Get in line for the Priapus aka Volta

AA540 · 07-28-2004, 03:07 PM

Just saw this headline on fark.com, "Toyota Hybrid Sports Car "Priapus" Gets Greenlight"
http://www.glossynews.com/artman/publish/t...iapus-845.shtml

Cost will be around $72k US , Germany will get it first around xmas '04 and expect it here about 3 months later.

I wonder what the wait list will be like?

AA

krooster1234 · 07-28-2004, 03:45 PM

I would have thought they could do better than 30MPG in normal driving conditions.... I mean, a manual corvette gets like almost 25 MPG combined city/highway, and it just as fast. Still, the car looks sweet and is fast and if I was super rich and liked sports cars i'm sure i'd buy it.

jimofdg · 07-28-2004, 04:43 PM

Um, this is a joke site. Check out the Onion-type headlines of their other "stories." Ten points to the others who realized this.

A search for Priapus will inform you why no car maker would willingly choose that name. Voltagra is equally unlikely.

richard schumacher · 07-28-2004, 04:46 PM

A more plausible (and perhaps more entertaining) story from these same folks may be seen at http://www.glossynews.com/artman/publish/o...ating_505.shtml

AA540 · 07-28-2004, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by richard schumacher
A more plausible (and perhaps more entertaining) story from these same folks may be seen athttp://www.glossynews.com/artman/publish/olsen_eating_505.shtml

Ah, yes a parody site. I guess I got caught up in the hybrid hype. rats they got me, lol.

**efusco** · 07-28-2004, 06:44 PM

Priapism = an erection that won't go away.

daniel · 07-28-2004, 07:45 PM

My first reaction was: Is that picture showing the car from the front or the back? And: I ain\'t buying an expensive sports car unless it\'s all-electric. I want a tzero!!! :x Other than that, I'm always suspicious of anything I see on the internet, unless I know something about the source.

eg239 · 07-28-2004, 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by AA540
will get it first around xmas '04 and expect it here about 3 months later.

I wonder what the wait list will be like?

Non-existant? The article is satire.

/fellow Farker

madrigal · 08-02-2004, 06:21 AM

Priapus????????
I hope it's a joke, here in italy, where latin tradition is quite alive, should be a real funny thing. Priapus was the latin god of male fertility, he was always represented with an enormous erected phallus. Many times the Priapus "ermae" (sacred monuments) did not represent any human form, but the phallus and were posed in front of the houses to protect family from negative spells. At this link http://www.planetware.com/photos/I/PMP7.HTM you can see a Priapus image from Pompei paintings (btw the painting is not in a bordello, as the site states, but on the front door of two rich brothers)

LeVautRien · 08-02-2004, 11:04 AM

It's a joke, and even though it's latin, it still has a very phallic meaning in English. :mrgreen:

07-28-2004, 03:07 PM	#1
AA540 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Annandale, VA Posts: 15 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Get in line for the Priapus aka Volta Just saw this headline on fark.com, "Toyota Hybrid Sports Car "Priapus" Gets Greenlight" http://www.glossynews.com/artman/publish/t...iapus-845.shtml Cost will be around $72k US , Germany will get it first around xmas '04 and expect it here about 3 months later. I wonder what the wait list will be like? AA

08-02-2004, 06:21 AM	#9
madrigal Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Milan, Italy Posts: 24 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Priapus???????? I hope it's a joke, here in italy, where latin tradition is quite alive, should be a real funny thing. Priapus was the latin god of male fertility, he was always represented with an enormous erected phallus. Many times the Priapus "ermae" (sacred monuments) did not represent any human form, but the phallus and were posed in front of the houses to protect family from negative spells. At this link http://www.planetware.com/photos/I/PMP7.HTM you can see a Priapus image from Pompei paintings (btw the painting is not in a bordello, as the site states, but on the front door of two rich brothers) __________________ QUOD PRIUS MMIV NON FUIT

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07-28-2004, 03:45 PM	#2
krooster1234 Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Glenview, IL Posts: 72 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	I would have thought they could do better than 30MPG in normal driving conditions.... I mean, a manual corvette gets like almost 25 MPG combined city/highway, and it just as fast. Still, the car looks sweet and is fast and if I was super rich and liked sports cars i'm sure i'd buy it.

07-28-2004, 04:43 PM	#3
jimofdg Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: DG, IL, US Posts: 533 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Um, this is a joke site. Check out the Onion-type headlines of their other "stories." Ten points to the others who realized this. A search for Priapus will inform you why no car maker would willingly choose that name. Voltagra is equally unlikely.

07-28-2004, 04:46 PM	#4
richard schumacher ichorous liquor Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: United States Posts: 3,888 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	A more plausible (and perhaps more entertaining) story from these same folks may be seen at http://www.glossynews.com/artman/publish/o...ating_505.shtml

07-28-2004, 06:44 PM	#6
efusco Troll Slayer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nixa, MO Posts: 12,937 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 1 Time in 1 Post TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 21	Priapism = an erection that won't go away.

07-28-2004, 07:45 PM	#7
daniel Cat Lovers Against the Bomb Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 8,589 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	My first reaction was: Is that picture showing the car from the front or the back? And: I ain\'t buying an expensive sports car unless it\'s all-electric. I want a tzero!!! :x Other than that, I'm always suspicious of anything I see on the internet, unless I know something about the source.

08-02-2004, 11:04 AM	#10
LeVautRien Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Claremont, California Posts: 367 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	It's a joke, and even though it's latin, it still has a very phallic meaning in English. :mrgreen: