The Toyota family of hybrid vehicles includes a new generation of members that are excelling at performance, elegance and comfort. Over the past two weekends, this media outlet got the opportunity to test drive two of them — the 2016 RAV4 and Prius — confirming that for many reasons, their sticker price is a long-term investment that pays off.
NEW YORK — Although Toyota has had a “fantastic reputation for value and quality,” a self-critical assessment has driven the automaker to work on “bringing the passion” out of its vehicles to appeal to a new generation of buyers, Bob Carter, the executive responsible for the automaker’s operations in North America, which include the U.S. mainland, Puerto Rico and Canada, said.
NEW YORK — Some of the world’s largest automakers gathered in this city this week to roll out their latest models, many of which build upon hybrid, electric and plug-in technologies.
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