The Toyota Prius has always been a popular choice for hybrid car owners. So the recent announcement does not come as a big surprise. What is surprising, however, is the pace at which Toyota Prius has reached the sale of two million units.
The Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan and Toyota Motor Corporation Australia have recalled all their Prius vehicles immediately in a hurried affair. This is a safety measure against a reported repeat complaint on brake failure. Toyota sold about 2400 Prius vehicles in Australia and about 100000 vehicles worldwide – are all called back.
The brake failure complaints have totaled around 200 globally and luckily no serious accidents reported. The cause seems to be in the ABS management program of vehicles electronic control unit (ECU).
The setting of brake response time seems to have been distributed somehow. The resetting of the program takes about an hour at all authorized Toyota dealers who maintain test equipment. The repairs are Free of Cost to car owners.
If you think you have seen it all as far as the Hybrid cars are concerned, you have to think again. The latest from the guys at Toyota released the 2010 Toyota Prius which takes the whole sect of Hybrid cars to a whole new level of fuel efficiency and other such benefits, not to mention the fact that it is all for a good cause for the environment, over and above all the other marvelous benefits.
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There has already been three different models of the Prius kind but this latest one: 2010 has lived up to all Toyota Prius expectations leave alone the fact that Hybrid cars will never be the same again.There are a few features that has made this Prius model better than ever before; firstly the mileage benefits are tremendous in this one and yes, a better mileage performance than the previous Prius models.
Apart from this there are also the factors of brilliant handling and overall performance not to mention a stunning modern design that you will not be able to take your eyes off of. On top of all that, this latest Prius model is also the quietest of all the previous Hybrid Prius models that Toyota came out with and it also has a more spacious interior than all the previous models of cars.
From the environmentally friendly point of view, this car is among the top most environmentally friendly cars in the world right now. The plastic in fact that is used for the manufacture of the exterior of the car is completely recyclable having been made of a plastic material that is plant based and is neutral in nature and thus totally eco-friendly. The handling and the controls as mentioned before has shown superior qualities and features for example the fact that it can go to 60 mph right from zero in a matter of less than ten seconds is truly noteworthy as far as performance is concerned leave alone the other great features that the car comes with.
There is also the feature of an ECO indicator that helps the driver calculate and figure out a more economical plan of driving the car. Also, the car has been designed keeping in mind the top most requirements for safety during collision and it has met the standards surely. There are various new additional features in the car that make it so.