1. Attachments are working again! Check out this thread for more details and to report any other bugs.

color choices

Discussion in 'Gen 4 Prius Main Forum' started by GaryD1, Oct 18, 2015.

Page 1 of 3
  1. GaryD1

    GaryD1 Active Member

    Joined:
    Feb 7, 2011
    302
    138
    0
    Location:
    Seagrove, NC
    Vehicle:
    2016 Prius
    Model:
    Two
    #1 GaryD1, Oct 18, 2015
    Last edited: Oct 18, 2015
  2. bisco

    bisco cookie crumbler

    Joined:
    May 11, 2005
    110,132
    50,049
    0
    Location:
    boston
    Vehicle:
    2012 Prius Plug-in
    Model:
    Plug-in Base
    ah, finally a good reason to buy lyme green.:p
     
    #2 bisco, Oct 18, 2015
    Kramah313 likes this.
  3. Netcub

    Netcub Active Member

    Joined:
    Jul 31, 2009
    344
    170
    0
    Location:
    Kentucky
    Vehicle:
    2010 Prius
    Model:
    V
    That Green is only available in Japan.
     
    #3 Netcub, Oct 19, 2015
  4. bisco

    bisco cookie crumbler

    Joined:
    May 11, 2005
    110,132
    50,049
    0
    Location:
    boston
    Vehicle:
    2012 Prius Plug-in
    Model:
    Plug-in Base
    no heat resistant paint for you?
     
    #4 bisco, Oct 19, 2015
  5. Netcub

    Netcub Active Member

    Joined:
    Jul 31, 2009
    344
    170
    0
    Location:
    Kentucky
    Vehicle:
    2010 Prius
    Model:
    V
    Apparently not...
     
    #5 Netcub, Oct 19, 2015
  6. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
    Staff Member

    Joined:
    Oct 2, 2004
    45,024
    16,242
    41
    Location:
    Canada
    Vehicle:
    Other Non-Hybrid
    Model:
    N/A
    We'll get all colours except "Thermo-Tec Metallic" (which is that highlighter yellow heat-resistant paint).

    2016 Toyota Prius: Redesign Info, Pricing, Release Date

     
    #6 Tideland Prius, Oct 19, 2015
    GaryD1 likes this.
  7. bisco

    bisco cookie crumbler

    Joined:
    May 11, 2005
    110,132
    50,049
    0
    Location:
    boston
    Vehicle:
    2012 Prius Plug-in
    Model:
    Plug-in Base
    bummer for the folks in south/southwest/west. it doesn't even get that hot in japan.
     
    #7 bisco, Oct 19, 2015
  8. priusfan500

    priusfan500 Member

    Joined:
    Aug 1, 2015
    94
    110
    0
    Location:
    Canada
    Vehicle:
    Other Non-Hybrid
    Model:
    N/A
    #8 priusfan500, Oct 20, 2015
    Netcub likes this.
  9. Trollbait

    Trollbait It's a D&D thing

    Joined:
    Feb 7, 2006
    22,447
    11,760
    0
    Location:
    eastern Pennsylvania
    Vehicle:
    Other Non-Hybrid
    I like it.
     
    #9 Trollbait, Oct 20, 2015
  10. NR427

    NR427 Member

    Joined:
    Jan 31, 2014
    142
    100
    0
    Location:
    Utah
    Vehicle:
    Other Hybrid
    Model:
    N/A
    #10 NR427, Oct 20, 2015
  11. DavidA

    DavidA Prius owner since July 2009

    Joined:
    Jul 14, 2009
    2,329
    1,812
    18
    Location:
    Chicago western burbs
    Vehicle:
    2017 Prius Prime
    Model:
    Prime Advanced
    Come back one year.
     
    #11 DavidA, Oct 20, 2015
  12. bisco

    bisco cookie crumbler

    Joined:
    May 11, 2005
    110,132
    50,049
    0
    Location:
    boston
    Vehicle:
    2012 Prius Plug-in
    Model:
    Plug-in Base
    2017?
     
