Portland, JAMAICA in the Building!!!

Looks a lot like an eight year old gen 2 Volt. Which is fine with me, that was a fantastic car.

It sure does (look better). I live in a neighborhood filled with Teslas, McLaren, Hondas, Mercedes, etc and this new Prius drove through and we had to see what it was! It looks really futuristic! But at $30k+ for a Prius, I think people will go for a 2yr old Tesla. Maybe sales companies would use this (deductions on taxes) but not a lot of storage room. But it looks like something from another planet! Really sharp design.

Corolla hybrid

Lol yep, it looks way better than their halo Zupra BMW Z4 kit car! They need to give this design team the contract for designing the next gen Supra, the Zupra is just a weird looking design by committee mess.

I just wish they hadn't compromised the backseat functionality. I happen to have taller friends and I myself am six-foot-one and I hate that there are so few options on the American Market without going to a darn SUV or CUV and have full-size adult sitting up in the backseat. I ended up getting a GTI because it was on Deep Discount being a year old still on a little dealership lot. Not exactly sure why it didn't sell because all the rest of the cars all over the east side of the US where I was shopping we're selling out from underneath me while I was trying to make the deal (Golfs aren't very popular in the northern midwest) but I snagged a fully loaded model for nearly eight grand off MSRP because they didn't want to pay taxes on the unsold stock at the end of the year 😁 wish I could have afforded going plug-in hybrid but again, the dealerships in my area don't handle them I would have had to drive at minimum 65 Mi to get to a dealership that could do repairs on a Kia or Toyota plug in hybrid and anything related to Battery Service on a General Motors vehicle I would have had to drive the opposite direction more than 50 miles. Hopefully the popularity of these help the infrastructure be more viable when I'm back in the market. Thanks for another great review

Me too need it real bad 😂

I feel like the wait time for this car is already insane to get one. Most likely 2 years of waiting, just like the RAV4 prime. Though I like the fact the both of these, and the regular Prius, Venza, and some RAV4 hybrid are made from Japan

Ya

its also a better price for what you get and a great transition point for people hesitant to go full electric. But the EV market is changing so fast this could change in less than 2 years from now. Just a month or two ago Tesla announced support for any plug-in vehicles at select stations (currently not many, but growing quickly). Electric car charging is faster and more reliable than ever, however its still very dependent on location.

Those who have their own charging station would be better off with Model 3.

Exactly why Toyota isn't moving ahead with EVs as fast as the rest of the industry. They're just not ready for prime-time.

​@@YTYTYTY7 Only of you want to be spied on by Tesla employees, according to former employees.

I'm thinking the same. If it can corner and go as fast as ny 2001 audi s4 I'm in... two years from now when it's time to buy.

300K model 3 performance Google it. Brake pads like new, no gas no oil changes no filter changes.

@@foam27 Yeah but you have to admit to owning a Tesla. No thanks. Which car will have the best resale value after 5 years? My money is on the Toyota.

I don't think the old prime could do the overnight AC stuff, I thought it shut down after about 1 hour.

@Keyboard Warrior won't runs like Toyota and Lexus 🤯

@@markbajek2541 Sorry, mine is not a prime, it's the regular Prius Two model from 2016. I bought it for 24k as the cheapest base model at the time. So, no plugins or anything like that. Having no plugins makes it possible to run ac as long as you have gas. Your engine will turn on here and there to charge back up, but overall, you don't waste much gas on overnight AC runnning :)

Toyotas are designed in the same studio as Lexus. they are made ugly on purpose so Lexus division can rake in the big bucks. Every car Toyota makes could have looked like Lexus LC if they wanted to, but then nobody would pay six figures for the LC. It's called capitalism. They spruced up the Prius because it was catching more flak than other models for being EXTRA ugly so Toyota corrected course.

But it’s a great conversation starter!

Thanks for the calculation. And that’s at cheap US gasoline prices. Will be twice that time elsewhere in the world.

@@mynameIan higher Gas per gallon or Liter would reduce the pay off break even time, better But still so so long, put the $600 into a2 phase home charger? or What?

