Gen 4 Prius Moose Test

I didn't see a Moose.

 

You had to be very, very quick to see it!

 

That was on 17 inch wheels, right?

Pretty impressive... 76/78 km/h is about 45-48 mph.

I had a deer cross the road in front of me the other day, and I didn't need to take any evasive moves, but its good to know it's there if I need it.

 

Why 77 km/h? Fails at 80 km/hr?
It's good to be able to avoid a Moose. One ton on sticks. They like to tumble into the cabin and crush the occupants. Well, they don't really like it but it's what they do.

 

Jeep moose test

 

It is interesting that when watching I got an ad for face shields

 

I didn't - mine was an advert for a Merc C Class!!!

 

Ironic because doesn't the jeep fail the moose test spectacularly?

 

the joke was clearly not lost on you

it's also interesting that when faced with a moose the reaction was to hit the brakes rather than try to steer around it

 

It looked to me that the driver also tried to steer behind it. Without braking, the impact would have been much more severe, likely penetrating the windshield.

Trying to steering in front of it into the oncoming lane, without braking, is a recipe for a potentially much greater catastrophe.

Better situational awareness would have been the best preventative measure.

 

Ouch! Too heavy....

 

For comparison, the Ioniq is a hot mess:

And I actually find it interesting that the MX-5 did worse than the Prius, not sure whether it was poor driving on the part of the test driver, or excessive body roll:

 

This same discussion appears on the Ioniq forum, and several writes point out that the Ioniq driver is rapidly hitting the accelerator and the brakes as revealed by the tail lights from the rear view. I have no doubt that the Prius handling has been greatly improved in the 4th generation, but I am not as sure that the driver of the other cars was as proficient as the Prius driver. It would be interesting to see the same same driver maneuver several different cars.

 

Hello, first post (I'm still getting used to my new Prius' driving style).

I've finally watched the videos with sound and they say that the first speed is the fastest one at which they could do the test cleanly. The second speed is an example of a test where it didn't go as clean (normally they can't control the front of the car, hitting the first cone on the right).

They also comment on the state of the road (it was a bit wet) and that they did the test with the Ioniq the same day, I guess with the same driver... I haven't paid as much attention to the person inside the car.

They talk about how aggressive the stability control in the Prius is, slowing the car to a manageable speed in all cases. That also makes the slalom test to go slower, as it activates sooner and keeps the speed low.

I hope this makes sense, I'm talking from memory (I watched the videos yesterday night, right now I'm at work).

If anyone is interested, I can try to transcribe them and translate them to English.

Cheers.

 

Thank you, and welcome to Prius Chat. Your offer to translate would be most welcome to those amongst us who don't speak Spanish.

I've only had my car 3 weeks and I am also still learning as I go. Hope it's as much fun for you as it is for me.

 

I thought you had your car longer. We have had our cars for a similar length of time.

 

Sorry, I've been lurking on here and drooling for months before mine eventually was delivered October 8th.