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Motor racing icon Chris Amon drove the winning Prius and Trans-Tasman motoring writer Brian Cowan lifted the second Prius entry from third to equal second outright on the last day.

Both Prius drivers bettered the vehicle’s official ADR 81/01 (or Euro 3) fuel consumption figures of 4.4L/100km over the four days of the EnergyWise Rally 2004.

Amon and co-driver Sarah Burke averaged 4.02 litres/100km (70.3 miles per gallon) over the route, which took in much of New Zealand’s North Island.

Cowan and co-driver Rachael Tucker (Miss Earth NZ) averaged 4.39 litres/100km (64.4mpg).

The EnergyWise Rally, from November 2-5 was designed as a real-world driving test, with drivers aiming to better their vehicle’s official ADR 81/01 fuel consumption figures.

The biennial rally is an initiative of the New Zealand Motor Industry Association, supported by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority, Gull Petroleum NZ Ltd and the New Zealand Automobile Association.

According to organisers, the event’s purpose is to “highlight the low fuel consumption of new cars of all types, driven under real-world New Zealand conditions, providing results that indicate what could be achieved by vehicle owners”.

The route took cars from Auckland to Wellington and back, using an indirect course that included “city driving, twisting country roads, and everything else in between”.

Chris Amon’s motor racing career included three F1 seasons with Ferrari and a win in the Le Mans 24-Hour endurance classic in a Ford GT40.

Brian Cowan’s career in Australia and New Zealand has included editing motorcycle, motor car and trucking publications.

The Prius' hybrid synergy drive system combines a super-efficient petrol engine with a powerful electric motor and captures energy from braking to help charge its batteries, so it never needs to be plugged in to recharge.

Prius uses approximately 50 per cent less fuel based on testing to ADR81/01 on a similar sized car - slashing fuel use and hence the production of carbon dioxide. It produces approximately 90 percent less emissions than a similar sized car.