Styling

I'd much rather be ugly and smart than pretty and stupid.

 

ignore the static jan.






Merged again bisco...

wow, this thread is really devolving.

 

I guess the new Prius is a vehicle you can only judge if you see it right in front of you !
Even if you look at it from the side on photos or videos it seems to look different .
Sometimes very attractive and sometimes not so .
In one of the videos side view doesn't look so attractive,but the side view of tne Prius in the wind tunnel looks great !
I can't make out why that is !?

 

In the wind tunnel, I stared at that picture. All I could think of was This Is a Saturn.

I'm sure it will be different in person, and maybe biased because I really, really hate that color.

 

agreed, pics don't do it justice. that's the beauty of it, amazing.

 

now that's ugly. i think you're stretching it a bit. but maybe the dodgey looks better in person.

 

Another vote for the Gen 4 Prius is UGLY.

I'm horrified by it actually. We had a Gen 2 and now a Gen 3. I liked the styling of the Gen 2 and absolutely LOVE the look of our Gen 3.

I think this is a slap in the face to the core Prius market (let's face it, we're mostly interested in a practical reliable car) who have no desire to own anything like a sports car (I've always hated the look of sports cars).

I'm most concerned about how the new styling negatively impacts functionality. The Gen 4 drivers seat is 2" lower than the Gen 3. I want to sit HIGHER not lower!! Even if I could get past the look that might be reason enough to not buy this car. I'm also concerned about visibility around the back of the car. The Gen 3 feels noticeably brighter and the back lets in more light than the Gen 2 did. Gen 4 seems to have gone many steps backwards in this regard.

Yes, at least there is the Prius c and Prius v, for now, for alternate options. But maybe I like the size of the Prius (not too big, not too small) and don't see why Toyota has to ruin a perfectly great car that has such a strong sales record.

Mostly I'm disappointed that 10+ years since Prius went mainstream, we still have so few options in the hybrid car world.

 

when you see all the improvements, you won't want to go back.

 

i had a dream...

 

It all depends from what angle a picture is taken .
Even the Model S which is considered as an attractive car by most people,doesn't by far look good on every image !

 

It is fugly.

 

the model s is fugly?

 

Designed with a fugly stick. The styling is as if designed by teams that had no idea what any other team was doing. It has looks similar to a few undesirable entry-level vehicles. For all the time spent, the appearance is a huge disappointment.

 

If you're asking me, I'm saying the new Prius is fugly. I think the Tesla S looks ok.

 

Just like there is the Prius c and v, and the Corolla S, they should have released this as a Prius s "sport package" with corresponding upgrades. And left the main Prius alone.

 

it's ironic how many people who wanted to see a sportier design to attract a younger audience, now want it to have stayed the same.