Review of my yellow 2023 XSE Premium Prime

I've seen a lot of people complain about heat issues with the wireless charging. I left mine (iPhone XR) in there for a four hour drive and it quit working near the end of the trip. Took a bit of time to cool down and work again. I'll try out putting it in askew, that has promise.

Given that wireless carplay is also [random animal excrement], I just leave it plugged into the USB in the tray up front with a 1' cable.

 

You can also use a USB plug in the console box and route it to a phone in the slot. A slight indentation between the box and the phone slot lets you close the console box completely and enable the cable to run free. I have extra black USB-C to Lightning cables from my computer purchases. I used one of those, and it's practically invisible.

 

Wow, good for you! Glad someone was able to bypass the long wait. 2 years is what I've heard...

 

Repeated public service announcement:

If your phone gets hot in the wireless charger, consider going into your phone's settings and disabling fast wireless charging. Your phone will still charge in the slot, it will just charge slower but won't get nearly so hot in doing so.

 

Good review.
You mention no problem with headroom? I've never sat in one yet but from the outside it looks tight. Looks like the top of the windshield is close to your head. From what I read, overall head room is just a bit over 1 inches less. Just wondering if people notice the lack of headroom moving from the previous generation

 

This will give you some perspective. : } He looks like a giant next to this yellow Prius. There are definitely some tall guys on Prius Chat who are pretty comfortable but depends how tall you are.

The windshield is deceiving. I was initially a bit freaked out by it. I’m only 5’ 3” and felt a claustrophobic because I have to put the seat all the way up. The windshield doesn’t feel so raked when driving and after a few test drives I’m getting used to it.

 

I'm 5'9" and have the back of the front seat pretty close to vertical. I've no issues once I'm inside the car. However, I have learned cock my head toward the rear of the vehicle when entering the front door and to bend forward when entering the rear.

 

Thanks for a great review! One qx: what roof? Glass or solar?

 

No solar roof in Canada. I wait for a yellow too. I made my deposit on November 21th 2021. No news about when it will arrive.

 

OMG c'est long en Ta....(it's a very long wait)

 

Mets-en!

If you can take some clear pics of your yellow Prime, I want to see what yellow maximum look like! Thanx

 

Have not seen one yet ! and I don't have one either !.....very happy with my 2022 prime ugrade and not looking to go with the 2023.
regarde mon profil, ton profil indique une Prius C 2012 !

 

Fantastic review! Thanks. Just got my 2023 Prius XLE. I so wanted that yellow, but couldn't get it in any of the more interesting colors or even the light interior. And I've never seen a Prius Prime in Kansas City - they only have them as special orders, so no chance to test drive or even look at one. You're probably the coolest car on the road! Congrats.

 

Congrats for the car and the review!

I'm not so lucky as you and my yellow EU equivalent XSE Premium will arrive on Jan 2024...
Differences with the EU Gen 5 are the Solar Roof standard on the top trim and the absence of the Wireless charging on all trims.

My question is about the AHS (Adaptive high-beams) matrix headlights: have you AHS in Canada? Have you tested it? On EU top trim are standard equipment.

 

Do you really? I don't see it in the Canadian manual. I think you're describing the Automatic High Beam (AHB), rather than the Adaptive High-Beam System (AHS), which messes with light distribution patterns.

AHS is fitted to only the PHEV in Japan, and it's in the top two of three (PHEV) trim levels in Europe.

Japanese HEVs and bottom Europe trim get AHB.

(Really confusing acronyms and names here... And they use the same button...)