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04-07-2008, 10:03 PM
“Dare we say, it all sounds very logical, in a Vulcan sort of way.” (http://blog.toyota.com/2008/04/prius-converted.html)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Star_Trek_Prius-II.jpgJon F. Thompson - Toyota Open Road - April 7, 2008
Doc’s NCC1701-A/9 Shuttle Craft is making headlines :) -- Ed.
Cruising at warp speed though the space-time continuum might not be the Prius’s main claim to fame, but obtaining enviable fuel economy from a drive system almost as advanced as one that uses dilithium crystals is one of the car’s hallmarks. Maybe that’s why New York psychiatrist Willie Yee has merged his enthusiasm for his Prius with another one of his passions.
That passion would be Star Trek. To indulge that passion, he’s converted his 2007 Prius into a Federation shuttlecraft.
Right: A white ’07 Prius is now a Federation shuttle. We wouldn’t kid you about this.
The conversion, which is ongoing, hasn’t been all that difficult, Yee told Open Road. It started simply, with a visit to a graphic designer who came up with the design essentials. Next came a set of spun-alloy Moon hubcaps, a set of blue undercar LED lights that flash in what Yee describes as "a cool pattern," and some aftermarket seat covers. Yee has also ginned up a special MP3 compact disc so that the Prius’s screen displays the car’s phasers and its warp-drive system, and provides all the appropriate sound effects.
And Yee’s not done. He’s planning on tinted windows and a custom-painted front bumper that displays phaser cannons on its corners… http://blog.toyota.com/2008/04/prius-converted.html
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Star_Trek_Prius-II.jpgJon F. Thompson - Toyota Open Road - April 7, 2008
Doc’s NCC1701-A/9 Shuttle Craft is making headlines :) -- Ed.
Cruising at warp speed though the space-time continuum might not be the Prius’s main claim to fame, but obtaining enviable fuel economy from a drive system almost as advanced as one that uses dilithium crystals is one of the car’s hallmarks. Maybe that’s why New York psychiatrist Willie Yee has merged his enthusiasm for his Prius with another one of his passions.
That passion would be Star Trek. To indulge that passion, he’s converted his 2007 Prius into a Federation shuttlecraft.
Right: A white ’07 Prius is now a Federation shuttle. We wouldn’t kid you about this.
The conversion, which is ongoing, hasn’t been all that difficult, Yee told Open Road. It started simply, with a visit to a graphic designer who came up with the design essentials. Next came a set of spun-alloy Moon hubcaps, a set of blue undercar LED lights that flash in what Yee describes as "a cool pattern," and some aftermarket seat covers. Yee has also ginned up a special MP3 compact disc so that the Prius’s screen displays the car’s phasers and its warp-drive system, and provides all the appropriate sound effects.
And Yee’s not done. He’s planning on tinted windows and a custom-painted front bumper that displays phaser cannons on its corners… http://blog.toyota.com/2008/04/prius-converted.html