UK Prius has auto-park feature?

Toyota introduced the auto-park feature with the Prius, then moved it to Lexus. The U.S. tends to be overly litigious, so we don't get some of the cooler features for fear of lawsuits.

Tom

 

The IPA (Intelligent Park Assist) was standard on top-spec T-Spirit models from 2006 in the UK. My T-Spirit has it and I think it's more of a novelty than a necessity; I've used it once briefly just to see how it works.

The system integrates with the rear camera and it will parallel park on a road as well as a parking lot. The IPA controls the steering wheel and you use the tranmission creep to move while covering the brake. A voice (the same as the sat nav) confirms when you've reached the target.

It's cool but takes too long to set up. If you had people waiting behind you before you parked, they'd get pretty hacked off waiting for you to select the parking target, confirm it, agree to the disclaimer and then start moving.

 

don't get too jealous... my 2007 tspirit ( "sparky" ) has it, but Ive only ever used it for real once, it takes ages to set up and you can't use it if there is other traffic around. They would get hacked off while you set it up.

But for the wow factor it is great for demonstrating the prius. I use it to demo to people at least every other week !

A question back, do prii without the IPA have the green yellow and red paths overlaid on the backup camera screen ?

 

IPA is also in french Prius models, but I had the choice between 9HP JBL audio system or IPA, I chose JBL...

 

what a lood of $%## this guy is telling about the prius ( in the video )

 

i wonder if one can order the parts for the intelligent parking assist and install it
themselves.. maybe its just a module that plugs into the AVN bus?

it would require another camera

oh yeah i forgot about that, sounds to me that the multi cd changer invalidates the parking assist

 

that guys knowledge of the prius is pretty bad, sounds like someone who just wants a fast car and doesn't care about anything else... but I can't see myself using the parking assist, ever. Looks like it takes so long to setup, by that time I will have 10 people behind me honking their horns. Plus I wouldn't trust the system

 

i wouldn't trust my parallel parking skills, hah

 

It uses the same camera, IPA uses the same place as the JBL audio system under the passenger seat, so you have to choose between the two... and it also invalidates the 6CD Changer.

 

We have a button to switch from kph to mph, but the fuel consumption remains in L/100km. No IPA.

 

i thought i read somewhere that the intelligent parking assist uses a front camera as well
and when i go home ill check the service manuals, i think they got 2 entries for cameras
as devices..

now if we can just get a parts list going, with the part numbers

 

nope only a back camera, nothing on the front.That's why you are asked to "check your surroundings"...

 

I have IPA in my car but I haven't used it. I started to have a go but it was so painfully slow it was quicker to just reverse park the good old normal way, looking over my shoulder and ignoring the MFD screen. Nice toy, not worth much though.

 

Sorry, but no. I have IPA and a 6-CD changer in my 2004.
I am fast at using it, but faster still at parallel parking on my own.

 

do you have the jbl amp then?

 

Yes, but perhaps not the same one as yours. The "entertainment" functions are AM/FM, 6-CD changer, TV, MiniDisc player, and emergency road notifications. These were all factory features and the car was originally a JDM vehicle.

 

MiniDisc player? I thought that format was gone.