mikeavelli
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What a turn of events for the Prius. Well deserved.
Got to play around with a fifth gen Prius for a bit and was incredibly surprised at how well it handles. Really considering one as my next daily.
I went through the suspension and saw a lot of places where I could make adjustments to make it handle even better:
It also has a decent amount of space inside and even fits me at 6'2" in various configurations:
My wife is that person. She couldn't get over the rake on the windshield. She's getting a UX 300h instead. At least the UX is getting the 5th gen hybrid drivetrain from the Prius and there are a number of other little upgrades, but it sucks that a Prius Limited comes with heated rear seats, memory driver seat, birds eye camera, and digital rear view mirror and none of those are available on the UX Premium. Memory seats and maybe birds eye camera are on the F sport handling, but that trim doesn't come in the right color (Grecian water).I don't know of a single person that hasn't raved about the new Prius. Toyota really knocked it outta the park with this one. Glad you enjoyed it Bozi.
I realize that. But it can't come soon enough.In the US, anyway, there won’t be a new UX until ‘27 at the earliest. The ‘25 just got the 5th gen, so it will get 2-3 model years even though the UX is basically the same as ‘19.
That is a ridiculous amount of Toyota / Lexus products in the top 10 considering the analysis included > 1000 vehicles. I also find it hilariously shortsighted and borderline stupid when people claim to buy Teslas or whatever because it’s so “green” and that Toyota pollutes so much while neglecting all the geographical scarring involved in creating and disposing an EV (the heck are we gonna do when we have all these dead batteries). What irks me is when people bash the company for polluting while neglecting the fact that Toyota reduced emissions with their hybrid tech long before anyone cared. It’s not like people who drove traditional cars suddenly don’t need cars and they were converted to lower emission vehicles when they adopted a hybrid.Greener Cars List 2024
GreenerCars Ranks the Environmental Impact of New 2024 Vehicles
GreenerCars Assesses Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollutant Emissions from Production, Use, and Disposal of Each Vehiclewww.aceee.org
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Half (6 out of 12) on the Greenest List are Toyota or Lexus vehicles.That is a ridiculous amount of Toyota / Lexus products in the top 10 considering the analysis included > 1000 vehicles. I also find it hilariously shortsighted and borderline stupid when people claim to buy Teslas or whatever because it’s so “green” and that Toyota pollutes so much while neglecting all the geographical scarring involved in creating and disposing an EV (the heck are we gonna do when we have all these dead batteries). What irks me is when people bash the company for polluting while neglecting the fact that Toyota reduced emissions with their hybrid tech long before anyone cared. It’s not like people who drove traditional cars suddenly don’t need cars and they were converted to lower emission vehicles when they adopted a hybrid.