About 18 months ago, I bought a 2002 Prius for what was a pretty good deal at the time - about $6,500 (I always buy used). But since then I've spent more than $3,600 in repairs ($2,000 to replace the ...

Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 340,000 gas-electric hybrid Prius cars around the world, 212,000 of them in Japan and 94,000 in North America, for a defect in their parking brakes Yuri Kageyama, AP ...

The Toyota Prius was launched in the U.S. in 2001, and didn't initially garner much success, with only 15,000 units sold its first year. However, the automaker has made several improvements over the ...

Toyota's Prius Plug-In Hybrid addresses several problems drivers had with older Prius models. Surprisingly, the new Prius is a pleasure to drive, and even quicker than some popular gas car models.