New for 2020: Toyota has given the familiar Prius some useful tech upgrades, as well as some extra peace of mind down the road. The former comes by way of a new infotainment system with a 7.0-inch screen and the inclusion of Apple CarPlay as well as Amazon Alexa, as well as adding Toyota’s Safety Connect to all grades. The latter comes with the company’s offering of a longer warranty covering the hybrid battery. While the cars were already known for exceptional battery life, Toyota’s boost of coverage to 10 years, 150,000 miles is a useful increase over the eight year/100,000 mile offering that the car used to offer.
Toyota didn’t bring the first hybrid to market, but with the Prius, it didn’t miss it by much. And the company certainly had the most successful one by far. It refreshed the fourth-generation car just last year, with the addition of an all-wheel drive option for the first time as well as giving the Prius new styling inside and out. That means that there aren’t significant changes this year.
The changes that Toyota did make were more than enough to help keep the Prius front and center in the minds of eco-friendly buyers not yet ready to make the jump to fully-electric just yet. That’s for the best, as the name is nearly as synonymous with the word “hybrid” as Kleenex is for facial tissue.
For this year, the Toyota Prius is offered in four trims, plus two of those, mid-range LE and XLE, can be had with a rear-mounted electric motor providing all-wheel drive. The Prius starts from $25,280 for the basic L Eco model and runs to $33,455 for a top-spec Limited trim car. All prices include $955 in destination charges.