asimba2
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TomT said:Probably also a record for the slowest lap ever! It's amazing what stupid ideas marketing can come up with... :lol:
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I bet the crowd was going wild.
TomT said:Probably also a record for the slowest lap ever! It's amazing what stupid ideas marketing can come up with... :lol:
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(I've personally met two people who post as Prius Team and it was via that user that I was invited to the Gen 3 (2010) Prius unveiling.)Hello All,
Wanted to give all of you a quick update that the current generation of Prius Plug-in Hybrid will cease production in June. We are hard at work developing the next generation Prius Plug-in Hybrid and we are looking forward to sharing more details with you as we approach our launch date.
You, and our dealers, are the first to know today.
Thanks for all of your continued support.
Nathan Kokes
Advanced Technology Vehicle Marketing
Toyota Motor Sales, USA
Prius Team, Tuesday at 9:02 PM
asimba2 said:I bet the crowd was going wild.TomT said:Probably also a record for the slowest lap ever! It's amazing what stupid ideas marketing can come up with... :lol:
GRA said:Obviously not a PiP, but I saw my first Gen 4 Prius last night, and the rear end's just as hideous in person as it is in pictures.
FWIW, I found that the Gen 3 Prius (2010-2015 model years) was the pinnacle of Prius styling and not particularly ugly. But yeah, I've seen Gen 4 in person and unfortunately, finds its styling to be ummm... weird, at best. And yeah, the tail is not good.TomT said:Yep, it is amazing how Toyota can take a car that was never attractive and make it even more ugly! And I still hate that stupid center dashboard idea...
GRA said:Obviously not a PiP, but I saw my first Gen 4 Prius last night, and the rear end's just as hideous in person as it is in pictures.
FWIW, I found that the Gen 3 Prius (2010-2015 model years) was the pinnacle of Prius styling and not particularly ugly.
Personally, I've never found the looks of the Gen 2 and Gen 3 objectionable (I like the latter), and have always felt that much of the scorn directed at its looks was based more on ideology (not in Tom's case), i.e. what the car is and isn't. My main objection to the car was that it sacrificed every other driving quality in the pursuit of maximum efficiency, and finally they've realized that paying at least some attention to NVH, ride, handling, acceleration, braking, and steering feel is necessary to expand the Prius' market beyond the penny-pinching/green crowd. Unfortunately, they've chosen to wrap those improvements in a body that causes many people to run screaming from it in horror, so they'll never get to experience them!cwerdna said:FWIW, I found that the Gen 3 Prius (2010-2015 model years) was the pinnacle of Prius styling and not particularly ugly. But yeah, I've seen Gen 4 in person and unfortunately, finds its styling to be ummm... weird, at best. And yeah, the tail is not good.TomT said:Yep, it is amazing how Toyota can take a car that was never attractive and make it even more ugly! And I still hate that stupid center dashboard idea...GRA said:Obviously not a PiP, but I saw my first Gen 4 Prius last night, and the rear end's just as hideous in person as it is in pictures.
Per http://www.autonews.com/article/20151123/OEM03/311239985/how-toyota-channeled-lady-gaga-in-primping-the-prius, they were channeling Lady Gaga. I don't think Toyota can be accused of being too conservative w/Gen 4 Prius styling.
(FWIW, I've had my Gen 2 Prius since I bought it new in Jan 2006. Even I admit it's a bit funny looking.)
LeftieBiker said:Yes, it seems that we have a lot of them left in this region as well. It's frustrating: it would be a great replacement for the PIP, with tons more EV range, electric heater - if only it didn't have that squashed, cramped body...
I agree, owning a Prius and really liking almost everything about it, it makes me mad they didn't give us at least 50 or even 40 miles of EV range on the Prime, it's almost like they want to make it good......but not too good to be able hardly ever touch a stinky gas nozzle! Don't get me wrong, I appreciated the jump from the original PIP which IMO was a joke(sorry Leftie) and would never entice me to leave our regular Prius, it's just if the Prime had doubled the size(or at least given that option for a premium) of the battery it would be so much more practical.BrockWI said:Yes, if the Prime had ~50 miles range on electric I wouldn't be considering other vehicles, but the majority of our daily driving is at least 50 miles, but then there is the twice a month or so 250 or 400 mile round trip jaunts.
Slide the passenger seat all the forward and then recline it all the way back till it hits the bottom cushion of the back seat Allows you to carry up to '11 foot material(if put carefully on the dash, be careful to not let it hit the windshield). Do it all the time, our Prius is a little hauler in fact tomorrow morning it's going to carry a 50-gallon bad water heater to a recycling event. I haven't loaded it yet but I'm pretty confident it will work......who needs a f'ing truckLeftieBiker said:Believe me, I complain abut our PIP all the time. Last night I was hauling 8' planks in it, and because the front passenger seat won't fold all the way forward, I had to leave planks sticking out the rear, with the hatch bungeed. The car treated me to both the interior slights staying on (with no way to turn them off) and constant loud beeping, all the way home. That did distract me from the lack of a heated steering wheel, anyway...
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