Featured Next Gen Prius will be revealed in Japan on 11/16!

and that's okay - because (once again - missing the point - which is the objective standard) the article talks about ugliness as what MOST people find to be a prius standard, not any one particular outlier or his cadre of contacts

 

Unless you throw money away on newer cars often and are instead like most people of modest means, driving the same car every day for 10 to 20 years doesn't give you the option to not "hit anything" or not get hit by something. Repairability matters and earlier Prius were way less fragile in all the places that are most likely to get bumped into. Yet another reason newer Prius will have a much shorter lifespan than the simple original design that wasn't over-designed.

 

I drove my 2004 for 13 years and 150,000 miles. I never once hit anything with it. The car before that was 31 years old when I got rid of it. I never once hit anything with it in the 9 years it was my daily driver. This one is 66 months old and has had one repair - from being parked outside in a hail storm. PDR and one cracked tail light, which was surprisingly inexpensive and could be swapped in 60 seconds with no tools.

 

Lol, Aren't you the guy on here who claimed he's never scraped the underside front of the car on a curb stop? Or was that someone else?

Meanwhile, even though you didn't hit anything you explained all the things that HAVE hit your car... And my point is how the car is designed has a huge influence over the damage caused when something hits your car, regardless if you don't hit anything.

 

IMO the Primes were generally more attractive than the regular Prii. Though I've never had an issue with the look of the Gen 3.

 

I don't know what that means ("curb stop") so probably not me.

Hail stones.

The car was surprisingly easy and cheap to repair given that it had hundreds of dents all over from the hail.

 

It costs millions of dollars in extra crash and certification testing to offer 2 engines in the US.

Remember when Toyota claimed they couldn’t bring a 15lb solar panel glued to the sheet metal over here?

That is of coarse assuming Toyota doesn’t pull a Ford and say the Prius is the same car as a Camry

 

Looks like a chopped-top 2010 Civic.

I wonder if they managed to fix their throttle sensitivity to be like the Plug-in Prius where the transition from EV to HV is seamless, instead of the massive change in output when switching in the Prime?

 

The extra cost is true in most markets. For some they need fuel economy labeling for different wheel sizes.

Like the solar panel, it is a question of whether Toyota thinks they can make a profit by offering the option. The US still hasn't gotten the 2.0L for the Corolla hybrid. If the new Prime will be 2.0L only, perhaps some will the US Prius, and Toyota will market it as a sportier option to the Corolla.

 

195/50R19 from the creative311 website. These have gotta be for the Japanese market. I couldn't find any of either size on Tire Rack. Well for my zip code anyways.

 

Interestingly, 195/50R19 seems to be an actual size that some Japanese sites are selling, yet I can't find a single car that's been sold to date that takes them. (And it's snow tires I'm finding, at that.)

That actually lends credence to that particular rumor.

And they are, uh, not cheap - like around 30-40k yen (so like $200-275) a tire.

(...also, now we've got two threads on the Gen 5 rumors. A moderator might want to merge them?)

 

Uggh - Peugeot did that with some 505 in the '80s with METRIC Rims - and used unique tyres.

 

This recent article specifically states new 2023 Prius unveil at Nov 16th LA Auto Show. Leaves us hanging on if same for the PP - "The Prius Prime plug-in hybrid is likely to return, and should offer a larger battery pack to provide improved electric-only range compared with the outgoing car's 25 mile range on a fully charged battery."

2023 Toyota Prius Will Be 'Reborn' on November 16

 

And from the Toyota Twitter account courtesy of bestcarweb.jp

 

i would prefer a statement from toyota, not getting my hopes up

 

Exciting! I heard the hybrid MPG's are also going up to closer to 70 mpg....SWEET! Can't wait to see the all-new interior...haven't seen anything on that, yet.