Revealed: New 2010 Prius

[glimmerman]

http://www.motorauthority.com/...tion-toyota-prius.html (First pictures)

http://jalopnik.com/5064250/th...s-the-new-toyota-prius (confirmation)

 

[luv2liv]

sadly, it still looks ugly.
i wanted to get an affordable hybrid like the prius but was completely turned off by its looks.

 

[Riverhound777]

Looks worse to me. And I didn't like it in the first place.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Still with the center-mounted instrument cluster? Why is it taking them so long to realise that thing is a bad idea?

ZV

 

[Ktulu]

Wow, I seriously want to know what the fuck has been going through Toyota's mind with all these horrible designs. This is hideous.

 

[BlackTigers]

Why the hell did Toyota decide to stick the gauges so far over?

 

[f1r3s1d3]

Fail: Still present.

 

[LS8]

So now it looks like the 1st gen Prius.

 

[Vetterin]

I can't tell which I hate worse, the outside or the inside. I'll tell you what though, once those diesel's start comming out that Prius will be in big trouble.

 

[Riverhound777]

Originally posted by: Vetterin
I can't tell which I hate worse, the outside or the inside. I'll tell you what though, once those diesel's start comming out that Prius will be in big trouble.

Seriously, i hope Mazda brings the 40+ mpg Mazda 3 diesel here.

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: BlackTigers
Why the hell did Toyota decide to stick the gauges so far over?

They hired all the old Saturn people.


But the Volt look much better IMO.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: Riverhound777

Originally posted by: Vetterin
I can't tell which I hate worse, the outside or the inside. I'll tell you what though, once those diesel's start comming out that Prius will be in big trouble.

Seriously, i hope Mazda brings the 40+ mpg Mazda 3 diesel here.

With diesel being a dollar more a gallon there just isn't as much value in it as there was 3 years ago when it was actually cheaper a gallon than gas.

 

[NaOH]

Looks more or less the same, with some minor revision on the outside. The inside looks better because they moved that dinky shift knob back where it should be. BUT.....i agree about the console being too awkardly and unsafely placed. My company has one for when we need to do field work or go to a diff office and when i was considering buying one, i quickly was turned off after driving it nearly 300 miles.

 

[StageLeft]

Might as well put the cluster in the f**king trunk for all the good it will do over there.

There is a reason why 99.9% of cars in the last 50 years have had the instrument panel below the driver instead of off to the side. Is it for a navigator? Is this a rally car now and the driver will ask for heads up from the passenger on chicanes and severity of upcoming corners? Ridiculous.

 

[LTC8K6]

Diesel was a lot more per gallon around here.

At the moment, they are close in price.

 

[Muadib]

Originally posted by: vi edit

Originally posted by: Riverhound777

Originally posted by: Vetterin
I can't tell which I hate worse, the outside or the inside. I'll tell you what though, once those diesel's start comming out that Prius will be in big trouble.

Seriously, i hope Mazda brings the 40+ mpg Mazda 3 diesel here.

With diesel being a dollar more a gallon there just isn't as much value in it as there was 3 years ago when it was actually cheaper a gallon than gas.

Does anyone know why this changed? It's .75 to $1 more than premium now! There is no way I would consider a diesel at the current prices.

I would get one of these though. The center console isn't as bad as you might think. You guys are just afraid of change.

 

[BassBomb]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
Might as well put the cluster in the f**king trunk for all the good it will do over there.

There is a reason why 99.9% of cars in the last 50 years have had the instrument panel below the driver instead of off to the side. Is it for a navigator? Is this a rally car now and the driver will ask for heads up from the passenger on chicanes and severity of upcoming corners? Ridiculous.

you just made my day

 

[GTaudiophile]

Agreed. Complete shite: inside and out!

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: Muadib

Originally posted by: vi edit

Originally posted by: Riverhound777

Originally posted by: Vetterin
I can't tell which I hate worse, the outside or the inside. I'll tell you what though, once those diesel's start comming out that Prius will be in big trouble.

Seriously, i hope Mazda brings the 40+ mpg Mazda 3 diesel here.

With diesel being a dollar more a gallon there just isn't as much value in it as there was 3 years ago when it was actually cheaper a gallon than gas.

Does anyone know why this changed? It's .75 to $1 more than premium now! There is no way I would consider a diesel at the current prices.

I would get one of these though. The center console isn't as bad as you might think. You guys are just afraid of change.

Why wouldn't you consider one at current prices? Do you look at the long term saving or just short term? Seeing as a Pruis is more expensive than other similarly equipped cars by thousands more, is that ok then?

 

[Synomenon]

My instrument panel is in the center instead of behind the steering wheel. I like it in the center. It's never blocked by the steering wheel and I have a clearer view of the road. The driver side glovebox that's there now is also great for storing my GPS unit, iPod and any other thing I use when driving.

 

[dud]

I wonder why the article provided no pictures of the rear of the car.

Let me guess ... because it's even uglier than the rest of the car?

IMHO it looks slightly better then the current model but that's not saying much.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

glad to see it won't be losing its 'one of the ugliest cars on the road' status any time soon

blech

 

[TehMac]

Here's what I don't get: if the Eco-Mentalists are really intent on saving gas, why don't they make the Prius only in stickshift? Teach the eco-mentalists how to drive, and maybe enjoy it too.

 

[Uhtrinity]

Originally posted by: TehMac
Here's what I don't get: if the Eco-Mentalists are really intent on saving gas, why don't they make the Prius only in stickshift? Teach the eco-mentalists how to drive, and maybe enjoy it too.

I would love to see a stick version. As far as looks, I like it, but I also admire function over form.

 

[Muadib]

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: Muadib

Originally posted by: vi edit

Originally posted by: Riverhound777

Originally posted by: Vetterin
I can't tell which I hate worse, the outside or the inside. I'll tell you what though, once those diesel's start comming out that Prius will be in big trouble.

Seriously, i hope Mazda brings the 40+ mpg Mazda 3 diesel here.

With diesel being a dollar more a gallon there just isn't as much value in it as there was 3 years ago when it was actually cheaper a gallon than gas.

Does anyone know why this changed? It's .75 to $1 more than premium now! There is no way I would consider a diesel at the current prices.

I would get one of these though. The center console isn't as bad as you might think. You guys are just afraid of change.

Why wouldn't you consider one at current prices? Do you look at the long term saving or just short term? Seeing as a Pruis is more expensive than other similarly equipped cars by thousands more, is that ok then?

The first reason is that there are so few choices in the US. The only car in the price range of the Prius is the Jetta TDI. I think the next car price wise, would be the Bluetec E class, and that's a bit too rich for me.

A 2009 Prius decked out the way I would want is $27,500 sticker, vs $24,800 for the TDI. I'll put aside the fact that you could buy me a VW, and I wouldn't keep it, just to see how this turns out.

The mpg on the Prius is 48/45 vs 30/40 for the TDI. I paid $2.58 for regular today, and gas buddy says $3.53 is the cheapest diesel near me. I've averaged 14800 miles a year for the 4.5 years I've had my current car, so I'll around it off to 15k. Since I drive a little more streets than highway, I'm going to use 45 mpg for the Prius, and 35 mpg for the TDI.

If my math is right, I will need 333 gallons a year for the Prius, and 429 for the TDI. At today's prices, that would be $859 a year for the Prius, and $1514 for the TDI. So right around the same 4.5 years that I've had my TL, the Prius should be cheaper to own.

This doesn't factor in tax credits, because I don't think you can get one on a Prius anymore, and I'm not sure on the TDI. There was a new bill introduced back in July, but I don't know how far it got.