A video Robert did for Toyota GB on Prius misconceptions: The car being thrown around a test track at the end is quite amusing.
I could really do with a copy of this to play in my cab so I don't have to continually repeat all of this to my customers and can just show them this clip instead. It's also about 10 minutes long which is about the same time as my average fare. Result.
That track looks like the same one that Tiff (Fifth Gear) drove on when he was testing the Contintental GT a few years back (the red one).
This guy is a crackup! Love those videos of the nerd-terd naysayer If there's one way to get more meatheads on board with this and other advanced tech cars, it's through performance and hot looks. So, bring the TRD Prius PLUS kit, put Prius' on dragstrips, racetracks, deck them out, put on 18" wheels, whatever. And I look forward to the CT 200h coming out next Spring. Not that I'll be swinging one, no. But, many will buy it for looks and upscale interior alone. Some won't care one iota that it has the Prius drive train. It looks cool and sporty and that's what they want to project to the world. I've no problem with that.
That's how ya drive a Prius!! Listen to the tyres chirping off the line and the traction control working!
For those wondering how he is getting 68.5 MPG, recall that US gallons are different than Imperial gallons. 68.5 = 57 US MPG
You got me thinking there. Is the Aussie Prius a proper Aussie spec or is it Euro spec with the rear fog light or are they Jap spec? Or a mix of all three? What does your fuel economy read as - mpgs? or l/100km?
Australia switched to SI units back when I was in school about 35 years ago. We didn't half switch by changing to litres but keeping miles, that would just be to weird!! As we use SI units we also use litres per 100 kilometres (L/100km) as our fuel consumption standard. Australian Prius is Australian spec. I believe we get similar suspension to Europe not the soft spongy US spec, we don't have rear fogs. Australian standard would make a Japanese spec Prius unroadworthy here. The seatbelts and tyres wouldn't meet Australian standards for 2 things.