    #12 bisco, Oct 21, 2015
  13. KrPtNk

    KrPtNk Active Member

    Joined:
    Sep 15, 2015
    323
    283
    0
    Location:
    Pacific Northwest
    Vehicle:
    Other Non-Hybrid
    #13 KrPtNk, Oct 21, 2015
  14. energyandair

    energyandair Active Member

    Joined:
    Jun 9, 2009
    905
    339
    0
    Location:
    Victoria BC Canada
    Vehicle:
    2010 Prius
    Seems like quite an omission for the US market.
    A bit like Toyota Canada omitting the only model with heating.
     
    #14 energyandair, Oct 21, 2015
  15. fdf

    fdf Junior Member

    Joined:
    Jan 12, 2007
    27
    4
    0
    Location:
    USA
    Vehicle:
    2007 Prius
    Yup. This thread might better have been called "Hardly Any Color Choices." There's blue -- that's one. There's red -- that's two. And that really distinctive yellowish-green would have been three.

    According to what I was just reading, "Visible light is electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths ranging from roughly 400 and 700 nanometers. In physics, a color is visible light with a specific wavelength. Black and white are not colors because they do not have specific wavelengths."

    So since physicists don't consider black, white, and all the boring greys in between to be colors, maybe we shouldn't either. I suppose beiges should, accordingly, count as colors. Barely.

    Of the three new cars I've purchased, including my current '07 Prius, I didn't get my first choice color, because it was more important to get the right features -- availability. I was hoping for a nice color, next time.

    Oh, well, I'm waiting for the hopefully taller Gen4 "V" (2017?) anyway. Perhaps this specially functional color will be available then...? I appreciate that my '07 has really good air conditioning, but I still like to drive with the windows open, when it's not terribly hot.
     
    #15 fdf, Oct 21, 2015
    bisco likes this.
  16. Netcub

    Netcub Active Member

    Joined:
    Jul 31, 2009
    344
    170
    0
    Location:
    Kentucky
    Vehicle:
    2010 Prius
    Model:
    V
    You can see the car in Red, White, Green, and Steel Bonde Metallic (?) in these videos, as well as different interiors.



     
    #16 Netcub, Oct 21, 2015
  17. UsedToLoveCars

    UsedToLoveCars Active Member

    Joined:
    Aug 19, 2009
    448
    102
    1
    Location:
    California
    Vehicle:
    Other Electric Vehicle
    Model:
    N/A
    ooh, I can't make up my mind between Milquetoast Beige, Refrigerator White, Corpse Grey and Trying-Too-Hard Neon
     
    #17 UsedToLoveCars, Oct 21, 2015
    fdf, Trollbait and Netcub like this.
  18. Trollbait

    Trollbait It's a D&D thing

    Joined:
    Feb 7, 2006
    22,447
    11,760
    0
    Location:
    eastern Pennsylvania
    Vehicle:
    Other Non-Hybrid
    This pretty much applies to every vehicle Toyota offers in the US. Perhaps a few more interesting color options, and they wouldn't have needed to launch an entire new youth brand.
     
    #18 Trollbait, Oct 21, 2015
  19. UsedToLoveCars

    UsedToLoveCars Active Member

    Joined:
    Aug 19, 2009
    448
    102
    1
    Location:
    California
    Vehicle:
    Other Electric Vehicle
    Model:
    N/A
    #19 UsedToLoveCars, Oct 21, 2015
  20. fdf

    fdf Junior Member

    Joined:
    Jan 12, 2007
    27
    4
    0
    Location:
    USA
    Vehicle:
    2007 Prius
    Yeah, you kind of said the same thing I did, but with fewer, funnier words! ...Except I kind of like "Trying-Too-Hard-Neon." --the color, and that name :D:D:D

    (would be really wonderful to have some trying-just-right colors, though)
     
    #20 fdf, Oct 21, 2015
    UsedToLoveCars likes this.
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)
Page 1 of 3