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On the same day Toyota Motor officials sought to debunk the theory that its cars' electronics were the source of their sudden unintended acceleration problems, the driver of a Toyota Prius hybrid ...
The Toyota Prius liftback, with 147,503 units sold, was the best selling hybrid in 2012, the Prius v ranked third with 40,669 units, and the Prius c was fourth with 35,733 units. [147] Toyota USA estimated that sales of its hybrids models in 2012 would represent 14% of total Toyota sales in the country. [ 149 ]
The Toyota Prius (XW10) is a subcompact hybrid car that was produced by Toyota between 1997 and 2003 in Japan. [2] The XW10 is divided into the NHW10 and its NHW11 counterpart, both of which represent the first generation of Prius series. The Toyota Prius is the first mass-produced hybrid car, and was released 2 years ahead of other ...
[92] On February 3, 2010, the Japanese Transport Ministry began investigating the redesigned Prius, [93] and Toyota said that it was aware of 77 Prius brake complaints in Japan. [94] On February 4, 2010, the NHTSA announced it had opened an investigation into the issues with the Prius's brakes, [ 95 ] which Toyota said was caused by a software ...
The Prius Prime grips the skidpad at 0.84 g and stops from 70 mph in 179 feet, while the standard Prius beats those numbers with an 0.87 g skidpad result and a 70-mph stop of 194 feet. Fuel ...
Toyota was also forced to pay a total of $66.2 million in fines to the Department of Transportation for failing to handle recalls properly and $25.5 million to Toyota shareholders whose stock lost value due to recalls. Nearly 400 wrongful-death and personal injury cases were also privately settled by Toyota as a result of unintended acceleration.
Prius Prius Prius Prius Camry Highlander Highlander; Release date December 1997 2000 (worldwide) August 2003 May 2009 (Japan) June 2009 (US) December 2015 May 2006 July 2005 September 2007 US model year: 2001–2003 2004–2009 2010–2015 2016– 2007– 2005–2007 2008– Base price US$19,995: US$22,000: US$22,000: US$24,685: US$26,480: US ...
In 2005, Toyota had to fix a software glitch that caused the Prius' engine to enter "limp" mode with electric-only operation, following 68 stall complaints in the U.S. out of 160,000 worldwide sales. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] In June 2006, Toyota also recalled about 170,000 Prius models from 2004 to 2006 due to a faulty intermediate shaft and sliding yoke ...