Prius Still on top

Why does it *have* to be Toyota? Surely you're not that stupid to think that they're the only ones capable of making a decent car?

-- Regards, Noddy.

Actually, the back seats are around the same size. The Prius has some extra leg room that could offer a slight advantage if you're a 7 foot tall circus escapee.

Only in your mind pal.

-- Regards, Noddy.

Only if you wanted to be completely ridiculous.

Oh, wait a minute. You claim the Prius is a "large car" :)

Just what exactly do you do that makes a Prius suitable and a Corolla not? Having driven both cars on numerous occasions I'm struggling to imagine a valid scenario here.

-- Regards, Noddy.

From Toyota's website:

Size in inches

Headroom: 38.3 (Prius) 38.8 (Corolla) Shoulder Room: 54.9 (Prius) 54.8 (Corolla) Hip Room: 52.7 (Prius) 53.0 (Corolla) Leg Room: 42.5 (Prius) 41.7 (Corolla)

On those figures I make the Corolla offering slightly more hip room and slightly less leg room. Either way there is less than an inch difference between the two in any dimension.

I don't know where you get the 7 inch difference from, other than your vivid imagination.

-- Regards, Noddy.

If true, that makes your logic even *less* plausible :)

-- Regards, Noddy.

And this was a current model? Are you *sure* it was a Corolla and not a Yaris?

-- Regards, Noddy.

Close, but no cigar.

I have no desire to own either, so unlike you I have no bias.

-- Regards, Noddy.

Where did you dream that up, using external dimensions the Prius is narrower than a Corolla, unless Toyota have invented a new Tardis where did the extra 7 inches of hip room come from?

Daryl

"Was Istoben" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@newsgate.x- privat.org:

LOL :)

You sure got that right :)

"Noddy" wrote in news:4a610d12$0$40018$ snipped-for-privacy@exi-reader.telstra.net:

Yes, a bit like "Noddy's world" :)

Rent a room with Nobby.

-- -slunky

Even something like a 4-pot Camry or Hyundai Sonata would shit all over it in terms of size and performance and you'd have $15000 left in your pocket. (or about 160,000km of petrol money)

Also, oddly, it's always the "gas" mileage that the Prius-owners use to justify the vehicle. Here is Aus you can get a Toyota Camry with climate control and a great stereo as well as more power and more room inside for over $10,000 less than a base-model Prius. Seeing as "gas" mileage is unimportant; what the blithering f#ck would you want with the Hybrid?!!?

Not here.

I drive a company-supplied vehicle, and my choice was either a Chevy Malibu or a Toyota Prius.

THERE was a no-brainer.

Agreed.

But such isn't the case here in the US.

If you've read any of my stuff, you'd see that I also mention Honda.

Can't be GM or Ford. Or anything German.

Yes on both counts.

It seems to me that you get different cars than what we get.

I went by the Edmunds site.

But now I'm on Toyota's site. Toyota agrees: rear hip room on the Corolla is 43in, on the Prius is 51in.

Can you dispute those numbers?

I'm not dreaming anything up. You are.