YouTube videos about the Prius

[Three60guy]

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Top Gear tests the Toyota Prius and have some less than choice words for it.

Top Gear Prius test
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Check out what else YouTube has about the Prius and enjoy all those videos. Some are good and some are down right pathetic. You have been warned. :P

YouTube videos about the Prius

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Edit: stop the presses......here is another one

Prius automatic parking

[Tideland Prius]

The thing is, Jeremy Clarkson doesn't believe that hybrids get the advertised mileage and thinks owners are bluffing when quoting numbers.

[Three60guy]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tideland Prius @ Jul 10 2006, 11:20 AM) [snapback]283864[/snapback]</div>

The thing is, Jeremy Clarkson doesn't believe that hybrids get the advertised mileage and thinks owners are bluffing when quoting numbers.
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He is no expert. Why should I respect his opinion? But I think watching videos about the Prius on your computer is neat. So, that is the reason I shared those links.

Oh, and because that 2nd link is a search for Prius on YouTube.com that list of videos should get bigger over time. Should be interesting to see what people will come up with. Heck, maybe PriusChat people should enter some videos about the Prius.

[brandon]

"Top Gear": Yep, goes to prove that some people just don't get it. You can give them all of the information and facts in the world, but if in the end they choose to warp that information to suit their pessimistic world, that's their choice, I guess.

The host comes across as a Simon Cowell wannabe.

[bigj3347]

While I understand our negative reaction to any criticism of the prius. Keep in mind that Europe has not taken to the prius as much as the United States has. The guy in the clip, i don't know his name, has driven A LOT of nice cars. He is an expert in that sense. He is by no means an expert on hybrids, and you could obviously tell his bias against it. Reviews like these are probably why diesels are selling better in Europe than over here. I found it interesting that he never mentioned the sks, bt, nav, etc. All features that you would not find on a car at a comparable price. You mgiht find it in a BMW 7 series but not ont a $25,000 car. Perhaps Europe in general has a genuine interest in protecting their own automobile industry and are decidely biased against foreign competition. I don't know, i'm just guessing here.

[TJandGENESIS]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(brandon @ Jul 10 2006, 12:40 PM) [snapback]283877[/snapback]</div>

"Top Gear": Yep, goes to prove that some people just don't get it. You can give them all of the information and facts in the world, but if in the end they choose to warp that information to suit their pessimistic world, that's their choice, I guess.

The host comes across as a Simon Cowell wannabe.
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Yes, he is a nit. And, I have seen other videos with him, and it's obvious that he has a lead foot.

[Oxo]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(bigj3347 @ Jul 10 2006, 01:06 PM) [snapback]283941[/snapback]</div>

While I understand our negative reaction to any criticism of the prius. Keep in mind that Europe has not taken to the prius as much as the United States has. The guy in the clip, i don't know his name, has driven A LOT of nice cars. He is an expert in that sense. He is by no means an expert on hybrids, and you could obviously tell his bias against it. Reviews like these are probably why diesels are selling better in Europe than over here. I found it interesting that he never mentioned the sks, bt, nav, etc. All features that you would not find on a car at a comparable price. You might find it in a BMW 7 series but not not a $25,000 car. Perhaps Europe in general has a genuine interest in protecting their own automobile industry and are decidedly biased against foreign competition. I don't know, I'm just guessing here.
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His name is Clarkson and he is well known in the UK as a TV motormouth who represents a kind of 'boy racer' section of the motoring public. The Prius he was driving must have been a 2003 model, according to the number plate, so this video may be 2-3 years old. Note that the 43MPG he said he got on his 70MPH trip would be about 35 MPG with USA gallons which is very low so clearly his figures are either wrong or he couldn't drive a Prius properly. It's noteworthy that he did not mention other economies you get with a Prius - very low annual road tax and freedom from the London congestion charge.
You may have noticed he pronounced Prius to rhyme with 'Try us". I think on PriusChat we generally accept it should rhyme with "see us". Or do we?

I'm pretty sure there is no European bias against foreign cars, as this post suggests. Japanese cars are very common on the roads here and so are Fords which incidentally now have a high reliability rating from the main Consumer Association - "WHICH?"

Anyway a very nice selection of Prius videos and thanks for mentioning the site.

[kDB]

i'm sure it was a 2004. he mentions the movie "The Day After Tomorrow" which came out in 2004. i assume this was done soon after.

as for his comments, i agree with a few of them, yes maybe three. but... if you notice he keeps calling the car slow, but he also keeps saying he's not a lead foot. well which is it? if you weren't a lead foot, you wouldn't be so bothered by how "slow" the car is. the only video i've ever seen him do that wasn't of a sports car, was one on the hilux, and it wasn't about driving. if you have ever watched any of his other videos, you know he is all for power.

i pronounce it pree us. see here

[Three60guy]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Oxo @ Jul 10 2006, 01:41 PM) [snapback]283964[/snapback]</div>

His name is Clarkson and he is well known in the UK as a TV motormouth .......
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Good to get feedback from someone in the UK (Europe). Thanks.

[koa]

The thing is I am getting about 40-42mpg on our Prius. We live on a hill so not complaining. Also there are rattles and some cheapness about the car. Since there are so many more diesels in UK I imagine fuel is handier to buy. I'm sure some diesels easily beat the Prius. It is quiet when in electric mode and that "danger" fact has been discussed here a few times I recall. I don't see too many things wrong with the review. There is another video of him and an Audi V8 diesel getting 50 mpg. Here's the link to that one:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search=top+...s&search=Search