My first up close Gen 5 Prius sighting

G5 is bigger than the G4, I've owned both.

And the G5's award-winning redesign makes it look far larger, sophisticated, aggressive, expensive, and just about any other positive adjective you could find than it's pedestrian predecessor.





Here the plucky little 2022 has all the camera angle advantages and still looks quite a bit more diminutive.

 

The gen 5 looks like an suv with all that ground clearance. What a car. I didn’t know it was this huge. I think I want something smaller. Maybe when the gen 6 comes out all ev and I have money to burn, but not if is like the gen 5, too big.
The brain interprets everything, actually there are no images at all except in our mind. Not an image in the entire universe. Maybe that’s too elementary.

 

why is the car being more expensive a positive?

 

When I ride in or drive the better half's Gen 5 AWD, then get back in my 22 Prime, I feel like I went from a subcompact with the visibility of an Abrams Tank to a roomy Camry size cockpit with all around excellent visibility. So, the visible cockpit is another HUGE difference. Not just the loss of internal room, lateral leg room, the whole experience is different in the Gen 5. I admit there are some aspects of that that I do prefer, but it's no a track car, and likely will never be, and the trade-offs for styling gained is a tough one for me.

 

I appreciate the better ground clearance. I still managed to rub the bottom of the spoiler a bit going down a steep ramp once.

My G4 on the other hand... I couldn't even clear most parking stops. The bottom of that front end got sanded real good.

I think the G5 is almost perfect. And people still stare at it like they've just seen a unicorn.

The torque/power that's on demand at a moment's notice is VERY confidence-building. It seems much faster than it is if that makes any sense. You can absolutely blow the doors off most cars when necessary at reasonable speeds.

 

An Abrams tank is a bit of an exaggeration lol. I'm on my 6th month with the Baby Lambo, and she feels like she was custom made just for me. And I'm no small dude. That wasn't my initial impression.

Still gotta watch my head when I get in. Once I'm seated though, it feels like I'm in an F16 compared to the G4 hay wagon experience.

Toyota knocked it out of the park, over the scoreboard, and onto Main St IMO.

 

Animal Kingdom Gen 4 Prime.

At your size sir, you are always right.

 

Here's the thing- my old car, the 2019 VW GTI fir very nicely in my one car garage with no issues. My Prius; I have to fold in the drivers mirror to fit in the garage comfortably without clipping the mirror when I back out. It's anecdotal at best, but other than the specs it proves my claim that the G5 Prius is larger.

 

I see it for myself every day in my garage. Its not smaller its just shorter. It is actually longer than the other cars I was test driving.

The specs don’t lie. Your eyes do.

 

I mean, the next time I have to drive around a basketball team, I’ll take a different car. Here’s the thing, that’s never going to happen. Nor is driving around with random six-footers in my backseat. And I wouldn’t be driving six-footers around in any Prius, regardless.

There’s a whole lot of people in the world under six feet. Shocking, I know.

 

Didn't own prior gens but have been in them.

Americans and car size! The thing is still big enough for 95% of drivers and their needs. Have family of four, not taking long road trips with everyone, but enough to get us all to an airport w/ luggage, groceries, etc.

It's also not aimed at the Italian luxury sports car market. And I don't see anyone getting a Prius as a substitute for a sports car. And you want to complain about small? Try driving a Hourican. Even for me at 5'10" those feel snug. They're a lot more fun to drive, for sure, but for the Prius, really just looking for it to not suck as horribly as the previous generations (which are uniformly hideous and basically suck all around) and have enough power for difficult merges.

 

I'm pretty sure Toyota designs for them.

 

Took the wife's 23 AWD in today to put the new winter package on (17 inch alloys - nice Borbets - with Blizzaks). All the way there I was hating the ride with stock 19 inch with Toyo Extensas. Well, let me tell you, the ride home was night and day better. Even with true winter tires, the ride was so much improved over those micro-thin stock all season tires! I found myself actually enjoying the ride, instead of feeling every surface imperfection, seam or bump through those 19's. I believe it was a bit quieter as well. I'm thinking about ordering another set of those sweet Borbets for her and mounting some Michelin Defenders on there for the warmer months! I'll post a pix - you wouldn't believe how good the black AWD looks without those goofy 19 inch wheels on it. Still sad about the inside room lost, but I was able to get the four tires in, no problem.

 

Library of Congress Aesop Fables

 

LOL
The Gen 5 has ground clearance of 5.6" (14.2 cm), same as the Gen2 Prius. My current car, a very diminutive Mazda 3, has a ground clearance of 6.1" (15.5 cm). A midsize or even a crossover SUV typically has ground clearance at least 7" (18 cm).

Edit: that's 5.6" for the 17" tires on the LE. With the 19" tires (probably as shown), the clearance goes up to a whopping 6.0".

 

With all this talk about size, I wanted to chime in on a data point I gained last night.

I haven't tried to change clothes in a car since I was quite young, and wasn't going to do it last night either, but I was in a time crunch and figured what the heck. Of course the only issue there ever could be would be the pants.

So I slid the driver's seat back and my jaw dropped. I mean, my foot could barely touch the accelerator pedal. I was able to change pants with ease. No need to move the steering wheel either.

Now I understand how these 6'8 guys are driving the new Prius. There's an unbelievable amount of legroom in this car. Tilt the seat back a notch or two for extra headroom, and this car would hold giants comfortably - as crazy as it sounds.

 

The previous gen is one ugly car. Along with being slow and having uncomfortable seats