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Posted in Accessories, MPG, Misc, Performance, Prius on Oct 28th, 2009
Top Secret, one of the most famed tuners in Japan, is targeting the eco-modder’s with the new tuning parts for the 2010 Toyota Prius. Top Secret has built some of the fastest and most recognizable cars in the world. Their Supra has obtained numerous top speed records. Now Top Secret has their [...]
Toyota Prius sales soar as the Cash for Clunkers program went into effect. Under the first 80,000 Cash for Clunkers vouchers processed, the new Prius has become the fourth most popular car bought. The amazing thing is that of the ten most popular cars bought under the CARS program, the next generation Prius is the [...]
Why can’t we get a 50 MPG car? The technology is there yet we cannot seem to break this barrier in the U.S. Over in Europe there are cars such as the Volkswagon Polo and Ford Fiesta that get upwards of 65 MPG. It seems that Electric cars lack in the [...]
In 50 years we will look back and say this was the moment that cars took the next step in their evolution. The Toyota Prius will be getting solar panels! Available as an option on 2010 Japanese Prius Hybrids; the solar panels will be used to power a ventilation system while the car is parked.
You [...]
Posted in Accessories, Performance, Prius on May 30th, 2009
Toyota of Japan has an in-house tuning division called Modellista. You can liken this to Nissan’s Nismo or Mazdaspeed. To go along with the official release of the new 2010 Prius, you can now buy some sweet looking body kits from Modellista.
There are 3 different body kits available that add some style and [...]
Posted in Prius, environment on May 27th, 2009
There are those who will argue for days that the toll the Prius takes on the environment is greater than a non-hybrid powered car. They argue that the resources and materials it takes to create the hybrid system, more importantly the nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH) battery pack, is very harmful to mother earth. Well we will [...]
Posted in Accessories, MPG, Prius on May 27th, 2009
Doubling the gas mileage you get out of Toyota Prius would be nice! Well you can turn your little fuel efficient car in to a hard-core gas sipping, fuel saving beast with the addition of a Hymotion Plug-In kit for the Toyota Prius. The more your Prius can run in EV mode the better your [...]
Posted in Prius on May 21st, 2009
So the big news is that the cost of the 2010 Toyota Prius will be cheaper than the 2009 model was; but only by a $100. Honda of course undercut Toyota by not only releasing the Insight, a car that looks almost exactly like the Prius, but they offer the Hybrid at a cheaper price. [...]
Posted in Accessories, Prius on May 15th, 2009
It is only inevitable that Prius owners would want to start adding parts to their cars. I think this is ingrained in every car buff’s DNA. The first and second generation Prius’ look about as boring as you can get. And there is really no aftermarket support for this car; seems a little strange since [...]
Posted in Car Review, Ford Hybrid, Prius on May 13th, 2009
Forget Ultimate Fighting; the real no holds barred fight to the finish pits the new Ford Fusion vs. the reigning champion Toyota Prius. Only one can emerge, so who will be victorious and who will die a horribly painful nationally televised death? Ok, so I got a little excited. But this is the Hybrid challenge [...]