What is that in the drive, a Prius v-5?

If you get those, can you also measure the lumber length space from the hatch between the front seats to the radio? Like you did for me in the Mazda 2. (thanks) I did two trips last week with 8ft lumber in my Civic.

Edit: Found another review that says it will.

 

I'd like to see the Mazda 5 included. It's almost exactly the same size, but lower price and mpg and more seats.

 

I found another review that says the front passenger seat folds flat and 8 ft lumber will fit in that space.

 

Hi Mike:

That surfboard pic is in the CleanMPG spec sheet page with the link in the OP on the first page of the Review.

2012 Toyota Prius-v Specifications

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Andrew and Colin, I have a ton of rear cargo area pics for sizing to upload. I posted the back hatch top the back of the front seats in an earlier post. Unfortunately the v-5’s passenger front seat does not fold flat forward like the v-2 or v-3 so it does not have the same cargo length available to it. My mom stopped over this morning with her v-3 and I should have taken that measurement while she was here. I will the next time I see her.

Dan, here was the first measurement I took the other day:

First interior measurements

More to come in a few minutes as I took a lot of measurement shots for you before they picked it up this morning.

Wayne

 

Thanks Wayne. Knowing that detail, I would certainly save my money and buy a -2 or -3 and not the 5. No need to make the measurement as it seems they designed it to fit 8'.

 

Hi Andrew and Colin:

Here is the beginning of those measurement shots.

40 in from back of the seats moved to their most rearward position to center of plastic sill plate.


47 in from back of the seats moved to their most forward position to center of plastic sill plate.​

Wayne

 

Hi All:

2012 Prius v Review


36” width on the sill plate.


29.5” height from the sill plate to the top of the hatch opening.


39” between the rear wheel wells within the cargo area.​

Wayne

 

Hi Andrew:

Even though you do not need them now, at least you have them.

2012 Prius v Review


77 in from the back of center console to the center of the plastic sill plate with rear seats folded down.​

Wayne

 

Hi All:

2012 Prius v Review


The v's 3 aFCDs: 61.0 mpg since they dropped it off, 60.4 mpg after 322.5 miles since its final top
off and 63.1 mpg over the last 170.5 miles after 100 + miles of high speed vs. mpg data results.​

Knock of 5.3% for the actuals and you have the daily drives with maybe 35 to 40 stops over the past week.

I did take my parents v-3 out this morning and it works a lot less to accelerate and maintain speed so the v-5's 17" shoes are really hampering its fuel economy capability.

My mom in her Prius had a long term average of 47 to 48 mpg and would routinely pull about 52 to 55 mpg in the temperatures we have been experiencing as of late. 30's to 50 degree F. I got in her v-3 today and the aFCd since I filled it the day after she picked it up is sitting at 52.8 mpg. We will see if it has the v-3 from San Francisco's offset of just 1.8% or the v-5 I had of 5.3%. If it is the smaller, she is doing just as well with her v-3 as she did with her 2010 Gen-3 hatch!

Wayne

 

Hi Jud:

Exactly

Wayne

 

Where exactly is that 77 measured from?

 

Hi Andrew:

77 in is from the back of center console (rear hatch cargo area) to the center of the plastic sill plate in the back with rear seats folded down.

Wayne

 

So somewhere around the back of the front seats? The space you'd get with the back row folded flat?

Bottom right

 

Hi Andrew:

The lower right cargo area picture with the rear seats folded down. From the center of the rear plastic sill plate to the rear of the center console is 77".

Wayne

 

Thanks, Wayne.

I just looked it up. A twin mattress is 39" x 75". An exact fit for this space.

 

Hi All:

The following results still saddens me to no end. I snapped the pic just before STI picked it up this morning.

2012 Prius v Review


41.4 mpg best and maybe 38 to 40 mpg vs. 61.0 mpg this week.​

I am not sure which 5 media outlets had the v-5 before I did but they could not have been following the 55 PSL’s here in the Chicago area and were certainly not gliding into red lights ahead to receive the averages as displayed since February :ccry:

Wayne