"Carbon Fiber Sasquatch" (turbopumpkin)
05/15/2018 at 22:24 • Filed to: None | 1 | 13 |
Or at least a higher touring drivetrain.
Toyota has a 208hp version of their hybrid drivetrain for the Camry that returns 52mpg combined. That combination in a Prius body and a sporty suspension should be a pretty fun set up while still returning great mpgs when not hooning it.
They’d basically reinvent the hot hatch segment.
TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
05/15/2018 at 22:35 | 1 |
The Prius C only weighs 2,500 lbs which is pretty good for a hybrid.
Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
> TheTurbochargedSquirrel
05/15/2018 at 22:37 | 1 |
Jesus, that with 208hp would be crazy!
nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
> Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
05/15/2018 at 22:38 | 2 |
Im surprised they haven’t gone full electric. The whole hybrid craze was “oooh we’re operating on battery look at us.” Tesla: “hold my beer”
Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
> nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
05/15/2018 at 22:40 | 0 |
Yeah, Toyota is still researching hydrogen which is fine but a fully electric Toyota would still help that research
AestheticsInMotion
> Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
05/15/2018 at 22:44 | 6 |
And faux carbon fiber interior trim, and RED, FAST SPEED seat accents, and 19" wheelz, and extra badges, and interior LEDs, and MORE extra badges, and amplified engine noises, and faux fender vents, and, and.....
We’ll call it the Prius S, following in the footsteps of other exemplary sports cars like the Camry S and Corolla S!
Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
> AestheticsInMotion
05/15/2018 at 22:58 | 0 |
Anything to have Toyota step in the right direction
wafflesnfalafel
> Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
05/15/2018 at 23:00 | 1 |
How about a new Lexus CT with an updated hybrid drivetrain from the Camry, plus a big capacitor driven “super” launch?
Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
> wafflesnfalafel
05/15/2018 at 23:01 | 0 |
Damn, I’d drive that!
KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
> AestheticsInMotion
05/15/2018 at 23:24 | 1 |
I gotchu fam
https://www.topspeed.com/cars/toyota/2018-toyota-prius-trd-ar176687.html
AestheticsInMotion
> Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
05/15/2018 at 23:25 | 0 |
Agreed. I’m just salty because I drove a turbo supra recently and then looked over Toyota’s current lineup :(
oldmxer
> Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
05/15/2018 at 23:42 | 1 |
i am so with you i thought i was the only one, they are dropping the ball here
Chariotoflove
> Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
05/15/2018 at 23:57 | 1 |
Look, I don’t wanna rain on your parade, but the entire design goal of the current Prius front end is to provide the perfect place to stick your Rudolph nose at Christmas time. I can’t take any hot hatch seriously with that image in my head.
AMC/Renauledge
> Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
05/16/2018 at 14:12 | 1 |
They offered a Performance Package on the previous generation Prius, which used the same wheels and tires as the standard FR-S, I believe. But very few bought it, and they canceled it after a couple of years.