first pictures of the new 2009 prius

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(denbo13 @ Dec 9 2006, 02:16 AM) [snapback]359657[/snapback]</div>

WOW !!!!

Both cars look really cool.

Thanks for that article.

 

Where can I place my order?

 

Pretty cool. Should be interesting to see what the final production looks like. I really like the look of that Honda.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Prius The First @ Dec 9 2006, 09:05 AM) [snapback]359677[/snapback]</div>

I do too. Very much like the Prius, but more angular or something. I can't agree with this quote from the article about the Honda: feels like driving a car from a Hollywood science fiction movie. I feel like that every day I get in my Prius to go somewhere.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Beryl Octet @ Dec 9 2006, 11:35 AM) [snapback]359698[/snapback]</div>

Yeah, the Honda does really look like they copied the shape and lines of a Prius and did a little tweaking -- to beautiful effect, mind you. But as it's a hydrogen fuel cell prototype, I can't think of it being the least worry to Toyota at this point.

 

Hmm... I like the '05-'07 shape better than the '08 one. :blink:

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Michgal007 @ Dec 9 2006, 08:10 AM) [snapback]359716[/snapback]</div>

Me too. I'm not prejudiced, of course.

Dave M.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TonyPSchaefer @ Dec 9 2006, 10:18 AM) [snapback]359763[/snapback]</div>

Color me skeptical, also. I don't buy this as being the new Prius.

That Honda is extremely sweet looking, though :wub:

Vince

 

Thanks for posting the link. I expect to buy one or the other.

 

Yuck. I don't like this at all. Why have such a big sharp-edged phony-looking crease down the side of the car? Totally unfunctional. It looks like the designers bent to the will of the marketing department instead of the engineering dept., just like what happens all the time with American cars and their phony "cladding" on their SUVs. It also looks more agressive, which is not the personality of an environmentally green car at all. Please Toyota, don't go trying to "bulk up" our nice friendly Prius!

 

Assuming that's the new Prius - it's probably a reasonably good guess at what the production car will look like - I like the way it reinterprets the second-gen car without making the previous model look ancient. Toyota did a good job with that the first time around, too. I love the looks of my '07, but, every time I see a first-gen model I think, "Dang that's a cool car!"

About that green. As the owner of a green [silver pine mica] Prius I have to say, um, no. That's too much green for me. It looks like the Envy Green on a Special Release XB. If you don't know what I'm talking about, you're old! Me, too.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(denbo13 @ Dec 9 2006, 01:16 AM) [snapback]359657[/snapback]</div>

That photo of the next generation Prius doesn't look all too different. It's a computer rendering so I'm hoping that it'll look better that the rendering. I'm hoping it'll look as good - if not better - then that Honda FCX concept vehicle!

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(The Old Man @ Dec 9 2006, 04:40 PM) [snapback]359906[/snapback]</div>

Agreed! To me the Prius looks very similar except that some ricer kid stuck a bigger "Fast and Furious" air dam on the front end.

The Honda concept, on the otherhand, is very nice looking!