Have pictures of Plug-in in white and silver from LA autoshow

Had a great experience at the LA auto show this morning. I test drove the base plug-in and got to poke around in the advanced. Drives like how I expect it - awesome. The advanced model has a definite nicer interior with its bells and whistles. I was impressed by both though.

 

I want to post pictures for you guys, but need 5+ posts first according to newbie rules. so..

 

one more to go..

 

enjoy

http://www.flickr.com/photos/knckdwntxt/

 

I made it to the car show yesterday morning. I got there @ 11:00am and was able to test drive the plugin without waiting. The gentlemen who took us on the ride said on the weekend they shut down as it was taking 45 minutes to go around the block

Overall it was what I expected. In EV mode it does sound a tad different than my 06 but that was about it. I was happy to see I get a bit more leg room which is nice.

Once inside I was disappointed that there was only one plugin and it was locked. I was pointed to a model 2 to look at, as I was told the plugin basic has the same interior. For a $32k car I would expect the interior to be nicer. Does anyone know if the model 2 is the same as the basic plugin ?

I was pointed to a Camry to check out Entune. The salesperson was fairly knowledgeable about the system. To me the graphics seemed a bit dated but not a big deal. I have stopped using the nav in my 06 and use the Waze app on my iPhone. I might still do the same in the plugin.

Overall there is way more up side than down side to the car. Even with the few things I'm not crazy about I'll still buy the car.

Ken

 

If you were pointed to a 2011 Prius Two, the entertainment stack is quite different from the PiP. The 2012 Two (well, Three) will be much more like PiP with its touchscreen audio, nav and Entune.