Toyota missed the boat on color selection!

[john1701a]

Haven't you noticed that Toyota doesn't play all its cards at once?

Some things, like certain colors, are saved for subsequent years.
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[ronhowell]

Originally Posted by NYPrius1

As I am Keeping My Silver Pine Mica ( Hardly Ever Needs A Wash ) ...

I second that! Maybe with the passage of time Silver Pine Mica will make a comeback. It is a subtly understated shade of green that one grows to appreciate with time. That said, I like the Pearl White and Silver color shades on the 2010 too.

Does anyone know if additional colors were added to the G2 Prius lineup after the initial introduction? It seems as though Toyota are minimizing their initial color selections to the most popular ones for the initial G3 Prius models.

[NYPrius1]

Hey Rick , I'm still trying to figure out just what on the 2010 that camera shot shows? What are the twin stalks sticking up at the top of the picture?

Wondering Here Also??

[eglmainz]

Originally Posted by NYPrius1

Hey Rick , I'm still trying to figure out just what on the 2010 that camera shot shows? What are the twin stalks sticking up at the top of the picture?

Wondering Here Also??

The one slightly to the left looks like a telephone pole (or eletricity, etc.), and the other looks like the hood prop, which is holding open the hood as we we look from the front center of the car to the left headlight cover.

But that is just my opinion, as it is not my car (although my Blizzard Pearl V should be in my hands this week!)

[DeanFL]

Originally Posted by NYPrius1

Hey Rick , I'm still trying to figure out just what on the 2010 that camera shot shows? What are the twin stalks sticking up at the top of the picture?

Wondering Here Also??

OK............one minute late. story of my life.

Let me guess -

The hood prop rod and perhaps a light pole?

[marzprius]

I have many customers missing some shade of Green, I guess they haven't gotten the news that Blue (Europe) is the new Green (N.A.)!

[mirak]

I previously posted that it was ridiculous to pay $200 extra for a color. Then I saw the blizzard pearl in person. It looks like a Lexus. The silver was very flat and boring in comparison. Plus, scratches and dirt are less visible on the white.

Yellow, orange, green... pink?! These are cars, not gumballs.

[Husker4theSpurs]

Originally Posted by mirak

I previously posted that it was ridiculous to pay $200 extra for a color. Then I saw the blizzard pearl in person. It looks like a Lexus. The silver was very flat and boring in comparison. Plus, scratches and dirt are less visible on the white.

Yellow, orange, green... pink?! These are cars, not gumballs.

Just going by what I've seen in person on the Toyota & Lexus lots ... Toyota's Blizzard Pearl = Lexus' Starfire Pearl

[Midpack]

Originally Posted by The Electric Me

Also this is just my own opinion, but it bothers me when I hear about how Prius drivers are making the purchase with a concious or subconcious desire to "make a statement". Personally, I'm not purchasing a Prius with any desire to make a statement to anyone. That's how the unfair reputation of universal smugness gets applied to an entire base of automobile owners.

I'm only speaking for myself, but purchase of the Prius will include the knowledge that it creates less emissions than a standard automobile, it also will include the knowledge that it gets the best gas mileage possible. But do I have the desire to communicate this to others? Do I feel the "need" to tell my neighbors I care about the enviroment because I own a Prius? No, I believe in personal liberty and choice. I'm buying a Prius because it's the auto I want to own for a wide variety of reasons, including emissions and gas mileage but certainly not limited to only those reasons. I just don't like the concept placed on "us" from the outside that Prius drivers WANT to make a statement. Ultimately The Prius is an automobile, nothing more, nothing less. I think it offers a great advantage of hybrid design and the advantages of hybrid design are worth it to me personally. As far as personal reasons for ownership that's about the whole picture. I'm NOT buying because I want to make a ecological, social, or political statement. I think it's unfair to apply that stereotype to Prius owners and drivers. Some of us just think it's the best machine available commercially at this time.

Personally I think you should be buying the Prius because it's the automobile you want NOT so it can be a preaching tool. Not something to illuminate self concieved opinions. But again that's just me.

AMEN. I have never had a Prius owner preach to me about their car in the first place, seems the smug nonsense comes from a minority of Prius owners and non-owners. I won't make a fuss about it, but I am taking the HYBRID badges off the sides as soon as I take ownership of mine.

[HTMLSpinnr]

Originally Posted by ronhowell

Hey Rick , I'm still trying to figure out just what on the 2010 that camera shot shows? What are the twin stalks sticking up at the top of the picture?

1 to the left is a street light in the distance. The other to the right is the hood prop, as the hood was open. The hood prop is on the left as you're facing the hood this time around. Good catch.

I'd have cropped the pic a bit, but there really wasn't room to do so. The photo class instructor's voice in my mind says retake the photo under different lighting w/ a wide aperture to blur out the background, or at the very least, take it against a more generic background w/ the hood closed.