2010 Toyota Prius
The Toyota Prius uses the synergy of hybrid systems, a hybrid system that propels the car under electric power at low speeds. It's still the form of a hump, with a hatch and a rapid fall in the back. And cabin technique uses a DVD-based navigation system, and has no USB or iPod integration for the audio system.
However, Toyota has made him a little bigger engine, a 1.8-liter four-cylinder, increasing power, and at the same time increasing fuel economy. Some reorganization around the grille and bonnet, Toyota has the new design language, while the roof edge was reduced to increase a little back room of the head and create better aerodynamics. The cab now includes a float and a console with a lever layout more traditional than the last. And the Toyota Prius is a new technology tricks, such as adaptive cruise control, departure warning track, and automatic parking.
We have our hands on the new Prius at a preview event, and found that there are many ways similar to the previous generation. The net power of the new power train is 134, on older models of 110, you may experience during ribs and acceleration to the speed. Toyota claims a 0 to 60 mph time of 9.8 seconds for the new model. This is not a drastic change of power over the old car, but it is usable.
Toyota said driving mode buttons, you can adjust the car for Eco Power or driving. Setting Eco cards midthrottle the acceleration curve, while increasing power, which is significantly better side and the ability to start fast. The effect of these modes are canceled when you mash the pedal, which tells the Prius to provide everything you need, whatever the mode it is in. Toyota has also added an EV button, which tells the car to drive under electric power until the driver calls for more acceleration the electric motor can produce, the battery becomes too low, or the car goes above 25 mph.
The battery uses a cooling on the previous model, but it still uses nickel metal hydride cells. When we asked a representative of Toyota why he had not made the leap to lithium-ion batteries, lithium ion, he said only improve the efficiency of the car by a very small amount. With the price of lithium-ion batteries, the gain is too low to justify.
Fuel economy has been increased from 45 mpg in the old car at 50 mpg in the recent. During our time behind the wheel, we have not really a chance to test the real world fuel economy, but fuel economy during a challenge round, the number of journalists were drawing above 75 mpg with careful driving.
Unfortunately, handling is still flawed in full force with the new Prius. It does not claim to athletic performance. Toyota has improved aerodynamics in part to the redesign of the body, and partly by the under trays to maintain the air pressure back into the suspension. Two fins act as a dispatcher, which is supposed to increase stability at high speed, but during this event our roads have no highway segments.
One change we do not like much is that Toyota has removed the power flow data and travel animation of the LCD. Instead, this information is displayed on the instrument cluster which, like the Prius on the previous one, is located in a long screen just below the windshield. Unfortunately, the graphics on the instrument cluster are far inferior to what was shown on the LCD screen. Toyota made this change so that even if you do not have the option of the navigation system, you can still get the power display. We believe it is time for the LCD screen is standard, even if you do not receive navigation. Curiously, Toyota is the average mpg small screen and unpretentious on the instrument cluster, a number you think they want to identify with large numbers
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