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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
11/16/09

In reply to Is This The Toyota Prius Wagon?
Well, at least I can tell it apart from the Insight now. ZipCar will probably buy a few thousand for starters.
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Edited by Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet at 11/16/09 4:11 PM

KeyserSoze
11/16/09

In reply to Is This The Toyota Prius Wagon?

You mean "Is this the NEXT Toyota Prius Wagon"... #toyotaprius
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skierpage
11/16/09

@KeyserSoze: If you cover it with blankets and fertilizer over the winter, some strains of Prius will exude a new mid-section every year. Some biodynamic hippy growers are predicting an 11-door Prius by 2013. #toyotaprius
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KeyserSoze
11/16/09

@skierpage: I assume you're talking about non-chemical non-commercially available fertilizer right? i.e. compost? (cover the Prius in shit to make it grow new doors...) #toyotaprius
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Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
11/16/09

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Not bad. I'm a fan of the Ford S-max, C-max, and Mazda5, and this appears to be in the same stylistic arena. But I'd love it to be a minivan people carrier and not just a regular wagon, if possible.

Hey, if I'm gonna drive frumpy, give me maximum utility ;) #toyotaprius
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duurtlang
11/16/09

In reply to Is This The Toyota Prius Wagon?
I don't really like how the normal Prius looks like, but this wagon is incredibly ugly. It would be smart to introduce one (in Europe), because it'll make it a lot more popular. If it looked better. #toyotaprius
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skierpage
11/16/09

@duurtlang: Toyota is already going to introduce the 5-door hatchback Toyota Auris HSD with the Prius powertrain in Europe in 2010, since 5-door hatchbacks are the most popular car style in Europe. It looks much like the current Auris, an inoffensive Euro-Japanese design. It appears it will get slightly worse mpg thanks to the less aerodynamic shape. #toyotaprius
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jgrnt1
09/18/09

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"So you're interested in fuel economy? Let me show you what we've got. Over here is our Highlander Prius. Next to it is our Camry Prius, and over there is our Prius Prius." ????
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quayzar
09/18/09

@jgrnt1: I don't know, I think they need to add another couple of Prius badges to the Prius Prius before people really start getting the message. Sales will be through the roof for the Prius Prius Prius Prius... Prius...

Prius
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jgrnt1
09/19/09

@quayzar: In all seriousness, this is only going to be confusing to consumers. People understand the term 'hybrid.' Who cares if they don't understand "Hybrid Synergy Drive." If Toyota wants to sell a "Highlander with Prius Drive," I think they're in for a rude awakening. Instead of emphasizing the technology, it just makes me think of a Highlander with an underpowered, four cylinder powerplant.

Full disclosure: I own a Camry Hybrid.
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MushyHeirloom
09/18/09

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If you drive a Prius, you might be a douche or an unshaven granola, or you might be a forty-year-old virgin. (Or you might not.) But you do care about saving gas money and polluting less.

If you buy a Camry or Yachtlander Hybrid, welcome to the land of contradictions.

But then, I'd be quite pleased if they shot the Highlander, redesigned the Sienna, and hybridised that - better aerodynamics, and more practical than the Highlander, both as a passenger vehicle and as a hybrid.
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skierpage
09/19/09

@FP: Your Volvo is awesome! Anyway:
The Camry Hybrid is completely outclassed by the Ford Fusion Hybrid, but the Highlander Hybrid is the highest MPG 7-seater AWD going. 27 / 25 mpg for a fat ugly SUV is impressive, and some people need one. FWIW it's CR's top-scoring mid-size SUV.
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rickerbr
09/18/09

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Larger question is are they going to educate their "drivers" how to put floor mats in and how to drive a car?

I find it interesting that Jalopnik has not reported on the Lexry-Camrus that crashed at 120mph because the floor mat got stuck on the gas pedal and the driver didn't know to shift to neutral with a hung throttle.

Why do I have a feeling that had it been a VW/Audi, we'd have already seen 4 articles about it.....
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MushyHeirloom
09/18/09

@rickerbr: VW, nah... but if it was an Audi, there are plenty of old jokes to be rehashed.

Source?
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rickerbr
09/18/09

@FP: Your Volvo is awesome! Anyway:

[www.google.com]
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Pesti-Esti
09/18/09

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If somebody says ‘I drive a Prius,' everybody knows what he means.

Indeed.
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theart
09/18/09

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"If somebody says ‘I drive a Prius,' everybody knows what he means."

