Another new Bossdowner 2010 Prius Video - 1/3/2009

It's good to see that I can fit several bodies into the back of the vehicle. I hope the new Prius has a long enough range that I can make several round trips out to the desert without having to waste time, stopping for gasoline. I'm glad to see that Toyota has it's customers' interests in mind.

EIGHT days!

When will they be on dealer lots?

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The disclaimer on the video is as revealing as it is confusing. "Blue Man Group appeared solely to Toyota..." yet "The author is not in any way affiliated with Toyota Motor Corporation."
Maybe he's just a really good computer hacker!!!
Here's the most-interesting part: "Blue Man Group appearance herein has been re-edited by author and is not presented in it's original sequence or format." ...To me, this implies that there IS an original Toyota video, and that the Bossdowner footage was created FROM the original Toyota version. (Bossdowner, I don't know how you do it, but I am very thankful that you have made these videos. We love the Prius, and we love watching your videos. Thank you. )

 

Notice both front seats had been shifted forward with the central console sticking out into the pax compartment.

I reserve any further opinion until 12 Jan.

 

I think the demonstration was there is a lot of leg room in the back.
Can't wait till the 12th. Getting excited.

 

Either that, or else it's a great place for making kids.
Maybe they're trying to add sex appeal to the Prius. "It's good for more than just transportation."

 

I saw no Plug!!????

 

So it also has a headlight washer? Why? You can see it at 3:47.

 

Bravo! Bravo! Presentazione eccellente, Bossdowner!

 

It was at the very beginning when the BMG plugged in the stage lights.

 

Lots of leg room. Yup, got that pun right off.

i saw that the consumption/energy screen is now up near the main driver display, where it makes more sense -- looking off to the side (and, in the 2010, down) to glance at one's arrows is dangerous.

 

Its hard to imagine that this video was released without Toyota's implicit approval - or else whoever was responsible for safeguarding the raw video footage probably got fired.

The headlight washers are nice to have on long road trips, the last car I owned with that was a MBZ 400E (which also had headlight wipers to go with the washers).

 

I find it interesting that while the MFD has been moved, and apparently
downsized, the information that is available on the current Energy Monitor
MFD screen has been moved front and center, out by the speedo. This is a
good move. The info most needed for efficient fuel/energy use is now easily
and quickly available directly in the drivers line of sight.

But what happened to the supposedly important "fat yellow bar" graph on the
current MFD Consumption screen. Where did it go, it's nowhere to be seen...
maybe it's still available on the MFD. If so, it has been relegated to it's proper
secondary position... and I say it's about time.

A while back, I used to rant and rave about the near uselessness of the "fat
yellow bars." I don't anymore, although they're still a waste of valuable info
display space. Apparently, Toyota now has the same feelings about this that I
do.

 

paradox,

By 'Energy Monitor,' I mean the screen with the colored arrows and pictures of
the wheels, ICE, battery, the SOC window, and the numeric instantaneous MPG
read out.

By 'Consumption screen,' I mean the the bar graph with the big fat yellow bars
that track average MPGs over 5 min. intervals, and the smaller yellow bar on
the right that shows both numeric and graphic displays of instantaneous MPGs.

Of everything on this screen, only the iMPG is meaningful, and it is available
on the Energy Monitor. Ergo, this screen is, IHMO, useless in real time for
helping to get the highest MPGs.

 

Um, won't it be the 13th in Australia when this is revealed across the river from me in Detroit?