A bunch of guys get 110mpg out of the prius!
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Originally Posted by S2000man01
i've seen the civic hybrid get almost as much as that. near 100-105mpg on all freeway long trips.
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Now, if Toyota was smart, they'd make a hybrid that looked a little more like a car and a little less like a fvcking spaceship. I don't care how many miles-per-gallon it gets as long as it still looks like that.
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Originally Posted by winnerpl
The uniquesness of it has an appeal to green heads who want their car to stand out and fill their niche. The fact that it is styled like that is a reason for its popularity and sales. So Toyota is smart. If you want a hybrid that looks more "plain" wait for a hybrid camry.
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Originally Posted by white2K2EX
I'm sure that honda could sell a Civic to its niche market that was slammed with zero ground clearance, 17" rims, blacked out windows, a turbo engine, and a stripped interior, but you and I both know they wouldn't sell many. Pleasing the niche market doesn't move units, so in this case, pleasing the niche market doesn't help the environment as much as it could. Here in the midwest, I see maybe one every two weeks (at the most.) Why? It's definately not because we midwesterners like paying for more gas - it's because the whole spaceship look doesn't appeal to the market. Bottom line - if they either made the Prius look like a normal car or offered another hybrid that looked normal, they'd move more units, and, in turn, help the environment.
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Rep Power: 321 toyota (lexus) has release another hybrid...which is the RX330 hybrid...(dunno if the 330 part is accurate) but its an RX hybrid...also 110 mpg is not what the car get...it gets about 55 mpg but the electric motor was what powered it and got them that result of 110
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guess u us guys don't get this civic....
http://www.honda.com.au/civic/hybrid/index.htm
http://www.honda.com.au/civic/hybrid/index.htm
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Originally Posted by ragingSPAM
toyota (lexus) has release another hybrid...which is the RX330 hybrid...(dunno if the 330 part is accurate) but its an RX hybrid...also 110 mpg is not what the car get...it gets about 55 mpg but the electric motor was what powered it and got them that result of 110
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Rep Power: 304 I got to drive a Prius recently. It's actually a pretty nice car, with LOTS of room. The design makes it pretty versatile compared to a "car". I'd buy one, if they didn't cost so much. The usefulness of the Prius outweighs the unusual look as far as I'm concerned.
Also too bad Honda didn't offer a hybrid Civic coupe, only the sedan. The insight is just too small.
Also too bad Honda didn't offer a hybrid Civic coupe, only the sedan. The insight is just too small.
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Originally Posted by white2K2EX
I'm sure that honda could sell a Civic to its niche market that was slammed with zero ground clearance, 17" rims, blacked out windows, a turbo engine, and a stripped interior, but you and I both know they wouldn't sell many. Pleasing the niche market doesn't move units, so in this case, pleasing the niche market doesn't help the environment as much as it could. Here in the midwest, I see maybe one every two weeks (at the most.) Why? It's definately not because we midwesterners like paying for more gas - it's because the whole spaceship look doesn't appeal to the market. Bottom line - if they either made the Prius look like a normal car or offered another hybrid that looked normal, they'd move more units, and, in turn, help the environment.
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hey whats wrong with the element? lol..ok, some may hate..but i think it looks awsome. haha..i love that..boxy kinda look..
but yeah, its good the prius stands out..like the insight stood out when that first came out..
Hybrids are becoming better and better..and faster too..the Accord Hybrid is faster than the current V6 model..??
hey whats wrong with the element? lol..ok, some may hate..but i think it looks awsome. haha..i love that..boxy kinda look..
but yeah, its good the prius stands out..like the insight stood out when that first came out..
Hybrids are becoming better and better..and faster too..the Accord Hybrid is faster than the current V6 model..??
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hey whats wrong with the element? lol..ok, some may hate..but i think it looks awsome. haha..i love that..boxy kinda look..
but yeah, its good the prius stands out..like the insight stood out when that first came out..
