Define "large".
I never said "large family". I simply said, "family". Mine has four members, and they are VERY comfortable inside a Prius and are not comfortable inside a Corolla.
Define "large".
I never said "large family". I simply said, "family". Mine has four members, and they are VERY comfortable inside a Prius and are not comfortable inside a Corolla.
So, you can't think of one?
Nice side step :)
-- Regards, Noddy.
Sit inside it.
The difference is ASTOUNDING.
Until you've sat inside it, like I have, you can't begin to appreciate how different the two are.
But no doubt you'll ignore that and go strictly by the numbers--like the guy who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Can it seat as many AS COMFORTABLY?
No. How do I know that? EXPERIENCE.
I would buy a Prius if it had a gas-only engine and got slightly less gas mileage. It's a great car, the right size, a size and configuration that is duplicated by NOTHING else in the Toyota (or Honda) line.
It would seem that your own definition would see you classified as a f****it then, as *only* thing that separates a Prius from any other sedan of it's size is the mileage. You are, in effect, labelling everyone an idiot for focusing on the single thing about the car that appeals to you.
Fuckwit :)
Of course they are, and good luck to them.
They've decided to take a chance and exploit a segment of the car buying market that gives ignorant cashed up morons somewhere to spend their money, and they're *lapping* it up. It's like Porsche, being a recognised sports car manufacturer, building a soft-rader (or as you septics would call it, a "SUV"). It's all about *image*, and getting the public to part with their money. Being good or bad is completely beside the point.
How in the hell could an ignorant pissant such as your fine self have the slightest clue what anyone around here does?
-- Regards, Noddy.
No its the smugness that comes out of some prius/hybrid owners that starts these arguments. The way the Prius is priced its meant for "economy" but here its not worth a brass razoo because there are better and cheaper cars that has better economy and just as just as good to drive as a pryarse and probably better. Sure hybrids are good in theory but here its as useful as an elephant on skates.
And you have when the economy went crashing in the down in the states and took everyone else down with it globally.. Ironic there!
Sure Australia isn't perfect but f*ck America isn't a picture of quality either.
Could mean large as in number or physical size. Both my sons are over 6' tall but since they are 24 and 27yrs old we don't often travel as a family any more. The youngest has 2 cars and the oldest has 4 last time I counted.
They must have very long legs then, when my sons were younger we owned a
2001 Corolla and we all fitted in comfortably.Daryl
Done that, family friends owns a Toyota dealership so I'm very familiar with the Toyota range.
I don't find a 100mm more rear seat leg room to be all that "astounding". Its only of any use if you very often carry rear seat passenger who are very tall.
No doubt you will continue to try and justify to yourself why you spent a lot more money on a car that isn't any better than something a lot cheaper, you are only fooling yourself. I don't have a problem with spending extra if you get something more, my wife used to own a 2001 Corolla which was replaced with a Subaru Impreza, the Subaru cost almost A$10,000 more than the Corolla but its brilliant chassis dynamics, excellent quality which is even better than Toyota's which is also excellent makes it well worth it. In Australia Subaru resale value is second to none which is also an added bonus.
Daryl
It's *slightly* larger than a Corolla, and the majority of that extra size in in luggage capacity. A Chevvy Impala is a large car. To call a Prius a large car is absolutely ridiculous.
Feel free to post whatever size or capacity figures you like to show the Prius as a "large car". Don't forget to include the Corolla for comparison, as we'd all like to see how that's almost as large.
Thanks.
And if you bought a Corolla for 8 thousand buks less, how long would it take you to use that extra 8 thousand in extra fuel?
Interesting you should say that, because if you go to the Toyota website (and I went to the American one just so we can be sure we're comparing apples with apples here) they list the interior passenger volume of the 2009 Prius 93.7 cubic feet compared to 92.0 for the Corolla. For interior dimensions the two cars are almost identical in terms of seating capacity, with a slight advantage in hip room to the Corolla.
The external physical dimensions are also similar, with less than an inch difference between them anywhere *except* for luggage capacity. Here the Prius has significantly more space, due entirely to it's rather bulbous rear door/window arrangement. However that extra rear space is is all up top, in the "seldom if ever" used area, and you'd be hard pressed to realistically find yourself in a position where a Corolla wouldn't carry what you needed but a Prius would.
Looking at all of this, it's hard to fathom how you can consider a Prius to be "large", and a Corolla too small for you.
