The Toyota Prius
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I have disliked the Prius since it came out, I really don't like the concept of having a car with a gasoline engine and an electric motor for extra power. Once again, why don't you drive a turbocharged car, that way you could perhaps get more power from a smaller engine, which also means less emissions, and better gas mileage (and also people won't laugh at you). The performance on this bucket of bolts is really tragic as well. It does 0-60 in 10.5 seconds, meaning that you will not overtake anything faster than me running. The styling on the Prius is, how do I put this; odd. This new generation especially looks like the new guy at Toyota styled it. This car has the appearance of a cat when it is about to pounce on some poor, unsuspecting chipmunk (Penpie will know what I am talking about). When your cat does this, it is cute. When your car does this, it is merely sad. This monstrosity doesn't come in all-wheel drive, which should be really easy to manufacture in a car with two engines. In fairness to female athletes, "you throw like a girl!" should be replaced with "you throw like someone who drives a Prius!"
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The 1957 Trabant
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I have disliked the Prius since it came out, I really don't like the concept of having a car with a gasoline engine and an electric motor for extra power. Once again, why don't you drive a turbocharged car, that way you could perhaps get more power from a smaller engine, which also means less emissions, and better gas mileage (and also people won't laugh at you). The performance on this bucket of bolts is really tragic as well. It does 0-60 in 10.5 seconds, meaning that you will not overtake anything faster than me running. The styling on the Prius is, how do I put this; odd. This new generation especially looks like the new guy at Toyota styled it. This car has the appearance of a cat when it is about to pounce on some poor, unsuspecting chipmunk (Penpie will know what I am talking about). When your cat does this, it is cute. When your car does this, it is merely sad. This monstrosity doesn't come in all-wheel drive, which should be really easy to manufacture in a car with two engines. In fairness to female athletes, "you throw like a girl!" should be replaced with "you throw like someone who drives a Prius!"
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The 1957 Trabant
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This thing looks like a cross between a Morris Mini Minor and a '55 Chevrolet Nova, but done horribly. The inside looks like it has a tuk-tuk interior, possibly because it came from East Germany after World War II. The thing is, old cars are only good if they are... well, good.
Berlin also had a BMW factory that was divided into the east section, and they colored the blue squares in the BMW logo red, and called themselves "EMW". They basically made lousy copies of BMWs.
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Ha! Your best post yet! A two for one.
ReplyDeleteWhy are they trying to make it into a sports car? If you need a reliable, efficient car, fine. But it is not cheap, and for the same cost, you could get something really sporty. What is the safety rating, do you now?
ReplyDeletePennie's nephew
I'm pretty sure that it has a perfect safety rating, however, the body-type on the normal Prius is "liftback"
DeleteI saw the new Prius yesterday on the road and I thought, uh oh. They are going for a target audience that is pretty strange anyway...tree hugging gas sippers who love Nickel Metal Hydride. They want everything with zero sacrifice. The more toxins you can add to a cheap car the better you can satisfy the demands of people who what to save the planet by buying an object, which is pretty insane if you think about it. I am no longer afraid of 95 hp @ 5200 rpm (71 kW @ 5200 rpm), 105 lb.-ft. @ 3600 rpm (142 N•m @ 3600 rpm) because of the torque of electric motors at low RPM, and I drive like a granny anyway. The side view is attractive but all exercises in bending sheet metal leave something ugly from another angle, and the sporty side view look resulted in Mr. Ugly Rear End staring at me while I followed the young gal driving it, who was busy weaving in her lane SnapChatting her way to her early death on I-95.
ReplyDeleteI agree on all points, people possibly buy horrible cars due to ignorance, and that is the purpose of this blog.
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DeleteThose are the same people who think anything 'natural' is good and healthy. Ummm, Arsenic is natural so is Sodium and Belladonna. Think, unwashed masses, think!!
ReplyDeleteLOL!
DeleteCome to think of it, the Trabant looks much better than the ugly thing PriWhat?
ReplyDeleteToyota was moving in the right direction style-wise in previous years, but this is a 'giant thud for mankind'
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ReplyDeleteWow, your analogous references are so good!
ReplyDeleteDo you know whether Prius has a CVT? If not, would it not help improve fuel efficiency?
ReplyDeleteYes, it can come with one
DeleteYour post on Prius is quite funny.. I always thought it was a great car.. but not anymore:-)
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