I do see your point but solar isn't just about saving money imo. The end goal, just like the main goal of the prius, is to reduce emissions and have a smaller impact on the environment to reduce greenhouse gasses. Over time it equals to thousands of miles without using gas and that's also a significant reduction of power usage on the grid. With how much the prius retains its 5 year resale value, the solar investment for the roof is worth the extra money even knowing chances are you won't recoup it all back, just knowing that you are taking the next step further to help the environment. ❤✌️😁

All that is the same as the non prime Prius. Why spend any time at all on it. Just watch that review.

Because this is the performance version.

@T R Sucka

Yes, but the Model 3 is a terrible design with awful build quality and warranty support.

@@aluisious the design has potential but i’d have to agree for someone who has been wanting a tesla the model 3 is still lacking and the quality control and build is poor

@@aluisious I for one am tired of looking at all the bubble teslas on the street

I would never by a Tesla just on principle alone Elon Musk is a clown 😂.

They've been under selling the range for a while now. I'm sure some mad man will hyper mile this to 50 miles easily.

I get 22 miles

In the summer I get 26 never 37. 2017 prime

I don’t buy you getting 37 miles. I have a 2022 Prime and most I can get is 29.

I don't know how I can prove it to ya'll. Every morning, my ev range shows around 37. One morning, it was 39.5. I understand that is not real accurate, just estimate. But, I always end up no less than 32miles for sure(speed under 50 w/wo AC). I wish someone can help me on this.

Equinox EV will have that AND get $7500 tax credit.

😅

Except it does offer AWD.

​@@krane15 The prime does not.

@Karl with a K It's only unsafe because of the number of massive SUVs and trucks on the roads. With how little there is space left in the cities it's just a matter of time before cities will start banning ownership of large cars. Montreal is already looking into it. There's no reason why you need a massive utility vehicle in the city. Most people drive in them alone 99% of the time, and trucks in private ownership were only used to carry heavy cargo only a few days in a year. They did a study on this in Quebec. Give it a few more years and ownership of trucks will require a special license like commercial vehicles do. This outta make roads safe and free up a ton of road and parking space.

Also eat easier for road trips, 44 miles it's way more than my daily driving for sure and battery so small you could charge it at home overnight.

It comes AWD

@@jordonsengchanh7939 are you sure? The Prime plug in?

@@chm2no, not the prime model

That is really good then. It translate that the owner will get to full up the gas tank 3 times per year!

@@joecrash1232 maybe even 2 tanks of just city driving

​@@joecrash1232 really bad. that'll gum up and kill the gas engine. make sure to use up at least a whole tank every couple months OR use something like stabil to keep the gas from turning into gel in the lines

Not anymore, maybe in 2021

​@@jordanrosenberg9816 why not anymore? Did Toyota handled the markups? 👀

Maybe if it was a BEV. Hopefully these will be made in enough numbers where that won't be an issue since they will use less than 1/4 of the battery resources.

Anybody that pays a dealer markup is stupid and gets what they deserve. MSRP is a profit for the dealer, and is the MAXIMUM you should ever pay for ANY car. If they used the production excuse, just say you'll come back when production goes up. In the mean time, drive what you have and continue to save.

Toyota dealerships not so bad with the markups as the other companies.

At least make the solar roof powerful enough so the AC could be kept running forever.

@@makatron That and it will at least keep the 12VDC battery topped off, this should be a feature in all cars these days.

@@anydaynow01 never thought about it, but yeah it's likely the 12v battery would last at least 5 years with the extra help from the large pack.

I have seen a lot more Prius prime than rav4 prime for how much that’s worth

@@sentryion3106 I mean this new release with the new design… was on wait list for rav4 prime for the last 2 years.

Lots of R4P in socal. Got one a few days ago

@@Babumoshaaai this is brand new just released. Though I have only seen 1 new Prius today and that has been out for a while

@@davevolz6138 I guess it’s my location, Midwest 🤷🏼‍♂️

If you live in a sunny area at low latitude and work less than 2 miles from work, then maybe.

Useable is 11.5 kWh. It only has passive cooling, like last gen.

​@@User.Joshua weird, my highlander has a seperate cooling loop for the electric, along with the engine coolant (same coolant but seperate loops)

Passive cooling is a problem