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Prius Gen IV 2016 Review

Discussion in 'Gen 4 Prius Main Forum' started by inferno, Sep 10, 2015.

  1. Sergiospl

    Sergiospl Senior Member

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    :D, Prius would NEVER get away with this special OEM paint job. C & D praises it!
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  2. Tideland Prius

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    Yeah but considering the badges on both cars are at the top of the trailing edge of the hood, that's pretty impressive, even if one car has a flat, horizontal hood (FR-S) and the other (Prius) has a sloping hood.

    Obviously it's not going to have the centre of gravity of a sports cars (You can butt out a cigarette on the road from the front seats of an FR-S. True fact - the designer, who I assume smokes, mentioned that fact in an interview). In the Prius, you sit higher than that but it's noticeably lower than the Gen 2 or 3.
     
  3. E46Prius

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    I must admit the Gen IV looks great from behind in blue. I saw a pic somewhere. All other colors it doesn't look as good. Maybe a higher end model with 17" wheels in blue would look nice.. man and I just got my 2015 too..
     
  4. inferno

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    Keep your 2015 for at least a year then :p Let's see what the Gen IV is made of, it's hard to make a product perfect (notice how many slight variations of the Gen III there were, bug fixes, recalls, etc...)
     
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    Yep I knnow. the gen IV will probably have quite a few bugs and annoying TSB and other fixes
     
  6. Tideland Prius

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    Wait for the midlife update?
     
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    whole point of TNGA - new platform, is lower point of gravity... thats all they talk about... of course, it will be higher than FRS but i think it should be substantially lower than any other non-sport toyota made today.
     
  8. Tideland Prius

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    I agree.
     
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    you can't put lipstick on a pig, or an aston martin for that matter.:eek: