Originally Posted By: FutureDoc
Originally Posted By: BearZDefect
FutureDoc, I agree with most of what you wrote, but is the Prius worse than an old truck?
Here the only way I find the Prius worse is the detached responses of the go and stop pedals due to the hybrid interventions, but seriously, the Prius steers and handles much better than an old truck, and even some new trucks.
Well, it is an old truck... it is supposed to act like an old truck which is does very well. I like the vintage C/K so for me what they are is not bad. For a small mid-sized passenger vehicle, the Prius is bad. An old Jeep's ride quality is bad as well, but that has an excuse, the Prius does not.
Is a Prius really that bad, or just the tires? Almost nothing I drive these days wallows like an old boat, especially cars with mac struts as usually they have limited travel to really mess up suspension geometry.
I think if you gave a Prius equal tires to a TSX you might be surprised how similar their absolute cornering limits might be, perhaps even a slalom run?
On paper the Prius is 300lbs lighter and has 153 ftlbs of torque at low rpm while the TSX only has 170 ftlbs at 4300rpm. For a tight autocross the Prius might not fall that much behind if the TSX can't use its upper rpm power to often.
Also if you dumped the $6k price difference into the Prius it might be made to perform equally?
Here the only way I find the Prius worse is the detached responses of the go and stop pedals due to the hybrid interventions, but seriously, the Prius steers and handles much better than an old truck, and even some new trucks.
