Posted on 10/16/2008 3:00:26 PM PDT by RayChuang88
The camouflage on the new Prius has come off a little sooner than Toyota had planned.
We've known for quite a while that Toyota was going to bring the new Prius to the Detroit auto show next January. And there's been no shortage of spy shots of well-covered prototypes. But the new Prius has gone naked.
The fans at priuschat.com posted pix of what was claimed to be redesigned Prius. And guess what? Toyota PR confirms that the photos are legit, although they won't say anything else about them.
(Excerpt) Read more at autoweek.com ...
Compared to the current model, it's more an evolved external design, with the biggest change being the switch to the Toyota corporate nose design found now on the Toyota Yaris hatchback and current Corolla sedan sold in the USA. But interior-wise, there are a lot of changes, especially with the completely redone interior (see picture here):
...and a much-revised Hybrid Synergy Drive drivetrain with more power and better fuel economy at the same time.
...and its still ugly!
“...and its still ugly!”
Yeah.
It still looks like ass!
And I still think greenie whacko when I see one.
Even though I know some conservatives get excited about this stuff. I’ll stick with my Vette.
It still looks like a Dust-buster in swarch of its handle, only with less power than a dust-buster.
That little thing sticking out of the console looks, uhhhh, obscene.
Ugly is a liberal virtue.
I’m 6’4”, how the heck do you fit in that ugly thing?
Genius, that way it gets really good gas mileage.
Honda has a clone coming out too. What is sad is Ford and GM (Opel) have modern direct injection diesels in Europe that get better mileage than the current and new and improved Prius.
The Dems are blocking importation of them. These new diesels are cleaner, quieter and fast. BMW, Audi, Mercedes, Puegeot, Renault, Honda, Fiat also have euro diesels.
Ford has a diesel Focus that gets about 55 mpg. It was just named the Greenest Family Car in the UK.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/3202438/Ford-Focus-named-greenest-family-car.html
New Ford Fiesta gets 65 mpg
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_37/b4099060491065.htm?chan=autos_autos+—+lifestyle+subindex+page_top+stories
A diesel Fiesta probably could get 75 mpg.
“That little thing sticking out of the console looks, uhhhh, obscene.”
I hate Japanese shifters. This one is only second in stupidity to the Honda Civic Si shifter sticking out of the dashboard.
I’m the prime demographic for the Pontiac G8, but I will never buy one until they give the hypo version a manual shifter. I hate fruity paddle shifters by the steering wheel. I don’t care if Ferraris have them. Is a 4 (5 or 6) on the floor, with a grinning skull shift knob, too much to ask?
*sigh* I am such a dinosaur.
Yep, agree....they need to make a 2 seater sport / commuter version and a grocery getter version . This 2010 recipe doesn’t even meet the grocery getter job IMO !
Cheap energy and green money saved doesn’t have to be butt ugly toyota ! Lose the golf cart sized wheels, cleaner lines etc ......yuk !
Good news and bad news. The good news is that you’ll fit easily. The bad news is that your amputated legs will be in the trunk.
The seats are all the way up in that picture. I own one. It has plenty of leg room.
I know that it is fun to make fun of the Prius and the whacky people that own them, but I really like mine.
“Ugly is a liberal virtue.” Hehehehe.
That thing is UGLY. I will pass.
“The new Priussss!”
That interior looks.... cozy. Probably comfortable for anyone under 4 feet tall.
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