15 New Photos & 2 New Videos of the 2010 Next Generation Prius

[drewtiss]

Here are my obs (some copied from the old thread)

1. The POWER button is back in the normal place
2. There's a square thing (button?) with 3 smaller squares (for lights?) that is to the left of the volume knob in the picture with the steering wheel. I have absolutely no idea what could possibly be put to the left of the volume knob
3. The mini MFD found in the TCH and HiHy is now a larger version with the shape of the car (in this case the Prius) between the clock and the shifter position. It also houses the Consumption Screen too. I think they are washer units. The picture looks funny but it might just be a play with the noid light.
4. I can't make out the two words on either side of the front wheel on the mini Energy Monitor. Edit: I think the one on the right is the outside temperature gauge. Still don't know the what the one on the left says
5. There's a weird pictogram on the silver button. Seemed like there was something around the hood or windshield area of the pictogram
6. Headlight washers mean that the LED or HID option will be available in Europe (where headlight washers are mandatory if the vehicle is equipped with HIDs). Whether we'll get headlight washers as well will remain to be seen. I just hope it's not tied to the windshield washer action.
7. There are two extra buttons in the wheel - TRIP and DISP. This means that the odo/trip odo button is now on the wheel instead of that small button next to the km/h/MPH button we have now (rheostat for other countries). TRIP probably toggles the mini MFD between Energy Monitor and Consumption Screen
8. There's a green light above the speedo, between the two circles. ICE ON is what I see.... maybe someone else sees a different word
9. Nothing new in the warning lights.. SRS airbag, BRAKE (which means it's a US-spec car that's shown), EPS, door ajar, battery, check engine, ABS malfunction and VSC malfunction.
10. The interior looks a tad wider (spacing between the seats and the golf bags)
11. The underfloor compartment remains
12. The steering wheel button images on the speedo illuminate when you press the corresponding button

Hi guys. Sorry to be a noob. Could somebody tell me the difference between TRIP and DISP? Thanks in advance.

[tbert]

There is absolutely no reason to place the shifter there, as long as it still has the CVT transmission...That center console is weird looking and a waste of space, imho.

[Tideland Prius]

Originally Posted by drewtiss

Hi guys. Sorry to be a noob. Could somebody tell me the difference between TRIP and DISP? Thanks in advance.

DISP toggles the display on the instrument cluster. Typically, it involves the odometer and trip odometer (A and . In other Toyota cars, it may also include the outside temperature gauge, instant FE readout, Avg FE, Tank FE, E/T, Avg Speed and Dist. to Empty.


TRIP is unique to the Prius. My wager is that it'll control the Energy Monitor and Consumption Screen (formerly the INFO button).

However, I'll be surprised if the buttons were reversed on the Prius. i.e. the TRIP is the odo/trip odo toggler and the DISP is everything else, as that'll confuse some people used to the DISP button on other Toyota/Lexus vehicles.

[David Beale]

I wonder if Toyota is reconsidering the "first showing" at the Detroit auto show. I suspect the Detroit auto show may be a wake.

[brick]

I still have no desire to replace either of the perfectly good '07s that we have now, but the MFD location is an improvement. My concern was that it would go away for Prius that aren't NAV equipped, which would have been disappointing. But not only is it still there, it's even closer to the driver's line of sight! They must have realized that we drive around watching the screen and decided to do us a favor.

Overall it looks like a very slick car. Bring on the EPA estimates!

[Rae Vynn]

It wouldn't be a replacement for Rudy, but my DH, JavaJunki, is really quite taken with the photos of the 2010, and it is possible that his car, the venerable Buick, will need to be replaced by then...

[SeattlePriusDriver]

I like it. My wife is one lucky girl... She'll be getting this, since I got the 2009. Doh! It's all good, I'm sure she'll let me be the driver.

[drewtiss]

Originally Posted by SeattlePriusDriver

I like it. My wife is one lucky girl... She'll be getting this, since I got the 2009. Doh! It's all good, I'm sure she'll let me be the driver.

Yeah! She really is

[donee]

Originally Posted by tbert

There is absolutely no reason to place the shifter there, as long as it still has the CVT transmission...That center console is weird looking and a waste of space, imho.

Hi Tbert,

I could not agree more. I think the whole change is a sucumbing to the marketing department to bring the car away from practicality, and over to boy-racer fantasies. Very negative overall, I think.

Just like wheel well bulges have become design lanquage for powerful cars, when they originally a safety add-on legally required in California, the center shifter is somehow being used as an artifice to imply superior control. I reiterate - ARTIFICE.

I also think this is a bad buisness decision. Because boy racers buy cheap, and modify. That is not the Prius. Its expensive up-front and with lots of built-in value that take lots of low-speed miles to realise. The people with experience will - the people that buy the prius - will see through these changes - and buy a USED Prius.

Dumb-dumb-dumb DUMB!

[bac]

Originally Posted by Danny

Do these photos make you want a 2010 Prius more now, or less now?

I think I'll like the new Prius for the new cool stuff and technology. However, the rest is going to have to grow on me. To be honest, I like the look of the 04-09 better .... at least for now.

... Brad