Earlier this month, Toyota launched its Prius hybrid car to the European press in Stockholm. Two weeks on and the first reviews are out - so what do the journalists think?

We’re a few days in to our time with the smart blue Prius that we’re test driving, and we’ve already put a variety of drivers behind the wheel and passengers in the seats surrounding them. I’m yet to get hold of the keys, but while I’m looking forward to my turn I’m not too jealous [...]

If you read yesterday’s post, you’ll know that at the end of day one we’d covered 308.3 miles to spend the night in Gloucester, our 12th city. But the prospects for day two didn’t seem good. With just two of six segments remaining on the fuel gauge, and both of us anxious not to have [...]

Two days ago we set out to see how far we could drive iQ on a single tank of fuel.
In theory, we should have been able to cover 462 miles, but we chose a route around England and Wales that aimed to take the city car to 18 cities. And we wouldn’t just be waving [...]

Thanks very much to everyone who followed and supported us - we had a great time!
UPDATE: 16.15 Wednesday 28 January 09
The boys finally had to call it a day on a lay-by just outside Oxford a couple of minutes ago. They’ve managed to get 504.2 miles out of their single tank of fuel, and tagged [...]

8pm, Tuesday 27 January 09 UPDATE: Simon and Mark have just reached Cardiff, having tagged Chichester, Portsmouth, Southampton, Winchester, Salisbury, Wells, Bath and Bristol en route (and got a picture in each town to prove it). Including Brighton - where they started the journey - that’s 10 of our 18 cities. As they head towards [...]