Prius V & Lexus CT200h= Same vehicle?

The Lex is smaller than the prius and has according to toyota improved handling as well as more luxury. The Prius v is larger, with inherant worse handling and slower acceleration. Both use the same drive train as the gen III prius.

 

What about premium fuel? Most Lexi use premium fuel which adds 15-20% to gas cost.

 

CT200h uses regular 87 Octane gas.

CT200h suspension is superior (fully independent in the back). Driver sit lower on the ground also. It also has horizontal shock absorbers to reduce vibration noise from very stiff frame. Very interesting stuffs.

CT200h has Sports mode. It is not the same as Power mode. Sports mode keeps the gas engine RPM higher and changes steering ratio along with the dash color. Prius Power mode simply remaps the throttle pedal sensitivity.

 

Besides the points already mentioned, they don't have the same EPA estimate. http://pressroom.toyota.com/pr/tms/lexus/document/Lexus_MY11_Vehicle_Summary.pdf?ncid=20088 says it's rated 43/40, 42 combined whereas the 3rd gen Prius is rated 51/48, 50 combined.

Personally, I think the exterior styling of the CT200h is much worse than the Prius. I haven't personally checked seen the interior (only photos), but I'm sure the interior quality is much better. For my money, if I were in the market, I doubt I'd buy the Lexus.

From looking at Showroom | Lexus: Darker Side of Green, for a higher starting MSRP, you wouldn't get a bunch of features found on standard on the V w/o paying extra (in some cases, a lot) such as leather seats, auto-dimming mirror, HomeLink transmitter, LED headlights + cleaner, and heated seats. If you want to add nav to the CT200h, it requires you to get a bunch of other packages, making it $5325 extra just to get nav vs. $2480 extra.

 

Not even close to each other - CT is a little sport hatch hottie, v will be a family type miniwagon.

CT is a low slung vehicle with roof height of only 56". v roof height will be over 60".

The CT will not have the linear sweep from the hood through the windshield, it will have a crease at base of windshield which has a steeper angle up.

Look at the pics more closely. CT is only 170" long, v will be about 180". CT looks sporty.

Basically, the Prius v will be very much like a Mazda5. If you go see the Mazda5, you've seen the v.

The CT200h will look much more like an Audi A3 or very similar to a Mazda3 five door hatchback (I came close to buying one of those, a 2011 Grand Touring, it is a great, fun little car, but went with Accord Coupe instead).

 

Lexus had a CT200h at the SF auto show. Granted it was dolled up with F sport rims and probably some body trim, but people were hovering and hanging like little groupies. It was hot.

CT is a different vehicle for the sport, more fun to drive, look at me crowd. It is smaller than the Prius, 7" shorter and few " shorter roof height.

Regular Prius, even in five trim is more of a family type sedan car, although the new PLUS additions will hot it up a notch.

 

I believe he is talking about Prius V (FIVE). I know, confusion has already began.

 

Crap. You might be right. :/

coach81: Please clarify, are you talking about the CT 200h vs.3rd gen Prius model V (five) or the recently introduced Prius v (for versatility)?

FWIW, the CT 200h is 56.7 inches high and 170.1 inches long. The Prius v is 62.0 inches and 181.7 inches, respectively.

 

He meant the Lexus "L" emblem instead of the Toyota "Cowboy Hat" emblem. This make you a luxury car owner.

 

Good Job Toyota...already the confusion has begun. See if you are expanding a family? You don't usually want to name all the kids Darryl, as in this is Darryl and my other brother Darryl....

Prius V and Prius v with less than a model year between them? Not a good idea. As you move forward? Let's name new models with more distinction than just Capital V vs. Lower Case v.....

This confusion is going to happen a lot...

 

Both Darryl models come with identical plaid flannel upholstery.

 

Prius V is the top trim (II, III, IV or V) of the current Prius. It is now renamed to Prius Five.

Prius v is the wagon one that just announced. It is a lot bigger than CT200h. It will also have the new Entune head unit with internet apps. CT200h does not have something like that.

 

Easy, We'll retain the Gen III trim levels current scheme, and use another set of characters for the upcoming Prius.

I propose the following: " Prius \/ "


The shape is made with a forward and back slash, usually the questionmark key and the key above "enter".

It's larger (like the car), but doesn't change the name, while making the three symbols distinct:

v V \/


Easy enough? This doesn't settle the pronunciation problem, so it's not perfect. How do we distinguish them in speech? If someone comes up with a good standard, I'd love to hear it.

 

LOL, that's a great one.

 

or we could just go MILITARY on 'em

Prius v = Prius Victor