Ten Configuration Suggested list: Please approve or suggest changes.

The Gen III Prius is now available in 10 configurations that many have expressed dissatisfaction with. Doug of Prius Team has challenged us to come up with another list. Below is my list, modified from the original list. Please express your approval or suggest changes. Keep in mind that any suggested changes must still result in a total of 10 configurations, so if, for example, you say that you want a Prius II with the option of Nav, that would add a new configuration, so you would have to say which of the other configs you would eliminate.

In my list, my rationale for changes is as follows: Anyone who will pay for an upgraded audio system will want other advanced features (thus eliminating old Prius III) but not necessarily Leather. ATP now available without 17" wheels. Solar roof available without Nav. I did not include 17" wheels with Solar Roof, even though people want that, because we are still told that it is not possible.

Here is my first attempt at a list:

1: Prius II
as detailed elsewhere

2: Prius III (All features of old III and IV except leather, heated seats & power lumbar support)
In addition to Prius II features:
► JBL AM/FM/MP3 six-disc CD changer with eight speakers
► Integrated satellite radio capability
► Hands-free phone capability via Bluetooth® wireless technology.:
► Three-door Smart Key system
► Driver and front passenger water repellant windows
► Plasmacluster™ ionizer
► Auto dimming mirror with HomeLink®

3: Prius III with Solar Roof Package

4: Prius IV
In addition to Prius III features:
► Leather-trimmed interior
► Heated front seats with driver lumbar support

5: Prius IV with Navigation Package

6: Prius IV with Solar Roof Package

7: Prius IV with Navigation Package & Solar Roof Package

8: Prius IV with Solar Roof Package & Advanced Technology Package (inc Nav)
► LED headlamps with auto leveling and washers
► Integrated foglamps


9: Prius V
In addition to Prius IV features:
► 17-inch alloy wheels and P215/45 R17 tires
► LED headlamps with auto leveling and washers
► Integrated foglamps
► Navigation Package

10: Prius V with Advanced Technology Package (includes Nav)

Optional Equipment

Navigation Package Available on Prius III, IV, V
Voice-actived touch-screen DVD navigation system with
JBL AM/FM/MP3 four-disc CD changer, eight speakers, integrated
satellite radio capability, XM NavTraffic capability, hands-free
phone capability and music streaming via Bluetooth wireless
technology and integrated backup camera

Solar Roof Package Available on Prius IV
Power tilt/slide moonroof with Solar Powered Ventilation System
and Remote Air Conditioning System

Advanced Technology Package Available on Prius IV, V
Includes Navigation Package equipment
plus Dynamic Radar Cruise Control (DRCC)
Pre-Collision System (PCS)
Lane Keep Assist (LKA)
Intelligent Parking Assist (IPA)

 

Thank you and others for replys so far.

In coming up with the provisional list, I assumed that we did have to stay with features/options available now in the U.S, but with new combinations that would appeal to PriusChatters more than the current 10 configurations.

To meet the requirements of the "Prius Team Challenge", therefore, to include the backup camera in configuration #2, Nav would have to be included, either as an option (which would add an additional configuration and require removing one of the other configs or would make option #2 more expensive for all, even those who don't want Nav).

The solution would be to include the Nav capable screen and backup camera (as in Gen II Prius) in all models III and above and then make Nav capability a separate option. I didn't think that this is a choice under the terms of the "challenge".

So, given these constraints, what do you think?

(Prius Team, any comments on whether I am interpreting the challenge correctly?)

Roy

 

I agree with you on this one. That would make the popular backup camera avaliable at all or most levels while making choices among other options easier.

Roy