2015 Toyota NS4 Advanced Plug-In Updates, Photos & Videos!

Yes this is the inevitable truth

I think it would be in the best interest of Toyota to clarify some of the open questions we have about Gen 4 prius and NS4. Of course I too like the waiting game, browsing the web every day for news but it would be nice to have some idea about what to expect. If you think about it, everything that's been spoken about, discussed and debated on are based on pure speculation and the so called Toyota engineer leaking information. In the mean time we see Honda coming to grips with their hybrid offerings and giving away proper hints on upcoming models.

 

Very nice, smooth lines. I'd buy one or two.

DBCassidy

 

What to say about past Accord Hybrid? Was offered from 05 to 2007 as an IMA hybrid. Sold terribly. Takes Honda 7 more model years to put out a new one. I like Hondas no doubt and part of that goes back to their motorcycles and riding. 1st and 2nd motorcycles were both Hondas. Great bikes with great engines.

I've seen Toyota press release stating NS4 was to become a dedicated plug-in hybrid separate from the Prius family.

My opinion on NS4, although it looks cool and sleek and all, the greenhouse doesn't seem it could be very roomy and offer a good view from inside. Price to pay for that uber-sleek look.

Also, NS4 appears to have a very stubby front end. Do people think much about their safety in a front end collision?

 

You meet the nicest people on a Honda!

DBCassidy

 

Very cool look. Love it. What a big leap.

 

Are you sure? I always meet people driving Honda with no respect to others. Never signal to ask for merge or cut in front. Just do. We usually keep space in front and those Honda driver will take advantage of me. Shopping lanes all the time. Never have patient to follow cars. Seldom follow the rules of game. Always thinking they are the best driver driving the best car. No. They just know how to take advantage.

 

Where/when did Jim Lentz say that.. I've gone looking for it and can find no formal statements on toyota site nor quotes by Lentz.

 

Yep, review the Honda ads of the '60's and early '70's.

DBCassidy

 

That is really COOL! Toyota will be a global leader once again.

DBCassidy

 

This seems to be the most recent news on the NS4. Production still seems up in the air.

Video: Toyota NS4 Plug-In Shows Up In Buenos Aires

 

If even the company is saying it is now up in the air you can probably take that to mean that it most likely won't get made. Just my opinion.

 

Vast majority of people don't want a car that looks like NS4. They want Camrys, Accords, Altimas, Civics, Corollas, Fusions, Focus, Sonata, Optimas, Malibus, Cruze, etc.... that's what sells in record numbers every month in US.

I don't want to be in a car that I think would be hard to see out of (NS4).

 

>> Vast majority of people don't want a car that looks like NS4

What evidence do you have in support of this claim? Did you (or someone else) conduct a survey ? I really don't mind when people speak their mind out but making personal opinion sound like established fact is totally unacceptable.

BTW: Some would consider the Toyota Prius G3, to be a car within limited all-round visibility and I tend to agree with this view but that didn't stop it becoming the 3rd best selling car in the world.

 

Not going to speak for global sales, but here's what US buys for passenger cars. About same very month. Only car I know of like NS4 front end is Prius.

June 2013 U.S. Passenger Car Sales Rankings - Top 151 Best-Selling Cars In America - Every Car Ranked - GOOD CAR BAD CAR

30k+ of these sold every month here -



I'll wager they sell a few hundred a month of these plug-in hybrids at $40k. I think those qualify as 'mail slot' windows.

 

I'll take the NS4 just the way it is.

 

>> 30k+ of these sold every month here

I don't think Toyota will be just after selling numbers with Hybrids -at least not yet. They have the Corollas Camrys and Avensis for that.

And yes, outside visibility on the NS4 would be slightly less than-normal but the designers have done a fantastic job of concealing the elevated internals at the back due to hybrid battery.

Actually I would bet if the NS4 was available today alongside the regular Gen 3 Prius, both cars with the exact same technology, it would out sell the Prius. On the other hand, let's say it doesn't sell as well as the Prius, Toyota will still consider it a win as they managed to sell a hybrid car to a customer who didn't quite like the Prius.

Now when can I pre-order a NS4