shops For Toyota Prius
Staff at supermarket chain Budgens have been shopping around for greener company cars – and are finding that the European Car of the Year, the Toyota Prius petrol-electric suits them even better than they might at first have thought.
23 December 2004
Prius Sets Land Speed Record For Hybrids
The lean, green Toyota Prius has swapped Sunset Boulevard and the Hollywood Hills for the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah to set a new world land speed record for hybrid powered cars. The record setting car will be displayed at the Detroit Motor Show in early January 2005.
9 December 2004
Toyota Prius Begins Term At University
The University of Derby is giving its employees the chance to get behind the wheel of a Toyota Prius – European Car of the Year for 2005 – and so far their response has been extremely favourable.
30 November 2004
Toyota Prius Achieves Quarter-Million Worldwide Sales
Toyota’s revolutionary Prius has passed the landmark of a quarter of a million sales, confirming its position as the world’s most successful hybrid power vehicle.
25 November 2004
June Over Moon As The Yorkshire Takes On First Prius
A Toyota Prius, the recently voted 2005 European Car of The Year, has joined the 230-strong user-chooser fleet of Britain’s third biggest building society, the Yorkshire – and its driver says she is ‘delighted’ by the move.
15 November 2004
Toyota Prius Wins 2005 European Car Of The Year
The Toyota Prius has been voted 2005 Car of the Year by the 58 members of the European Car of the Year Jury. After two rounds of voting, the car was chosen from a list of seven finalists and declared clear winner after gathering 406 points.
22 October 2004
Finance Specialist Gets Greener With Toyota Prius
The UK’s leading provider of home credit has enhanced its green credentials with the addition of the first three Toyota Prius petrol-electric hybrid cars to its 700-vehicle fleet.
6 July 2004
Toyota Supports The Spirit Of The IAAF World Championships In Athletics
Toyota to Be Official Partner to 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Helsinki, Finland & 11th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Osaka, Japan
24 June 2004
Five-Star Prius Best In Class For Safety
The Toyota Prius has added class-leading safety to its exceptional qualities with a five-star rating from Euro NCAP.
21 June 2004
Toyota Fleet Cuts A Dash With Woodwork-Machine Group
Reliability, safety and economy has made Toyota the brand of choice for one of Britain’s leading woodworking machinery suppliers.
19 March 2004
UK Perimeter Charity Drive In Toyota Prius For Cancer Research
With the help of Marshall Toyota, Peterborough, Tim Cox (28) a teacher from Parnwell Primary School, along with Dan Spence (24), a musical student from Peterborough Technical College will be attempting a drive around the perimeter of the UK to raise money for Cancer Research.
18 December 2003
Max Mosley Invests In Hybrid Technology
FIA President Max Mosley has just taken delivery of a new generation Toyota Prius, the world’s most successful hybrid car.
2 December 2003
Toyota Prius Paves The Way Ahead
Six years after the launch of the original Prius and with more than 130,000 examples sold worldwide, Toyota is unveiling an even more advanced version of the world’s most successful hybrid power car.
2 September 2002
Toyota And Nissan Agree To Tie Up On Hybrid Technologies
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (Toyota) and NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD. (Nissan) have concluded a basic agreement on the long-term, continuous transaction of hybrid systems including technical cooperation.
21 June 2002
Toyota Prius Makes Motorsport History
The world’s first hybrid rally, a Toyota Prius, has finished the gruelling 5,000 mile, three-week Midnight Sun to Red Sea Rally in a provisional 14th place overall.
28 May 2002
Toyota Prius To Make Motor Sport History
Two rallying amateurs will enter the motor sport record books in June as the crew of the world’s first petrol/electric hybrid rally car.
