I live in Southampton uk, most of our taxis are now prius and they r lovely cars (tho very quiet which is a tad unnerving till u get used to it! Lol!) Im looking forward to getting the prius plus next year.

@@janetothen2583 Did you ended getting it?

@@hedgehogthesonic3181 no i ended up with a Hyundai Tuscan, needed the height for my bad back. Love my car lol! But its still on the cards for my next car!

@@janetothen2583 I see, and has been the Hyundai Tuscan reliable so far? And yeah your next car should be a Prius, these are probably the most reliable and efficient non ev vehicles you can get.

@@hedgehogthesonic3181 it actually has tho i need a bigger engine with a tad more kick lol! But now im more confident (i actually only passed in feb so was worried about size but im throwing this suv about like a corsa so o can manage a long car lol!) But we r gonna have to atleast switch to hybrid sooner rather than later now pm has moved the end of petrol/diesel cars forward. Will have to get over the whole silent running thing tho!

Totally agree. I think it looks just fine and the review is based on the popular petrolhead anti prius opinion. the prius is perfect for a certain market segment and would be a hell of a lot more reliable that a lot of the other scrap on the market.

Right on....

Best car I've ever owned.

+Trucking Vapes I'm test driving one on Friday really like the look of it

Thank you dude

Bought one yesterday

any updates of for your Prius? still runs well?

Sergio Garcia I'd love my next car to be at least a PHEV, or a full EV. In a couple of weeks I'll be posting a KIA Soul EV review. A very interesting car.

Ford cmax diesel

A very powerful and well written statement in support of this revolutionary technology. Thank you from Toyota Prii owner

No it's not I jus got the 2018 one and u have to pay road tax

I'm over-stretching it a bit here, but a base 216i Gran Tourer starts at 27k. I added professional sat nav, convenience package, picnic tables etc., 3rd row of seats, and it's 32,320 in Germany. OK, 216i comes only with manual transmission. Automatic means a more powerful engine, and extra costs. But if you want a 7-seater 2 Series Gran Tourer for around 30k euro, it is possible without buying a totally basic car. I guess it may vary from market to market. For my English reviews I use German prices.

***** Right, and the Prius+ costs 35,595 euro, which is not exactly cheap either. Are all cars so expensive in Ireland compared to Continental Europe? Any particular reason?

+Marek Drives island + extra taxes. probably they are compensating for the low corporate tax ;)

Amster Fam this review is bullshit

When i was in paris, i saw lots of them as cabs. Actually 90% of all cabs in paris are Prius+ or Auris Touring.

In UK 95%are taxis

Google it

It's called Prius V in USA

I actually have a prius v ,I'm tolking about prius v+plus,with third row seats.

The 7 seat prius + is only available in Japan and Europe, in the USA it's only available as a 5 seat and is called the Prius V.

Prius 3 is still mediocre, but Prius 4 is the car to get.

Diesel gate haha its not hard to do a tank to tank test... prius on a motorway is bad mpg anyway

Daas pollution

First water pump 425 000 km

TheSaint491 I have no clue. It's not on my original copy. Maybe it's a YT processing error.

TheSaint491 no its the prius lol

ReplicaSeven I tested the B-Max shortly after it was launched. The price tag was outrageous. I love the sliding doors, but I am concerned about the bundle of cables at the bottom. I know you are leasing it, but how much is the sticker price for a mid-spec B-Max wherever you live?

Marek Drives The version we have (titanium diesel) comes at about 17000 (it's normally around 21k but for some reason everyone here in beligum gives a 4k reduction) euros in Belgium, which I find quite alright. (the 21k price tag however steep, wouldn't scare me off) The cheapest B-max comes at about 12,500 if I remember corectly. I'd like to add that this is our second B-max, the first one we had was the very fist B-max on the market, and possibly one of the first ones that was sold in europe, but that one was somehow actually quite loud on the highway, and it had a glitch in the system that made the windows roll down after they rolled up all the way, but this one does not. We'll soon be switching it for a Ford Ecosport Titanium Diesel (can you see the pattern here) and we'll see how that one is. My exerience with the B-max has been alright, I can't stand it personally but I love it's potential. I respect that it's such a capable little machine for the (opinion) low price it comes at.

Marek Drives كنةةةه .ةكصكصك

+ReplicaSeven I agree. B max is great for my 4 persons family. sliding doors are a big hit and save massive amount of space. very practical to seat babies in the car without hurting your back. I got my bmax titanium automatic 1.6 petrol one year old for 14k fully loaded incl panoramic roof and tidy pack. its an amazing small car easy to park but with more space inside than ford focus! I hated my focus for lack of space. The only problem is Ford starts to suck big time. It fails on electrics a lot. there is something seriously wrong with fords electric department. Almost like they do not invest any money and just hire students to do the job. For that reason I hate Ford and I am getting read of them for good switching for BMW. my next car BMW SERIES 2 Grand Tour. FORD SUCKS!

