New Prius pic!

[BrianWC]

Pretty good improvement! Well, if this "illustraton" is to be believed.

From: http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/hot_...r_news/(page)/1

 

[moribundman]

You can grow mangos under that windshield.

 

[Bill in Utah]

Originally Posted By: BrianWC
Pretty good improvement! Well, if this "illustraton" is to be believed.

From: http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/hot_...r_news/(page)/1

 

[Mucho_MPG]

I think it looks clean. Nice lines. It just looks efficient.

 

[Mr Nice]

It looks like a Mazda

 

[BrianWC]

Got to have a good Cd, though.

 

[Barkleymut]

That has to be one of the most aerodynamic cars I've seen. Any guess on the EPA MPG ratings? I'll throw out 55 MPG.

 

[Pablo]

Originally Posted By: LT4 Vette
It looks like a Mazda


Looks like a Mazda that ate an enormous rawhide chew.

 

[Big O Dave]

Nice looking, but it won't have wide tires like in the rendering, due to rolling resistance. Looks much more purposeful than the existing version.

Nice job, Toyota!

 

[Bamaro]

That may take some getting used to.

 

[asiancivicmaniac]

I like it, at least it looks better than the current one.

 

[Shannow]

Looks OK.

On the inside, I'd bet that the A Pillar would take some serious looking around.

 

[Merkava_4]

I yike!

 

[Shannow]

mid 80s mitsubishi Colt was advertised as "wedge with egg" aerodynamics..it sort of made sense at the time.

This Prius emphasises both the wedge and the egg, without delineation.

 

[globey]

Originally Posted By: moribundman
You can grow mangos under that windshield.


Mangos are delicious!

 

[oilyriser]

How do you rotate tires when the front wheels are bigger than the rear? I think they used two different perspective points for the car and the background.

almost as odd looking as this
http://www.worldcarfans.com/2050607.004

 

[ekpolk]

I certainly don't know for sure, but I'm going to bet that the finally released car will look much more conventional (at least as far as the term "conventional" might be used in the Prius context...). This is about the fourth Prius concept I've seen pop up in various places on the internet. Remember, Toyota will want to keep the car practical as well as very efficient. I doubt it will show up with different size tires front vs rear, or any other highly exotic, cost-boosting features.

 

[GROUCHO MARX]

Lokks more like the Honda INSIGHT.

 

[moribundman]

Originally Posted By: oilyriser
How do you rotate tires when the front wheels are bigger than the rear? I think they used two different perspective points for the car and the background.


The effect is called foreshortening. If you hold one hand near your face and stretch the other arm out, the [censored] hand will look smaller than the one that's nearer to your face. The rear tire is [censored] than the front tire from where the picture was taken (or CGI in this case). A wide angle lens will emphasize the foreshortening, a tele lens will de-emphasize ("flatten out") it. Look up "vanishing point" and "foreshortening" to learn more. I can't believe I'm explaining this.

 

[Pablo]

Me too.

I also can't believe after all these years I never noticed (until the last few days) that [censored] in on the do not display list.