The manufacturer accuse that the car is not so harmless and economic as confirms Toyota. Marketing agency CNW Marketing-Research independent and rather respected in the North America has carried out the research which purpose was to find out cost of power inputs on one mile of run of the car. According to data CNW Marketing-Research, Prius it has appeared not such «Green car» as it was considered to be. By estimates of analysts of agency, cost of power inputs on one mile of run Prius makes 3,25 US dollars on 100 000 miles. For comparison the similar indicator for Hummer H2 is resulted. It makes only 1 dollar of 95 cents, and on 300 000 miles!

To protect the car from a growing shaft of criticism it was necessary to representatives of management Toyota in the USA - with the statement Bill Rejnert (Bill Reinert), the manager of North American division of high technologies Toyota has acted. As he said, CNW Marketing-Research has not given techniques on which the estimation was spent, and therefore it is possible to consider it unjustified. If techniques have been given, considers Raynert, unfavourable for Prius conclusions would be unequivocally denied.

It is necessary to notice, that Toyota not a unique motor-car manufacturer, whose “hybrids” even more often are exposed to criticism. For example, Honda and model Civic Hybrid has been accused by the American consumers that the run declared in an advertising campaign on one gallon of fuel mismatches the validity. The company declared, that Civic Hybrid in a condition to pass on one tank of fuel of 650 miles (almost 1050 kilometres), that is profitability of the car should make 51 mile/gallon consumers Accusing the company assert, that in a reality this indicator makes only 32 miles/gallons.