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 Some cars pay the price for success - and even though the Toyota Prius has earned worldwide recognition and broken down boundaries for green cars, it has obtained something of a fuddy duddy image.

However, Toyota has plans to change all that with the next generation of the sought-after model, which will retain the petrol hybrid concept but be cleaner and a lot more stylish than its predecessor.

Speaking about the plans for the vehicle, Toyota GM managing director Miguel Fonseca said: It will be cleaner, with CO2 emissions below 100g/km. We could have gone lower, but instead we have chosen to give the Prius better performance.

There are no plans however, for a diesel hybrid. Even though numerous competitors have gone down that route, Toyota believes that the high price of diesel... // TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk