Prius III Touring vs IV vs Ioniq

Have a drive of both - some reports have indicated that the TwinClutch transmission on the Hyundai isn't as silky-smooth as the Hybrid Synergy drive in PRIUS.

Long term - PRIUS have been lasting well, always at the top of reliability listings. Not sure about how the Hyundai twin clutch will cope with high mileages.

 

idk anything about the hunday. saw one, looked boring. toyota rules reliability proven.

hunday deserves a test drive, and willingness to risk the future. although i think they have a lifetime warranty?

 

190K is a pretty good rum but depending on it as your only car may not be a good idea, especially when you are using it to generate income. Customers may be more impressed with a Gen 4.

Both 3 & 4 Touring, for both years, have 17" wheels instead of the standard 15".
All 3 Touring have a spare tire. The 4 Touring just has the goo kit.

Early 2016 could not change the speedometer from mph to km/h.
In 2017 there were many safety added as standard.
Mid 2017 additional standard safety features such as BSM were added.

I have an early 2017 Trim 2.

Whichever you choose, you might want to enter the VIN in the Toyota Owners site to be sure all recalls were performed.

 

You won't get much for your 2011 with that many miles. Why not drive it until it dies? It could last one, two, three years or more. Even if it lasts just one, you will save a lot over buying something else. Priuses that are driven a lot seem to do well. There are lots of Prius taxis that have gone 300,000 miles or more.

Of course you have the option of changing for reasons other than dollars and cents.

Just another opinion.

 

I thought I fixed that. It must be the inner @Raytheeagle.

 

I can only take blame if wine is listed.

Rum and other spirits, you’ll have to find someone else.

 

The touring has 17" wheels and fog lights and doesn't have moonroof as an option

The four trim has a few differences from three:
softex (leather-like) seats
power driver seat w/ lumbar
heated front seats
no spare tire

Edit to add: The three touring did come with softex seats but no heated/power driver seat just the leather like upholstery. Found this 2016 brochure PDF https://www.toyota.com/content/ebrochure/2016/prius_ebrochure.pdf

Some stuff like safety sense, adaptive cruise and whatnot were available as options. A quick way to tell if a car has that stuff is if it has buttons for it on the right side of the steering wheel. Second half of 2017 a lot of the safety sense stuff was added as standard on all trims. I learned to look for that stuff in listing pics online before scheduling a test drive because a bunch of listings will just list everything whether the car has it or not and you show up and it's not the same trim or doesn't have safety sense.

The spare from your 2011 will fit a 2016+. I kept the spare from my 2013 when I traded it in for a 2016 this winter.

 

You missed @alanclarkeau in post 2 or did you just want US reviews? He is in Australia.

 

So, you admit to being a whiny user?

 

Absolutely .

And only the Best varietals .

 

Had a bit more time & found the comparison:


They also tested a Plug-in IONIQ against a PRIUS and came up with:

 

i would have bought a new car a long time ago

 

CarAdvice - an online magazine in Australia. There was another which said something similar, but I can't find it - the other compared a Hybrid IONIQ with PRIUS, this one was a PlugIn IONIQ vs PRIUS - but concentrating on how they drove.

 

OK - I found the other comparison by CarSales in Australia - again a PlugIn IONIQ - but they said almost the same thing about the DualClutch Transmission - interestingly, they used the same words, so plagiarism maybe?

One thing they did comment about is that the back seat in IONIQ had air-vents, which PRIUS didn't have.

Toyota Prius v Hyundai IONIQ 2019 Comparison - motoring.com.au

 

More likely owned by the same company.