Comments on: Toyota Prepares for Prius Gold Rush

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By: Rebecca Stewart

Rebecca Stewart — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:31:28 +0000

I have terrible leg pain and have not been able to figure out what is going on. Now I think it is my car.

By: devilduck

devilduck — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:23:40 +0000

Yes!!! The GenIII is finally available but I don’t want to wait 7 months for one when I could get the Honda Insight but I went and looked anyway, the only Prius GenIII they had available was a top of the line model with way too many uneeded things for the average driver. I don’t need lane assist, radar cruise control or the whole “auto park” if you can’t do those things then chances are you shouldn’t be driving. Now I know that these things attract the more luxury owners but for the average Joe I find I’m better off paying less for the Insight that has just what I need and won’t break the bank plus, I won’t have to wait to get one.

By: DC

DC — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:31:08 +0000

Rob, thats really funny you mention that. If you look around in my city, pretty much all you SEE are PRIUS taxis. I went the airport in one and the driver told me it cut their fleet fuel bill approximately in half. He said the taxi company was very satisfied with them and so was he driveing one. His prius had allready racked up over 500k kilometers. But here is funny thing, no government program or incentive was offered to any of these companies, they simply did it because it made economic sense to. I fail to see why anyone would want to essentially subsidize the NYC taxi industry, or in any other city for that matter, and reward them for being in essence cheap SOB’s when it comes to there ahh…fleet purchases. Of course, if any city was serious about getting old gas-guzzling taxis off there city streets, there is a much easier solution. Simply refuse to grant them licences unless a substantial portion of there fleets are high-efficency (whatevers). That is much preferable to buying taxi fleets new cars on the tax-payers dime dont you think? Besides, any company that pleads that level of poverty that there buying cars for a ‘few grand’ imo, shouldnt be allowed to operate in the first place.

By: Robert455

Robert455 — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:37:01 +0000

It would be great if all taxis with Priuses or other parallel hybrids but the problem is except for NYC most taxis are worn out former police cars with 100,000-300,000 miles on them that are bought for a couple grand, not 20 or 30k. There should be some type of government incentive or encouragement to make the switch as most taxi companies can’t justify it economically.

By: Cpl Bloggins

Cpl Bloggins — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:39:29 +0000

Prius GoldRush I dont see it happening in North America.
(1)Gas prices are much lower than last year
(2)Government rebates & incentives for hybrids are not as abundant(Japan GoldRush=Huge incentive's)
(3)Toyota dealers don't push the sales of hybrids because they don't make money from fixing & servicing good quality vehicles
(4)Hybrid myths
(5)Stupid Prius commercials-Fire! the marketing department!
(6)See number 3 Interest Rate on lease & financing are higher than other Toyota vehicles in general. Smaller profit margins for hybrids than a gas suckers for dealers
(7)Prius Gen2 owners-how many will switch over for +7% fuel mileage non plugin

By: Jeddy

Jeddy — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:40:03 +0000

Sciatica?

Give me a break, mon. I suffer from a herniated sacral(1) disk with the worst sciatica you can imagine and experienced no pain in the Prius.

Que Pasa?????

By: Samie

Samie — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:04:43 +0000

Remember the stories of the 3rd Generation Prius getting 75-100mpgs w/ a Li battery? While those stories were far fetched you could say that the new Prius has come out a bit on the conservative side. As more competition enters the hatchback/sedan hybrid market you will see Toyota make greater gains in MPG's, power, and cost reductions. The Insight has caused the Prius pricing to be lower. Why Toyota chose to be conservative on this is that w/o much advancement it still is the best hybrid hatchback/sedan out there. Lets see if Ford could offer a Hybrid Focus that could be priced around 22k and get upper 40's to low 50's mpgs.

Next year gas prices will climb back up as the economy starts getting better that is why Toyota should, before Spring start producing the Prius in the U.S. While waiting lists for the Pruis is good b/c it can create greater desire for the car due to scarcity it also pisses off people and the car company that can adjust to upturns and downturns in consumer demands in the hybrid market may in the long run be able to offer the best hybrid and EV vehicles out there.

By: RKRB

RKRB — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:49:45 +0000

Robay: It would be good if you could furnish convincing hard data on this issue. Sounds like a generalization based on a few anecdotal reports to me. It may be true but — at best — the accusation seems more like a test case or a hypothesis, and does not seem justified by the data; I’d just like to see the backup. Ah, the price we pay for the lack of science, formal decision making, and math education in this country. Thanks.

By: Robay

Robay — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:59:09 +0000

Prospective owners of the upcoming Prius should press their dealers HARD about what changes if any Toyota has made to the seating to reduce or eliminate the possibility of contracting SCIATICA. MOST bodywork therapists in Maine (and I assume elsewhere from the sheer prevelance of this issue) have clients that drive a Prius and have sciatica and- their other clients that do not drive Priuses do not have sciatica. It’s remarkable that Toyota has not corrected their seat designs through TWO generations of Prius. Buyer beware!