Did you know that you can help the environment simply by choosing to buy the Toyota certified pre-owned cars at a local dealer instead of the new ones? It’s true!

Certified pre-owned cars are ideal for helping the environment for one main reason: The amount of energy needed to create a new car. Sure, a brand new Toyota Prius can get nearly 50 mpg. But did you know that it takes nearly 113 million BTUs of energy to manufacture a Prius? That takes nearly 1,000 gallons of fuel before it even rolls off the production line!

The good news is that a new Toyota Prius makes up for this fuel usage right around the time it hits the 50,000 mile mark. And since they can go for 150,000 or more miles, it really makes up for the initial energy usage after the first 50,000 miles.

But certified pre-owned cars are ideal in that they have already made up for the energy deficit. As such, it doesn’t take any new energy to create them. Your local Toyota certified pre-owned cars dealer has many of these available for you today. They are fuel-efficient and they have many other eco-friendly advantages that some of the newer brands have. Visit one today and see for yourself!