Talkin' 'bout my generation

The 'plus' generation? Hmm...

 

I was thinking of an obesity epidemic, but yeah, that too.

 

In Europe it is 2009... so I would say # 4.

 

Due to the general public ignorance of "generations" of Prius, and the apparent disagreement over whether to count the 1997 Japanese Prius or not (the 2010 is actually the fourth generation: 1997 Japanese; 2001, 2004, 2010) I'd suggest just "2010 Prius." Or, if you must, "2010 and later Prius"

Of course, I'm unlikely ever to even look in the 2010 forum. Now that I only drive my Prius to Canada (once each summer) and to the airport, I expect my trusty 2004 to last until I can no longer drive. (Oh, I'll drive it once a month or so just to keep it from rusting.)

 

Lets stop and think about how you search for info on cars you are not familiar with. Usually you don't know which generation is allocated too a specific year so searches usually consist of the model year of interest followed by the model name e.g. "2011 Prius" or "Prius 2011" this may be followed by specific inquiries like "battery lifespan" or "F8L's bad nice person 2005".

I think the Generation stuff should be secondary so it doesn't confuse random internet search engines. I started thinking about this when I title my posts when I started noticing that pictures of my car often show up in google image searches for various upgrades like lowering or wheels.

 

Gen 3 Prius...


This post counts.

 

C'mon, F8L. 'Prius' and 'bad nice person' in the same sentence?

I liked John1701's definitions for the generations. I think they were 'classic' for the first-to-North-America one, and 'iconic' for the 2004-2009. I don't recall the name for the third - maybe it was 'next generation', John being an obvious Star Trek fan.

 

"Classic" and "Iconic" (as well as "Next Generation" and maybe "Original" for the 1997) will mean nothing at all to someone searching for information on a car they don't yet know anything about other than that it's a hybrid (maybe).

I like John's labels for our use. But if we are thinking of search engines, as Danny specified, those terms would be poor choices.

 

I'm just tired of everyone calling the Prius and other fuel efficient cars cute. Grr

 

My Xebra has been called cute, but nobody within my hearing has ever called the Prius "cute." Some have called it ugly, but never cute. Nobody has ever called my Tesla cute either, though some have called it beautiful, and just yesterday someone said it looked mean. But I think he didn't realize it is electric.

 

opcorn:

 

Gen <n> (<start_year>{+|-<end_year>})

<n> is a digit

Bonus points for an individual redirect link for each model year.

 

Because it is bad marketing to anyone but treehuggers and Asians. We need to use more masculine terms so we can interest those who normally go for trucks and muscle cars. I know it's a pipe dream but I don't like thinking of my car as simply cute. : p

 

The Prius is not a truck and it's not a muscle car. It's never going to appeal to those people until they can no longer afford to gas up their monstrosities. How about calling it efficient? That's what it is, and that's what's going to sell it. In fact, I'm sure that's what does sell it to the mainstream car buyer. I do not consider it cute. My Xebra is cute. The Prius is slightly unattractive, but to me function is more important.

 

I sold my Corvette and an 800hp 4x4 truck for the Prius and could afford the gas.