The Toyota Prius is the ultimate in geek chic. Its style reminds you or a ladybug or scooting a little’ puppy on its hind legs as fast as possible away from the big dogs (usually highway Semis). It is the modern equivalent of the VW Beetle in the sense that an anti-statement.
Just goes about his business getting miles per gallon with a crazy idea of transmission so advanced, even George Jetson said, "Huh?" The 2010 Prius goes a step further to increase the power and yet somehow managed to increase to 51 miles per gallon city/48 highway. Apparently they understood the new 1.8-liter engine from 98 horses had to work hard as the old 1.5 so it got better mileage. Slower job, get more distance? There may be Toyota’s engineers have read the tortoise and the hare fable before arriving at this conclusion?
The Toyota Prius only gets into trouble when a small minority of strong mouths get behind the wheel and decide to tell others that their cars are destroying the earth and the Prius is not. This person does not know that their mere existence on the planet (from the waste of the waste, water use, carbon emissions, overpopulation), is doing much more harm to the planet than any Honda Accord coming? So why do these people go one step further and buy a motorcycle?
Fortunately, most owners see only their Prius as a high value five doors, with stellar fuel economy. And it is, especially if one considers the low base price of $ 22,400. Although the hybrid Honda Insight and the like may be more convenient driving is rough, the engine is Buzzy and the interior is a cost reduction disaster. Not worth it just to save a few large. In a similar car that Honda makes you feel like you’re riding in a 19th century wagon pulled by oxen.
2010 Toyota Prius driving experience is like no other. If you have always wanted to go to feel like I Checkov from "Star Trek" pilot of the starship Enterprise is another place, but the wheel of the Toyota Prius that comes close to the public. The dashboard is a strikingly elegant piece of work for Toyota, with all controls falling toward the driver with perfect ergonomics in a sort of cascade-style fashion. You press the start button and hear the electric hum of life, but not the engine. How do the owners do not get used to this?
E ’then the lever in hours PRND D pop icon and you can go down the road without making any noise. This is the ideal machine for sneaking up on friends on Halloween and off with shaving foam. , Maybe that is not a good idea waiting to be posted on the Internet.
The Prius is a surprising amount of PEP; abundance for overtaking on the motorway or even for some fun ’stop lamps. So why are so often driven Priuses as they have 3 horses? Well that is all part of the game Prius fuel. The more you coast to a stop (eg where to come to light), plus the cost of battery, the better your fuel economy will be. There is a screen that also shows how it works, how you’re driving. Thus we see is that the Prius is slow, is the driver of the Prius, which is trying to save a sheckles here and there. It seems that this game can become very addictive so do not expect that to change soon, though release of a Prius with 500 horsepower and 800 miles per gallon.