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Old 11-03-2009, 03:42 PM   #21
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The Enzo is ugly? Clearly, the man has no taste.
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Old 11-03-2009, 03:52 PM   #22
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Based on appearance ONLY, I have to agree...the Prius is fugly. You might say that the Prius has a great personality. Some people will tolerate not so great personalities (frequent break downs, high maintenance, low MPG, more harmful emissions, etc.) in a vehicle.

One test might be...would you prefer the Prius if it only had a conventional powertrain (ICE only) with the lower MPG?
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Old 11-03-2009, 05:06 PM   #23
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It is odd that the original Honda Insight didn't make it on the list but Prius did.
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Old 11-03-2009, 05:09 PM   #24
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It aint easy being smug ... and ugly ... at the same time. Call it 'smugly'

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Brilliant! Smugly it is!
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Old 11-03-2009, 05:24 PM   #25
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Well, I will trust the official BusinessWeek car reviewer instead, who earlier this year starts off about the Prius:

Toyota has done a masterful job of redesigning

Click on: Review: 2010 Toyota Prius - BusinessWeek

And, the photo used for the review is Toyota's, but awesome.


Click on: 2010 Toyota Prius: New, improved Prius - BusinessWeek
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Old 11-03-2009, 06:05 PM   #26
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Well,..... I found a list of the 50 Worst publications to be used as Toilet paper.
BusinessWeek was right up there in the top 10....
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Old 11-03-2009, 06:10 PM   #27
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One test might be...would you prefer the Prius if it only had a conventional powertrain (ICE only) with the lower MPG?
That is a good way to look at it. In the situation you described I would say no but since it has all the other nice features I have grown to love the look, especially considering the constraints with which the engineers had to work with (people space, aerodynamics, etc.). I guess it is like an average looking girl who becomes beautiful after you get to know her other attributes.
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Old 11-03-2009, 07:19 PM   #28
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Well the problem is obvious ... it needs to be stripped:
(cue "The Stripper")

Click the image to open in full size.

Also,
Click the image to open in full size.

Look at the jugs:
Click the image to open in full size.

The problem is they didn't look under the skin ... into the soul of the machine.

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Well the problem is obvious ... it needs to be stripped:
(cue "The Stripper")



Also,


Look at the jugs:


The problem is they didn't look under the skin ... into the soul of the machine.

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Old 11-03-2009, 07:23 PM   #30
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I love the looks of the prius = )
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