Chuck
09-26-2008, 08:18 PM
Check this video out (http://www.webridestv.com/videos/car-review-of-new-toyota-prius-hybrid-129654)
Well produced, but as you might suspect from a gearhead, he is not going to find much to like about the Prius at all. Ironically, this southern Californian is named Jeremy and he has to be distantly related to Top Gear's Mr. Clarkston...at least he did not have Bubba shoot up the Prius at (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsJjZIuF1lg) the end. :p He seems annoyed that the Prius is a top ten US seller and the mpg champ. Makes logical fallacies that the creature comforts don't compare to $50K luxury sedans (Toyota upgraded the upholstry a year after the video), goes 0 to 60 in 10.5 seconds...remember this is NOT a Ferrari? He ridicules the small window panes to reduce blind spots, and the "useless" knobs/displays, but amazingly this blond got 51mpg on Hwy 101.
Regugitated the nonsense that you must drive a Prius 45,000 miles to break even for the extra CO2 it took for the traction battery pack, although I've heard 12,000 is more accurate....heck - he probably drives a sports cars so why would he care about this?
Well produced, but as you might suspect from a gearhead, he is not going to find much to like about the Prius at all. Ironically, this southern Californian is named Jeremy and he has to be distantly related to Top Gear's Mr. Clarkston...at least he did not have Bubba shoot up the Prius at (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsJjZIuF1lg) the end. :p He seems annoyed that the Prius is a top ten US seller and the mpg champ. Makes logical fallacies that the creature comforts don't compare to $50K luxury sedans (Toyota upgraded the upholstry a year after the video), goes 0 to 60 in 10.5 seconds...remember this is NOT a Ferrari? He ridicules the small window panes to reduce blind spots, and the "useless" knobs/displays, but amazingly this blond got 51mpg on Hwy 101.
Regugitated the nonsense that you must drive a Prius 45,000 miles to break even for the extra CO2 it took for the traction battery pack, although I've heard 12,000 is more accurate....heck - he probably drives a sports cars so why would he care about this?