That might be slightly true in a V8 or V12 engine that's been run at max rpm on a race track. But driving a little four cyclinder Toyota around? There's no way that's going to be an issue.
I don’t think Prius and other Toyotas in the US have them as far as I know. In any case, it is illegal to tamper with any kind of emissions systems, not to mention that the car will fail the emissions inspection or test.
This is a Europe/USA difference I'd missed. The GPF gets half a page in the European manual about the possible error conditions - posted here for the benefit of others.
Paint flames on your car, it will go faster. If you put bigger tires on the back you will always drive downhill and save gas.
It appears Albania needs to import all their cars. The AI search response said those cars need to be at least Euro 5 compliant. 5b ended in January 2013. Pretty sure Euro 5 didn't require an exhaust filter on petrol cars, but getting a gen5 Prius without one would entail importing from outside Europe. Edit: Albania is also working towards becoming part of the EU.
Albania is close to my homeland, where we have a lot of Albanians, too. It is kind of an obscure country, yes. But is the OP located in Alabama or Albania? I drove through Alabama. @bwilson4web lives there. He would know the local emissions regulations.
Neither the EPA nor CARB require cleaning up the particle emissions of gasoline cars. Even though they can exceed the limits that put DPFs on all diesels. Requiring a GPF anywhere in the US would be big news.
AL… Cavalier location description (in OP’s avatar) is frustrating; half the posts hinge on it. It’ll never happen, but it’d be helpful if the site provided a database, that you had to choose from. If you’re in some obscure location: an option to choose nearby city with indication it’s “nearby”. So long to “earth”, “somewhere”, obscure suburbs, zip codes, and/or and country-only
