prius

Toyota confirms photos making the rounds of the interwebz are are indeed shots of the 2010 Prius that no one was supposed to see until the Detroit auto show in January.

Honda's watched from the sidelines for the better part of a decade as the Toyota Prius left its hybrids in the dust to become the must-have ride of the green set.

Toyota said Friday that nothing had been decided yet on using its California joint venture plant with General Motors to produce its Prius hybrid — a move that would mark the first North American plant for the hit "green" car.

Here’s the type of conundrum that Wendy Richardson often finds herself debating: If she is three miles from her office and realizes she has forgotten her reusable water bottle, is it more environmentally friendly to drive her Toyota Prius hybrid back to get it, or to walk 100 feet to a convenience store and buy a bottle of water?

What do women find sexy? Hybrids. They're chick magnets. So says a survey by General Motors that found nearly nine in 10 women would rather talk to a guy in a Prius than a Porsche.

Dumping the SUV in favor of an econobox would make you more popular at parties, too.

After teasing us for days with tightly cropped photos of the Quaranta solar-assisted hybrid supercar concept it's bringing to the Geneva Motor Show, Italdesign Giugiaro has given the first good look at it.

All we can say is cover it back up, please.