The Prius v wagon is hitting the road, possibly stopping in a town near you

I'd hoped my post would goad them into caughing up more info. But not yet.

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Woo Hoo !! Tustin ... just around the corner. I'm there!

 

Niiiice!!!!

 

oh crap. missed it

 

Does anyone know what time(s)? I could readily go after work, but I couldn't make it there until 7pm.

 

Thank you for posting the locations! I'm hoping these are an all-day sort of thing, since I have NO idea how I'd find out a time from anyone (mine is Jacksonville- I can make the one at the Jacksonville Landing, but it's a sort of mall/restauranty place downtown, not a store, so there isn't really anyone to call...). Thanks again for getting the info to us-

 

The snow is gone in the east coast. I hope Prius v come here soon.

 

Me too, although I'd love even more to see Prius+

 

It will be a long way across the ocean.

 

Generally, all events are scheduled to be open from 10 am to 6 pm.

Doug Coleman
Prius Product Manager
Toyota Motor Sales, USA

 

Hi Guys,

I took a few snaps at the Tustin event tonight. The "V" looks really nice, despite the fact that the interior was circa 2005 (as in all cloth).

What the guy there told me is that they are shooting for a late summer release, but he cannot say what options will be available at launch, specifically mentioning that the "Enform" may not be ready by then, which would mean no Navigation.

Otherwise, I thought it looked great and it was nice to see they did away with the flying bridge.

ImageShack Album - 7 images

 

He probably meant the Entune system.

 

Very nice! Thanks! I like it, and I like the interior.

 

Nice shots by the look of the thumb pics.

DG, FWIW, your Imageshack site hit my Mac with an assault of popup ads that crashed my latest version of Safari and 10.6.6. I have popups off and it opened a mess of them all over my screen as soon as I clicked the first picture in your album.

 

NIce pictures, thanks for posting the link. Man I want this car.

 

I got to sit in the Prius v earlier today. Since dgstan already posed pictures above, I didn't take any new pictures of the Prius v. Despite any perceptions you may have of it from pictures, when I was sitting in the driver's seat, the Prius v definitely felt large and spacious like a minivan. It's nowhere near as big as a minivan, but from the front seat, it had the feel/perception that a spacious minivan has. I think this car will sell very well to people previously considering a minivan. Sure there will be many that will still buy a full minivan and feed OPEC with their children's college funds, but I think there will be a very high volume of these Prius v cars sold.

 

Just two quick questions.
First, where and when will the Prius v be shown in Chicago? Notes on the board say March 31st while the original calendar says April 1st.
Secondly, is there a document or data source that compares the third generation Prius size to the Prius v? Wheelbase, interior volume, rear seat room, etc. Just how big is bigger?
Thanks!

 

bump for above post. Its less than two weeks away in Chicago.

 

There's a bit of what you're looking for at Toyota Vehicles : Toyota Reveals Prius Family of Vehicles at the North American International Auto Show / Toyota.

It's likely that at the Chicago event, they'll also have a Prius, HyCam and HyHi for you to test drive. You should be able to compare for yourself. Bring your tape measures.