One week is all it took for James Martin, chef, TV presenter and self-confessed petrolhead, to appreciate the benefits of Toyota’s newest full hybrid, Auris HSD…

It’s six months since the new Prius was launched to the media, so we thought now would be a good time to gather together the opinions of some of our leading motoring journalists.

Here’s some light relief for you all: we just came across this video of the very funny Robert Llewellyn reviewing the third-generation Prius - as he washes it.
Enjoy, and have a good weekend!

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?

Earlier in the week we’d started to see iQ cropping up on a number of year-end lists. There’s always a rash of these as one year makes way for another, and we’re seeing plenty more as 2009 gets underway.
The Sun, which says that superminis and city cars will be a hit this year, tips iQ [...]

2008 is down, but not out, and we have just a little longer to wait for iQ’s UK launch.
Meanwhile, various bloggers and journalists are turning out ‘best of 2008′ lists, and iQ’s a fairly frequent feature.
One NowPublic contributor has come up with a list of 10 cute little cars. iQ also features in TreeHugger’s Green [...]