I get to play with a 2016 Prius Four!

Is there any type of signal on the side view mirror?

 

In some of the Japan Videos, they had lights on the very tip only... Must be JDM only.

 

How is the rear leg room compared to the Gen3? The specs show it is significantly less.

 

Here is the location of the signal light on the JDM car:

 

I appreciate your offer and have some suggestions to measure the Gen-4 performance. Prepare your cell phone with:

• recording, car performance APP
  • often requires setup, may be too distracting . . . except for technophiles
• recording trip GPS
  • start and forget, no overhead
• audio recording
  • in the charger, gives better car noise for analysis
• Gen-4 charging option if available
  • great place to record the data of interest
• your weight that day

Practice with your cell phone and car:

• start recording car performance APP
• start trip recording GPS
  • many integrate with Google Earth to give trip details
• audio recording
• leave cell phone on the charging station

During your drive, find a flat, low traffic area where you can safely do a maximum acceleration to over 60 mph. Check all apps to make sure they are running. Do the maximum acceleration, Save the data and share it with us with the location and direction of the maximum acceleration test. <GRINS>

Jason of Jalopnick had the good sense to make a cell phone, video record of the speedometer during a maximum acceleration test. Of all of the 'tests', it was the only one that gave independent insights to the car's performance:


Using APPs designed to measure car performance would avoid having to transcribe the video into a spreadsheet and math-machinations to derive the data. We've pretty well figured out the car performance but I assumed: the 'Two ECO' weight; six gallons of gas; the driver's weight, and; modified 2010 roll-down coefficients (scaled the second order by the ratio of coefficients of drag.)

If you have an iPhone, I'll be happy to survey and recommend some APPs and test them with our 2010 Prius. I have no doubt Android owners would do the same.

Thanks,
Bob Wilson

 

Does the brake feel grabby like the Gen 3? This is caused by the regen brake switching to mechanical brake at the last minute and not being smooth about it.

 

wow, have fun!

 

Do you still have the choice of choosing ev-mode before the engine turns on at a cold start ?
In gen. 3 you have ten seconds time to choose ev-mode until the engine comes on after pressing the "Power" button .
I would hate to miss out on moving away dead silent in the morning !

No we also allways get the turn signals on the mirror in Europe !
I have no idea why US version of the Prius doesn't get them !?
Maybe European and Japanese models need to have them by law !?

 

When I look at Bob Wilsons queries it kind of reminds me of Star Trek: The Voyage Home when Spock is taking a massive interactive computer test, then freezes after getting all the answers to complex questions and scenarios correct, when the computer asks "How Do You Feel?".

In comparison to Bob's questions, anything I ask is going to be a "How Do You Feel?" moment.

So I guess I say, enjoy the experience....and let us know how you feel about it.

 

Is there a button to disable the traction control ?

 

There is no truth to the rumor that this is how I see the world:


Mine has blue-green tint and my ordinance is a muzzle loader, 50 cal., Thompson:


Bob Wilson

 

is there still a delay in the backup camera?

 

Yes !

 

excellent! good news on the traction control as well!

 

We don't have the crash ratings yet. Let us know if you have the opertunity.