+Luck z Well, to start, saying that ford sucks just because of the electronical issues is a wrong way to go man. Many modern cars are too reliant on electronical application for the sake of comfort enhancement. It is not only Ford that has regular issues in electronical failure, in fact, Toyota themselves have a bad reputation for electronical failures. Congratulations on choosing the BWM 2 Grand Tourer! It's a pretty good car, yet lacking somwhere in transmission. However, keep in mind that you're switching a 16,000 car for a 26,000 car. By all means it should be the worth of ten thousand euros better, and therefore should be uncomparable towards the Bmax.

You're welcome

Prius+ is the Prius V, isn't it?

Marek Drives well yes I was trying to say we don't get 3 rows in the prius V

Tech Defender Looks like you could order that third row direct from Japan and make it a dyi project

Tech Defender they do but it has a different name its called prius v

Are u dumb its a great car why wud u listen to this guy... yes u cud get cars that look "cooler" but other than that it's great

+Michel Reymond Hi there! This was a press car, which Toyota loaned me to review. I don't actually own a Prius, although I have considered getting one at some stage. Personally I think I'd go fully electric, perhaps with a range extender, but more as a statement, than real-life need.

@@MarekDrives Hi , which 7 seater is fully elektric and makes a nice range ? Thnx

@@jaroka01 sufficient range is a debatable matter. As far as 7+ seats in an EV you'd have to look at a Mercedes e-Vito van.

I agree

Also, this guy is too picky. If you wan this car for the family don't listen to his irrelevant comments.

Anas Abdulsamei also the design it had is for aerodynamics or something

I am going to get one of this for my growing family. And ur comment made me more confident to get one.

I've been in Japan for a little while now and have been driving a Toyota Alphard van. This thing is HORRIBLE with fuel consumption. We pay around 30,000 yen/month. This year we'll switch it out and get one of these, our fuel costs should only be around 10,000 yen/month after.

Maybe you guys use bigger lawn mowers :)

Yoy're just jealous of my style :p

+Marek Drives Duff? The beer from the Simpsons?

Midori Gurin Duh

Depends on how much time you've got.

Can take up to 9!

N3aymiya N3aymiya 2017 is atleast 27,500

You did. It was called the Prius V.

@@MarekDrives yes but it's not a 3 row seats 😢

Now that's dumb. The only purpose of this car is to have 3 rows of seats. Otherwise it's pointless.

Not identical, but similar concept. Also Mazda5 was much better :-)

+Jodie Hatcher Which part do you feel was particularly biased?

I'm going to hope you're genuinely asking for an honest critique, but to answer in part already, it's not how I feel and that's the problem. It is what it is, and what it isn't. If you are someone people know, and you have a certain persona you're trying to exude that your specific audience watches you for, then playing it as you have with your blatant opinions on the vehicle and the extreme casual, man-cave way of dressing was dead on. It's clear you tried hard to give base information, and highlighted what you did like, but also acclaiming your feelings on how it looks creates an immediate gut reaction of offense since not everyone finds that to be true. As you were driving, your "feelings" on the matter had become much more clear and based on what you prefer to drive vs the actual driving experience of the car, unbiased. I, as many others, have a different experience when driving than you do. Focusing on efficiency is nearly the main reason why the majority get a prius. If you were hoping for something different then pretending to fall asleep is just in poor taste. I started to show another person to be sure it wasn't just me, and they stopped watching after you "fell asleep" because you made very little sense by doing so. It was showing your feelings, not giving a true review on a prius for what it actually does well, and why people actually buy it. They also commented on the faces you kept making, smooshing your mouth together in disapproval... that's their addition. The production was very nice, I was actually quite impressed, much better than any of the dealer reviews I had seen before this one. Your demeanor over all was fine, for my viewing comfort, with the exceptions noted above. Thank you for actually reading your comments!

Jodie Hatcher Thanks for sharing your opinion. Point(s) taken. Yes, I read all the comments, and try to address most of them. I suppose you hoped for a balanced good points/bad points review. And you found that. However as this is KZfaq, most viewers expect something more. I cannot offer tire screeching and smoking videos (lots more people and gear needed for that), so I do my best showing them how I actually feel about a car. This part may not be relevant to you, who is looking for simple plus/minus information, but it is what keeps many people coming back for more, for entertainment of sort, even if they are not planning to buy a particular car. As a single episode taken out of context you may have found my take on the Prius crass and offensive. But as many of my viewers know, I actually love EVs and hybrids, as long as they provide some basic driving pleasure. And Prius (regular, + and PHEV) are lacking in that department. I haven't driven the new Prius yet, but from what I gather Toyota has tried to address that lifelessness so many people complained about. I hope you will come back to watch that review once I film it. Who knows, maybe I'll even be overly enthusiastic about how it drives and feels ;)

I would love one as well!

+Orbital Tube BMW i3 is a pretty good car to drive.