Room for 6 persons and 3 luggages

how long of a drive? looks to be the same dims as the v.. if so, not the best for long trips.

 

Luggage should not be impossible.


There are 200 liters of cargo area with both seats in use, with one down I bet you have 300 liters.

There is also still under floor storage.

 

Is it possible to reserve a specific vehicle model at a rental company in Japan? My wife and I have rented many vehicles for business and pleasure trips both in the U.S. and Europe and have never been able to reserve a specific vehicle model - only a vehicle category. We usually use Hertz for renting outside the U.S. and I see that Hertz only allows reserving a vehicle category in Japan - not a specific model.

The Prius v/Alpha seems small for six people and their luggage even if some are children. I suggest that you reserve something in the "minivan" category which with Hertz in Japan will get you a vehicle about the size of a Toyota Noah which is larger than a Prius Alpha but smaller than an Alphard.

 

That's about the amount of space in my 3 row Mitsubishi Outlander. The third row is the same folding mechanism as well. It's sad that I had to go to such a large footprint vehicle with high 20's mpg when the Alpha satisfies my people and cargo carrying requirements with much superior fuel economy.

 

I don't remember seeing any reviews of the 7-passenger Prius+ (Alpha) from the U.K. or European automotive press that I would call positive. Here is one from the U.K. magazine "What Car?" that is kinder than others I've seen:

Heck, you can't even use the third row seats while child seats are used in the 2nd row!

Buy your Outlanders while you can because Mitsubishi has been on the edge of withdrawing from the U.S. market like Suzuki did.