2010 Prius Spotted in Allentown, PA! (w/Pic)

With all the recent buzz surrounding Kentucky Highway and the distribution of cars throughout the northeast, I thought I'd let any anxious Pennsylvanians know - our cars are arriving!

This morning, Krause Toyota in Fogelsville unloaded their first 2010 Prius, a Blizzard V w/ ATP, remote start, and 3M.




(Yes, the hood is slightly open)


First impressions of seeing the car in person -

It's beautiful. The headlights really come out of the hood in a way I didn't appreciate from pics. They're thick, and give the front end a nice depth. The front emblem is HUGE. It's not a deal-breaker - and luckily the blue accent is much duller on the front badge than the back (has anyone else noticed this?).

The back is really nice as well. It feels familiar, but a bit more accented and rounded. There was a Gen 2 parked 20 feet away and walked back and forth between them quite a few times. While the 2010 is recognizably a Prius, the two are incredibly different cars. The Gen3 looks like a sport sedan, with its tail almost fading into a trunk rather than a hatch. Don't get me wrong, the hatch is there, and its large. I especially like the amount of space behind the front seats when the back-seats are folded down - a good 2 x 3 area on either side.

Unfortunately, the NAV was not yet activated, so I couldn't turn the big display on. However, the car was running and the Multi-Information Display was active. Pictures just don't do this thing justice. In person it is HUGE, crisp, and easy to read. The touch tracer is especially cool, as it actually display on a different 3D plane than the other displays. initially I cringed when I heard this would be VFD and not LCD. Don't worry! It's perfect.


Overall, I am incredubly excited to own this car. Unfortunatley, it will not be this car - the sold tag on the window does not belong to me. Anyone on Prius Chat the lucky owner?

If you're on the fence about the redesign, please wait until you see the car in person. It's look is overall more aggressive, (thanks largely to the sculpted doors), and more in line with something BMW or AUDI might could be putting out. Honestly, it's sharp.

I should be picking up my Black 2010 V from Hamburg this weekend! I just got the VIN