Maybe you should move down here. We're getting a locally built Hybrid Camry next year :)
I don't have a Corolla, but thanks anyway. It's amusing watching you think you have all the answers :)
I have a vehicle called a Ford Territory. You won't know what that is as they're only sold here. It's a seven seat wagon that I often use to it's full capacity as, contrary to your beliefs, I have a family and friends who often travel with me.
I'd suggest you drop your bias towards the Corolla being too small and actually *sit* in one and try it out, as they're not the slightest bit smaller than the Prius in my experience.
There's two Prius in my wife's department and I drive them on occasion. I don't think they do anything bad, but they don't do anything particularly well either and Toyota's claimed fuel economy is nothing like real world suburban reality. On the other hand, I hired a then new Corolla hatch about
12 months ago while on holiday interstate and it was perfectly adequate for 4 adults, one infant and a shitload of luggage.I don't own either, am highly unlikely to ever want to and have no preference or bias one way or the other. To me they're both "appliances" that are totally uninspiring, but if I had to own either it'd be the Corolla in a heartbeat. Yes it uses more fuel, but for that small amount of extra fuel it uses it's a *much* better car to drive, is cheaper to buy, holds it's value well and is incredibly reliable.
In short, it makes *far* greater economic sense, and this seems to be what it's all about.
That's the *only* difference between a Prius and anything else of it's size, but you pay a *massive* premium for that privilege.
I don't know about your part of the world, but down here the average period of ownership for a new car is three years. With the difference in real world economy between a Prius and a Corolla being around 1.5 litres per 100 kilometers, you'd need to drive the Prius 24 hours a day 7 days a week to get close to breaking even over the expected life of owning the car.
Let me fill you in just a little here pal :)
I couldn't care less about "saving the world" or environmental issues. I enjoy owning and driving cars that spew raw, unburnt fuel into the atmosphere by the kilogram, and I think "global warming", "environment change" or whatever you'd like to call it this week is one of the greatest cons ever pulled over the people's eyes. I couldn't care less about what other people choose to drive or own.
The fact that you own a Prius and enjoy it is of little interest to me. It's the *justification* people like you invent for doing so that I find amusing :)
-- Regards, Noddy.
Even then it would still be stupid.
The Prius does indeed have more luggage capacity, and that's the only area where theres a major difference between it and the Corolla. However, it's "useless space", as it's cubic feet up top that very few people would actually use due to it's irregular shape.
So have I.
Amazing.
The only thing I could tell that was different was that the Prius was a whole lot more wanky and uglier. If you blindfolded me I wouldn't be able to tell what car I was sitting in based on space alone if you held a gun to my head.
If you need a bigger car, then buy a bigger car. The Prius isn't bigger :)
No argument here.
I don't own a Prius, and I don't own a Corolla. *You're* the one inventing the ridiculous excuses for owning a Prius :)
-- Regards, Noddy.
Because you had already made up your mind.
The back seat in the Prius is WAY larger than that of a Corolla.
You've already made up your mind otherwise, though, so who cares. Others will see it for what it is.
No, it's not. The Prius is a right sized car, while the Corolla is too small for my needs. The Prius is, relative to the Corolla, a large car.
Let's take it a bit farther and suppose I bought a scooter for fifteen thousand bucks less. Man, I could buy a LOT of petrol for fifteen thousand bucks.
But when the scooter doesn't solve the problem or serve the purpose, why should I even talk about it?
Same with the Corolla.
No, the 7 inches of extra hiproom are in the Prius.
By the simple fact of having driven both of them.
I absolutely have driven a Corolla. For a week, while the Prius was getting repaired (someone sideswiped me). The front seat was tighter, and the rear seat was WAY tighter.
Yeah, like the piece of shit Kia Rondo, right?
What absolute shit.
If you *honestly* expect anyone to believe that you find the difference between the two to be anything other than noticable only with the help of a tape measure then you'd need massive amounts of councelling if you ever sat in something like a Cadillac.
Like you, you mean?
-- Regards, Noddy.
Find me a Toyota sedan that's the same size inside as the Prius, and we'll talk.
Absolutely.
A 6'3" friend of mine spent 6 hours in the back seat of a Corolla quite easily and didn't find it to be in any way uncomfortable.
You need to get out more.
-- Regards, Noddy.
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