Sneak Peek of the New Prius

[TonyPSchaefer]

Originally Posted by mr_zorg

Are you saying you know these guys are legit? If so, that's cool...

Originally Posted by Rybold

I'm thinking this pic was snapped at an AutoShow. Perhaps, an AutoShow traveling employee from the Paris Autoshow took some type of advertisement pic for the future Prius, and hopes he will get to see the new one before us, and he will be able to get the pics to us first. maybe.

If you really are the "Prius Team," please take some type of pic to help convince us. Even if it's just a pic of something random, that indicates you are part of Toyota.

Originally Posted by Ari

I'm not buying it yet. It seems out of character for Toyota to be encouraging rumors in online forums when they are best known for delivering working hardware. A screenshot from the next MFD won't do much to fight all the hype surrounding the Volt, if that's what they're worried about.

Originally Posted by Boo

This is stupid and frankly, it pisses me off.

It's worse than the Sharp ad and the other rollover and scrolling banner ads.

I wish Danny and the moderators would shut this thread down. Otherwise there'll be thousands of more views and big wastes of time.

Danny has kept us Moderators in the loop that Toyota and he have been talking for quite some time. Most recently, he informed us that Toyota (who routinely monitors online communities) is going to provide sneak peaks of the new Prius via online communities.

Here's another teaser: pay attention when Prius Team says, "tune in to your favorite Prius sites regularly." They didn't say "site." Hmm, where might they show up next? Perhaps another hybrid or hypermiling site? Perhaps next Monday? And where after that? The mind boggles. How did they say that: "we bet you can figure out the pieces to the puzzle." Hint: pieces

I assure you in the same way that Danny assured us. They are legit and that is a snap from the new Prius' MFD. I joke amount many things but not about this.

[zenMachine]

The burning question remains: will it have height-adjustable driver seat???

[Nevillewc]

wrong post

[hschuck]

Originally Posted by Flying White Dutchman

not a high resolution screen!
so maybe it wil be not the MFD but a small MFD near the speedo.
like the camty got to display hybrid info when you dont have the MFD option

Right, its aspect ratio seems about right to fit in the dash area where the speedo is located. It could replace all the current info (fuel, speed, gear, etc.) and additionally provide an alternate location for consumption and/or energy data in a more heads up display than the primary MFD.

[Tideland Prius]

mmhmm. Good call Flying White Dutchman. It does seem a bit wide for an MFD start-up. Maybe it's a radio screen like the "Welcome to Camry" scroll. I hope that the MFD is standard like it is now and not combined with the navigation option.

[Tideland Prius]

P.S. Has anyone looked at the linkback to this thread?!? Holy crap!

[pafoss]

Originally Posted by Tideland Prius

P.S. Has anyone looked at the linkback to this thread?!? Holy crap!

Linkback? What are you referring to?

[TonyPSchaefer]

Originally Posted by pafoss

Linkback? What are you referring to?

Scroll to the bottom of the page.

Although it might be collapsed. Look for a blue bar with a title "Linkbacks(?)"
On the right is a round button with three down arrows; click that.

This is a list of all pages that have posted links to this page. As Tideland Prius has pointed out, it's quite extensive.

[SageBrush]

The memories ..

"Welcome to Macintosh"

[mr_zorg]

Originally Posted by Flying White Dutchman

not a high resolution screen

Hard to say. Certainly not a high resolution jpg! There's enough block artifacts in that jpg to kill a horse.