WASHINGTON: Toyota's troubles multiplied Thursday as its flagship Prius hybrid became the latest model to be targeted in an expanding web of US investigations into safety at the Japanese auto giant.

Toyota engineers have worked hard to get the emissions that come out of the tailpipe of the Prius V down to a low level, but that doesn’t mean everything is copacetic with the car’s exhaust system. To ...

The thought of turning a commuter car like the Toyota Prius into an off-road explorer seems like a joke. The Toyota Prius is ...