Hybrids are becoming better and better..and faster too..the Accord Hybrid is faster than the current V6 model..??
hey whats wrong with the element? lol..ok, some may hate..but i think it looks awsome. haha..i love that..boxy kinda look..
but yeah, its good the prius stands out..like the insight stood out when that first came out..
Hybrids are becoming better and better..and faster too..the Accord Hybrid is faster than the current V6 model..??
Some like the elements style, but my dealer said almost everybody who buys one has some use for it. It has many things you can not find on other cars/truck, water proof interior, the ability to hold a bike inside, in short it has lots of nice features, but not every one wants those, hence it fills a nitch market.Yes, the Hybrid Accord is the fastest. But the Hybrids are still have a ways to go before I buy one. The batteries at some point will go bad and need replacing (even with proper battery cycling, which I'm sure most people have no idea what that is or why you would do it), and to replace the batteries is not going to be cheap. There are just to many additional parts to break IMO, and I know it's cliché, but the more parts you have, the more parts that will break. Frankly I prefer the HX, it's very basic and gets around 50MPG and is based on a simple VTEC motor like the one in the EX, much simpler and yet close to efficient as a Hybrid, (not to mention it cost about $6k less and has no batteries to worry about). The hybrid is much nicer driving though, quicker and has more feactures.
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Rep Power: 0 I like the prius. The styling is different and the gas mileage is awesome. I do have my reservations about the battery though. We'll see how the Prius holds up in the next three years. My civic has a ton of miles to go before i replace her, but my next car will definately be a hybrid.
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Originally Posted by gHost 0_o
guess u us guys don't get this civic....
http://www.honda.com.au/civic/hybrid/index.htm
http://www.honda.com.au/civic/hybrid/index.htm
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Originally Posted by white2K2EX
I'm sure that honda could sell a Civic to its niche market that was slammed with zero ground clearance, 17" rims, blacked out windows, a turbo engine, and a stripped interior, but you and I both know they wouldn't sell many. Pleasing the niche market doesn't move units, so in this case, pleasing the niche market doesn't help the environment as much as it could. Here in the midwest, I see maybe one every two weeks (at the most.) Why? It's definately not because we midwesterners like paying for more gas - it's because the whole spaceship look doesn't appeal to the market. Bottom line - if they either made the Prius look like a normal car or offered another hybrid that looked normal, they'd move more units, and, in turn, help the environment.
I think it just depends on where you live. I know the midwest is more of a suv, truck strong hold, so thats probably the reason why your not seeing many of them. I know out here in california where 87 is $2.70 a gal, i see at least one prius a day. There fairly popular here.
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Rep Power: 0 I agree the Prius is ugly and would sell better if lt looked like say a Corolla. Im sure as hell not going to question Toyota though. After all, they developed hybrid technology. (and sold it to honda / ford / etc. etc.) so even if they dont sell many Prius they are still making a ton off of hybrids.
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Originally Posted by gotarheels03
I agree the Prius is ugly and would sell better if lt looked like say a Corolla. Im sure as hell not going to question Toyota though. After all, they developed hybrid technology. (and sold it to honda / ford / etc. etc.) so even if they dont sell many Prius they are still making a ton off of hybrids.
I'm sorry what? Toyota developed it and sold it to what? NO. Honda developed their own technology and so did Ford. Ford has a couple of patents that are similar to Toyota's patents so they had to settle that somehow. As far as I know however, I'm only aware that Toyota has sold some technology to Nissan so they can get a hybrid up and running.
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Originally Posted by gotarheels03
I agree the Prius is ugly and would sell better if lt looked like say a Corolla. Im sure as hell not going to question Toyota though. After all, they developed hybrid technology. (and sold it to honda / ford / etc. etc.) so even if they dont sell many Prius they are still making a ton off of hybrids.
Uhmmm.... yeah, Toyota didn't devlope the hybrid. Think about, electric cars have been out for decades, regenerative drives where devloped by an engineer that didn't even work for an auto manufacture, it was a hobby he had. All Honda/Toyota/Ford did is put the pieces together, none of them devolped any of the key componets of the hybrid systems, the only thing they did is intergrate them together via computers and such and then tune them.
