There are goals, and then there are stretch goals. Debuting at the 1995 Tokyo Motor Show, the Toyota Prius concept was a world-changing example of the latter.
It was created to satisfy a seemingly outrageous executive mandate to build a car that would double conventional fuel efficiency. Arriving in the US in 2000 and Australia in 2001, the world’s first production hybrid model hit its target – and signalled a new era.
