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11-27-2009, 03:16 PM
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/Australian_flag.jpg 2010 Prius receives a well deserved accolade amongst the maelstrom its parent Toyota has experienced as of late. (cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?p=243434)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/2010_Austrailian_Toyota_Prius-III_.jpgWayne Gerdes - CleanMPG (cleanmpg.com) - Nov. 27, 2009
2010 Australian Toyota Prius-III – right hand drive for the left side of the road.
The Fairfax media group has presented Toyota's fuel-efficient third-generation Prius with its first two major Australian awards.
Nine of Australia's most senior motoring journalists have voted Prius as the winner of a prestigious Green Innovation Award, as well as People's Choice Award.
The awards, presented by Fairfax Drive national motoring editor Toby Hagon acknowledges the environmental credentials of the latest Prius, which was launched in Australia in July.
The People's Choice Award was voted by readers of the Fairfax Drive online and newspaper publications.
Judges said Prius was an innovative and practical family car that continued to set a benchmark for fuel-efficient motoring. They added that Toyota was instrumental in developing hybrid technology and making it popular – to the point where most major carmakers are now following suit. Despite its critics, Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive technology makes a sizeable step towards more efficient motoring. This is a factor that is becoming more relevant every day, they said.
As a result, Prius has developed over the years into a practical, innovative family car.
“The iconic Prius now has more mainstream acceptance,” said Toyota Australia's manager of hybrid sales and fleet strategy Vic Johnston while accepting the awards. “He says new-generation Prius has reinvented the transition of passenger cars from conventional power to hybrid delivery.”
Toyota's view is that the success and acceptance of Prius is based on a greater understanding of the compelling need to save fuel and reduce the impact of driving on the environment.
The award comes as Toyota Australia gears up for a significant boost in hybrid sales with the upcoming launch of Camry Hybrid. Camry sedans, powered by an efficient gasoline engine working in tandem with a powerful electric motor, will arrive in Toyota showrooms in February 2010.
The Camry Hybrid will make history as the first hybrid car to be produced in Australia – and it will set a new benchmark for fuel-efficiency among locally built cars.
Last month, the 2010 Prius won its first major international award, being named Japanese Car of the Year. The Japan Automobile Dealers Association says Prius has been Japan's best-selling car in each of the past six months and reached an all-time high of 31,758 sales in September, accounting for better than one-in-10 of all automobile sales in Japan.
Combined power from the 1.8L gasoline engine and electric motors in Prius has been improved to 134 HP representing a 21 percent improvement from the previous generation. At the same time, fuel economy has been improved more than 11 percent to just 60.3 mpgUS combined on the ADR/NEDC.
Toyota has now delivered more than 1.5 million Prius’ globally including 14,000 in Australia.
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/2010_Austrailian_Toyota_Prius-III_.jpgWayne Gerdes - CleanMPG (cleanmpg.com) - Nov. 27, 2009
2010 Australian Toyota Prius-III – right hand drive for the left side of the road.
The Fairfax media group has presented Toyota's fuel-efficient third-generation Prius with its first two major Australian awards.
Nine of Australia's most senior motoring journalists have voted Prius as the winner of a prestigious Green Innovation Award, as well as People's Choice Award.
The awards, presented by Fairfax Drive national motoring editor Toby Hagon acknowledges the environmental credentials of the latest Prius, which was launched in Australia in July.
The People's Choice Award was voted by readers of the Fairfax Drive online and newspaper publications.
Judges said Prius was an innovative and practical family car that continued to set a benchmark for fuel-efficient motoring. They added that Toyota was instrumental in developing hybrid technology and making it popular – to the point where most major carmakers are now following suit. Despite its critics, Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive technology makes a sizeable step towards more efficient motoring. This is a factor that is becoming more relevant every day, they said.
As a result, Prius has developed over the years into a practical, innovative family car.
“The iconic Prius now has more mainstream acceptance,” said Toyota Australia's manager of hybrid sales and fleet strategy Vic Johnston while accepting the awards. “He says new-generation Prius has reinvented the transition of passenger cars from conventional power to hybrid delivery.”
Toyota's view is that the success and acceptance of Prius is based on a greater understanding of the compelling need to save fuel and reduce the impact of driving on the environment.
The award comes as Toyota Australia gears up for a significant boost in hybrid sales with the upcoming launch of Camry Hybrid. Camry sedans, powered by an efficient gasoline engine working in tandem with a powerful electric motor, will arrive in Toyota showrooms in February 2010.
The Camry Hybrid will make history as the first hybrid car to be produced in Australia – and it will set a new benchmark for fuel-efficiency among locally built cars.
Last month, the 2010 Prius won its first major international award, being named Japanese Car of the Year. The Japan Automobile Dealers Association says Prius has been Japan's best-selling car in each of the past six months and reached an all-time high of 31,758 sales in September, accounting for better than one-in-10 of all automobile sales in Japan.
Combined power from the 1.8L gasoline engine and electric motors in Prius has been improved to 134 HP representing a 21 percent improvement from the previous generation. At the same time, fuel economy has been improved more than 11 percent to just 60.3 mpgUS combined on the ADR/NEDC.
Toyota has now delivered more than 1.5 million Prius’ globally including 14,000 in Australia.