Gen 5 Prius and Prius Prime owners thread

They are installed by the dealer only if the state requires it.

You don't have an option if the state requires it. You will be ticketed even by parking enforcement if you don't have a front license plate and sent to inspection. It happened to me in California. For some reason, the previous owner had not installed the front license plate. Perhaps because the original owner was from Florida and he never installed it when he brought the car to California and got California license plates. Georgia, too, didn't have front license plates. This is handy for tailgaters.

Japan Priuses have a button on the car that lets you take the photos of the front license plates of the cars tailgating you and immediately and automatically report them to the police over the cellular network.

 

That is not the right license-plate aspect ratio for Japan, US, or EU. In that case, this is only a nonfunctional ornament added for car shows etc. Moreover, the production front bumper cover has a different shape than in the video.

 

Japan and US plates have about the same aspect ratio; so, it doesn't match the Japan or US plates or the EU plates.

 

This wouldn't make sense as it is longer than the Japan and US plates and therefore would bulge from the sides. It is not a European mount either (see the picture below). In any case, it is a moot issue, as the production front bumper cover has a different shape than in this video, such as different lips, and does not have this.

 

Comparing the video and the actual pic here, it seems to be longer than both the US and Japan plates and would bulge from the sides. Moreover, it sits deeper than the bumper-cover lip below it, and it wouldn't quite work as a result, as the plate would hit the lip and sit at an angle. Note that this lip is gone in the production front bumper cover.

These could simply be ornaments for car shows then. They can't be intended for production because they lack holes with metal clips for the threads. They don't seem to be molded on the bumper cover but to be a separate piece installed on the bumper cover. In any case, it is a rather moot issue.

 

The bumper lip in the video with my screenshot appears different. It appears to protrude under the plate holder. However, that could appear so because the plate holder is thinner. It appears to have a painted plate holder screwed on over the lip. The yellow Prius in your picture has a regular black plate holder screwed on instead, and the lip does not appear to protrude under the plate holder.

I doubt they are molded into the bumper cover. It would be hard to mold something like that in front of a bumper cover. Bumper covers have very simple shapes.

My best guess: They installed blank plates on the plate holders and then painted them over so that they would look good in showrooms and promotional videos.

Here is the pic of the regular Prius from the same LA auto show. The blank license plate attached to the holder is also painted over, and you can barely see the screws under the paint. So, in fact, they probably took a can of spray paint and painted over the license-plate holder, blank license plate, and screws so that it would look good in the showrooms.



All this is is a moot issue.

 

Thanks! Great comparison pics!!

I will get my midnight-black 2023 Prius Prime SE as early as May.

Did they forget to install the rear license-plate mount? See the pic in the previous page.

What are the recommended tire pressures on the tire placard? Could you post a close-up of the tire and wheel? Could you post some seat pics? Does the taillight light bar light?

 

Thanks for the pics!

Fabric seats are looking great, and the smaller-display size looks plenty! Hubcaps are nice and futuristic, I think.

It is interesting that they have both Toyo and Bridgestone tires on the LE. Could you check if the maximum cold pressure is 51 psi on the Bridgestone as well?