Sneak Peek of the New Prius #4

Looks to be a power lumbar, with the current height adjustment lever behind it. Which is fine, as long as the height adjustment is there I don't care whether or not it's power. What I do want is longer seat travel & telescopic wheel, there's no need for all that rear seat leg room while I'm cramped up front. I can always move my seat forward if some one needs more legroom behind me, but it'd be niice to have the capability to stretch out the 98% of the time nobody's behind me.
Front leg comfort is especially going to suck with that ridiculous center console they insist on if the seat track distance stays the same.
The new design is disappointing, I keep hoping it's just a decoy & we'll see the real thing shown in Detroit. It seems we going backwards into conventionality: center console taking up useful space, the needless shifter placement, MFD placed out of sight / rather than in front of driver, styling becoming more cluttered instead of bolder. Not the forward leap that the '04 was, not even an evolution, but quite the opposite.

 

Wow perfect. It is getting easier to skip purchasing a Gen II and just moving onto a Gen III.

 

power lumbar support + seat height adjuster is goodies... I wonder if leather seats will get electric adjustments as well (or at least in Europe we get it in all models that have factory leather)...

 

I'll settle for power lumbar (even manual) and height adjustment. I just wonder if they'll put it in the passenger side as well since I don't always get to drive.

 

I WAS very disappointed when my 08 had no power seats or adjustments.

I realize that we're all very excited, but this is NOT a big deal, it should have been available long time ago, at least in the GEN II..........just my 2 cents.

 

I believe it is power back angle adjustment.
There is a manual height adjustment handle in shot, manual slide handle in shot and that switch.

 

I see the mechanical handle in front for sliding the seat back/forth. Can't make out the icon on the power button, guess it's for lumbar.

Lower left is seat mount.

Handle to right must be the height adjuster. Seatback adjuster would be right behind it.

Nice work. :cheer2:

 

I don't think the lever at the very right is for height adjustment. It looks like a conventional seat-back adjustment handle.

 

I have not been following these "photo of the day" posts, or whatever you are calling them.
What proof or evidence do we have that these photos are even real ?
Has anyone verified who "Prius Team" is?
Is it some 16-year old kid who is screwing around with you guys, or is it a verified, legitimate source from inside Toyota?

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Interesting to see a relatively heavy new component, and electric motor and gearset, coming along for the ride. My Honda Civic has an manually adjustable seat height control. That would have been more interesting than a power switch.

That particular Honda seat control was a trouble spot. The bushings would work loose and allow the seat to rock. The dealer would dutifully replace the assembly, over and over again under warranty. Now that the warranty has expired, I have had to get used to the rocking seat.

My Civic was a first year run (2001), and that is precisely the kind of problem I would worry about if I end up waiting for the 2010 Prius in its first year of production.

 

heh... well it is not electric .... and even if it was, Prius is hardly first Toyota to have it. I have had 0 issues with electric seats in my Toyota/Lexus vehicles that I owned, hardly an new technology there..

 

Authentic or not, the latest photo is pretty amateurish compositionally and the quality is downright bad. Very unlike the first three.

 

It has a pneumatic hand pump. When you get in, there's a bicycle-like pump and you have to pump the air tank up to 100psi first, then you can use the pneumatic seats.

 

I wouldn't care if I had to jack the seat up to get it higher - just something other than pillows and foam padding please.

 

About time they put an ejector seat button on these things!

 

Don't forget, for every "new" comfy-feature added to Prius 2009/10, it is gonna add, not just weight, but also cost and complexity the entire package.

I'd rather Toyota get the hybrid basics enhanced like higher battery-energy-weight-ratio, improved safety and yes that promised improved fuel economy...

In short, no free lunch.

 

but they are . Yes, it will have improved safety, more comfy, more features, more tech, 1.8l engine, 60hp battery output for total of 160hp AND better mpg between 10% and 15%...