Isn't this the very essence of brand dilution? Once they start slapping Prius badges on everything from the Corolla to the Tundra everybody will not know what the name means.
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bmoreDLJ
09/18/09

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Better to call it 'Core Competency Drive.'
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slysolstice07
09/18/09

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How many arrogant a$$holes do they think there are, to keep buying these pathetic things?
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skierpage
09/19/09

@slysolstice07: If you don't care about driving, why WOULDN'T you buy the most reliable, highest MPG, least polluting new car in the USA, one that's a practical 5-door hatchback with lots of fun tech for a reasonable price? Face reality, it's a mind-bendingly great appliancemobile.

Slapping the name on a bunch of also-ran Toyotas that aren't the most blah blah is a dubious step.
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jstn
03/02/09

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oops... [www.needasticker.com]
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sos10
03/02/09

@jstn: So basically your advertising you spend more money on fuel than a hybrid.
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cobra007
03/02/09

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This is a pure gay car

Japanese garbage, If you're looking to pay less and have a much better looking car buy a upcoming chevrolet cruze
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elwood
03/02/09

@cobra007: Wow, I didn't know people like this ACTUALLY existed. At least not on Jalopnik.

And I thought the Miata was a gay car?
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Deartháir II
03/02/09

@elwood: Based on my gay friends, a "gay" car is either an E-class Benz or a Chevy Optra in blue with racing seats, rebadged as a Lacetti to perfectly match the Top Gear Reasonably Priced Car.
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petersterncan
03/02/09

@cobra007: Did you also know that there's such a thing as 'Gay Food'?

Yup...

Stuff like mini potatoes, Salad with Raspberry Vinaigrette dressing, creme brule or strawberries with milk and sugar...

I found that out when I had strawberries with milk and sugar in front of my homophobic father-in-law.

And apparently, Saab was the first company to focus some advertising to the gay community in the US:

[www.gaywheels.com]

But then apparently the Jeep Wrangler, Range Rovers, Jags and Mini Coopers are supposedly popular in the Gay community too.

So I don't think the Prius is any more 'gay' than many other cars like my Saab.
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MushyHeirloom
03/02/09

@petersterncan: Well, everyone knows Wrangler drivers are either poofters or retarded college students, unless the Jeep in question is rocking 33" Thompsons on steelies with a proper lift.

Right? Right?
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Elhigh
03/02/09

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The goal of the Prius is to make the driver even more irrelevant than ever.

Driving very carefully, but not so slow that people are blowing horns and waving fists, I can get well over 35mpg out of my truck. That's a carbureted truck, old enough to buy beer if I could fit it through the grocery store's doors. But the Prius demands no skills, it just does it all for you. That's not as good a thing as it should be.

Eking out great mileage numbers is a different kind of performance driving, and I'm glad to say I'm pretty good at it. The new Prius is just another step along the road to curbside carryout, pay-per-view Internet-ready couch potato driving. And I'm not having it.

I'm really glad Toyota is putting the Prius out. Lots of disinterested, dispassionate but well-meaning people will pony up for it and get better mileage, meaning doing more with less. In a planet populated by billions of disinterested, dispassionate people, that means more for everybody. Good.

But I can do nearly as well, and I didn't make anybody open up a new steel mine, or poison half of Canada with heavy metals, to make it happen.

I adjusted the nut behind the wheel. I changed my expectations and changed my habits in order to bring those new expectations to light. Maybe what America - and the rest of the motoring world - needs is to demand less, and give more. Don't demand a sea change of technology, give a little me change: more attention, a little more consideration. Less "me first" and more "you, too."

My name is elhigh, and I'm running for Car Czar.
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MushyHeirloom
03/02/09

@Elhigh: I'd support you.
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Deartháir II
03/02/09

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Who "Digged" this? Seriously, my Jalopnik page now takes a minute and a half to load because someone's sent an article to Digg, and the article sent was about the Prius? Seriously? The PRIUS??

GUARDS! Find me the person responsible, and bring me their empty skull! I shall drink margaritas from the spot where their brain should have been.
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Detroit Velvet Smooth aka Panzerwagon
03/02/09

@Deartháir supports engineerd in his star-quest: you net suck bro! page loads fast here at work! :P
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Deartháir II
03/02/09

@Panzerwagon: That doesn't change the fact that someone still "digged" this article... about a Prius. Turn in your Jalopnik membership card, you've failed at the Cult of Cars.

Unless it was A Strolling Player. He's forgiven, just cuz he's so adorable.
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