Prius Prime - the interior with the 8" touch screen

I've long been wondering what the interior of the lower end Prime versions would look like. They were announced as having an 8" touchscreen instead of the available 16" screen.

Today, with the help of Hortevin from the french Hybrid Life forum, I finally found that missing piece, apparantly well hidden by the Toyota marketeers...

Hortevin had seen a video where in a glimpse, the 8" screen could be discerned at 5:54.

I made a screenshot.



Hortevin also posted an article in which he summarizes new information revealed to japanese journalists from Japan. I suggest using an on-line translator if French is an obstacle.

Asahi.com comments of a japanese testdriver
webCG.net
http://carview.yahoo.co.jp/
cliccar.com with a wealth of information on the heath pump system and the solar panels

As far as this post is concerned, I was glad to find real images:





To be compared with the available 11.6" screen:



I also found an image of the instrument cluster (2x 4.2 TFTs) where the pictogram of the HV-battery can be seen:



From my point of view, it is nice to see that the interior of the lower level Prime models is upgraded from the non plug-in version.

Jan

 

Then this video probably shows the Prime Three:

It has fabric seats, but I saw many pictures of Primes with leather seats.

It definitely has the smaller touch-screen, said in Europe to be an 8" one. I do not know for NA.

I made new screen shots, showing it a bit better, and as far I could tell, it is indeed larger then the regular 7" screen of the non plug-in Prius.



It still has buttons (visible here at the bottom right) and a CD slot.

A few seconds later, there is a zoom:



in which the CD slot is fully visible, but also part of the area used for displaying the infotainment items.

Now let's compare the first shot and the zoom with a picture of the 7" screen of the normal Prius



Would you agree with me, that the border between the image displaying part and the right-side edge of the unit is slimmer ? Also, it appears to me it is a bit larger, relative to the CD slot, which together, would be in agreement with an 8" display surface.

What do you think ?

I find it utterly amazing (to use friendly words) that Toyota makes such a secret about this, putting all its marketing into an item which is optional. I hope this will not bring a lot of disappointment about possible clients.

@pc Staff. Could some of the staff members possibly signal this issue and request clarification with images showing the info that will be displayed on the standard screen at their earliest convenience? Just common sense to me!!

Jan

 

Great! I rather believe additional infotainment which needs to be put may need a larger, dedicated display.
I do not know of any country receiving a larger then 7" display for Gen4. In Japan, there is an interesting after-market 9" display:



available here. Thanks to Hortevin from HybridLife for that info!



Here in Europe, it is official: we will not get the 11.6" screen. That's also why our Prius community is eager to know the specs of what we'll get. It is already saddening enough we don't get it!

Jan

 

I buy that! That looks great to me. Japanese are lucky.

Jan