4th generation coming 2015!

To me, the best part was a photo of Gen3 concept art (similar to my profile pic) signed by the Gen3 chief engineer!

 

Time to wait.
Time to wait..
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I just remember the utter (not) entusiasm from the toyota reps at the Philly auto show when questioned about the Gen4….

Blah, Blah, Blah! errr…shrug, shrug,shrug….



……."so you have nothing"?


Ok…


Thanks…


lol...

 

So, the Prius Team is blown away with an image of the 4th gen ..... ok. Let's see (in a fewww months) if the car will 'blow away' mainly Prius enthusiasts, or will it blow away Prius enthusiasts plus a whole lot more ordinary car shoppers who have never bought any type of advanced technology car before.

 

...but, wait, will the new 'Green' Prii be available in other colours too (wink, wink, wink)?

 

I was being sarcastic. I was saying I'm ready for one too.

 

I love your post cycledrum. "Blown away" could very easily have a negative interpretation.

Here is my question: What else would you expect the "Prius Team" to say? I am certainly not going to base my opinion on the word of the "Marketing" firm.

Let's recap. Diane (whose opinion I have had great respect for) said the G4 "will knock your socks off." and now this, "blown away." "Knock," "blown" .... sounds like we are going to be bumped around a bit. My only concern with Diane's comment is that she MAY have seen and be referring to the design before the "big boss man" axed it and sent the designers back to the drawing board. Electing to take the positive interpretation, I am excited, and can hardly wait. But I am going to make my own judgement.

So here we are on page 196 ...... and we still know virtually nothing about a new G4, no teasers, no reliable rumors, we do not even know if will be a 2016 or even a 2017.

 

Secrecy well done. Better than the US gov.

 

Oh the suspense of it all.

Patience, Patience, Patience

It will be revealed in good time.

 

I think even the more ardent Prius supporters are hoping the next gen, after all this time, is something that more than 2% to 3% of the buying public wants. It matters only a tiny bit if the mpg is 55 or 60. In fact, most of the watchers, not buyers, would probably put styling and interior at or near the number one and two items, with another group listing fun to drive and quieter right behind those two. If Toyota could provide CMax fun to drive, modern staying to the new car, sales might be prone to double. They did more than a modest upgrade to the new Camry, in a much shorter period of time. Beautiful styling, nicer interior, quieter. If the new Prius got 5 mpg Less but had those attributes, they'd sell more. One of the drawbacks to the Cmax is that while it has many of those things, it's a bulbous "cute" vehicle. Not a large market for fugly vehicles no matter how efficient they might be. But when I saw the new wagon, I got worried about the hatchback, which will be around for years.

 

Bestmapman - Patience is admirable while waiting for bread to rise, fish to bite, or the Supreme Court to release a decision, but many automobile buyers are in the market now. Our used car values are declining because of the accumulating miles, decisions must be made about purchasing a new set of tires, and maintenance cost are rising. Life expectancy of the high voltage battery, that is now out of warranty, will become a concern in the not to distant future. Patience is doable for the casual observer. I am not anxious at all about the release date for the new Tesla. Meanwhile, the competition is certainly not waiting for Toyota to make it's move.

196 pages ago, it was suggested that the New Generation Prius is coming in 2015. While there is some debate of the intent, many supposed they meant a model year 2015. Toyota has done nothing to "feed their enthusiast." The way to keep enthusiast in the fold, is to keep their interest. The casual motorist might suspect that Toyota has stopped production of the Prius. There is very little advertising; there is absolutely nothing in automotive magazines except for articles about Toyota's hydrogen fuel, and self parking. Many of us are waiting, some not so silently, to be "blown away."

 

Great news. Hopefully I will have one by the end of the year.

 

They will be driving them in Japan months before the first one arrives in N.A.

 

Luckily, people in Japan still have cameras and can use them...peek, peek, peek.

 

Matches to idea that the Plug-in will continue unchanged for another year with 2016 production starting in July 2015.

 

It will be revealed in (double) overtime.

If Toyota came out with 4th gen Prius liftback that gets 5 MPG less, legions of people would be fuming and frothing at the mouth, ripping into Toyota. They're looking at the non PiP as a pre-cursor to next PiP and they want the MPGs.

 

So in Nov, we'll be able to track the shipping carrier on it's journey to the port.