amazing explanation, suddenly toyota become part hybrid and honda IMA is acterly full hybrid.   but due to toyota salesman, the term is switched around..

Bro, i think he forget that his hybrid still got the Toyota atkinson engine attach on to the hybrid (Same as Honda or any hybrid).. So would be double up whammy if really happens... 

By the way.. How much the battery cost ah?  Beside the Toyota atkinson engine maintenance? 

Hybrid is good at Japan coz they usually have tax rebate for eco friendly, 5 years cycle of scrap & upgrade their cars (If not where u get the half-cut so many?), but here how long normally people will change their cars?

That why Japs dont care about the battery, as at the time the battery died the car already scrap and in someone chop shop already...

acterly i'm quite dissatisfied with this 5k thing also..    the akod and city they say must 5k interval even if fully syn.

my yaris 10k service SC say no problem if pay for better oil.
my JDM toyopet send to TOMS, use RM99 toyota japan lub also 10k interval.

a bunch of idiots argue here and there...wanna save fuel go take bus la, or buy viva or myvi la...argue mat 7 la....how old are you people?  you people no life one ah?  get a life lah....there are many better things in life....

really damn pity you people....your family must be sakit hati la...you people always in front monitor argue here and there....no need go to school ah you young kids?  or no need to work?  no motivation?  the time you people spend on internet if use on your career or study, sure success one....argue here and there for what?  song ah?  your family leh?  no family ah?  next time you wanna argue on internet please think of your parents face first.....not malu meh?

listen to me, honda toyota all good car....and yeah...dont forget.....go get a life.

what la,, people sarng the insight fanbois  mah. 

Today i somehow learnt that loooooongggg posts with various technical jargons doesnt necessariy translates to a good post..

HSD = Part hybrid...im confused..

Heard that the c will be coming in 7 colors?

inferior technology means inferior technology la...what some more u want to TC?
Honda Insight's biggest selling point as a hybrid is the price alone...if a person has money and has slightly more brains than yourself, Prius is the clear choice...

congratulations, you are the most stupid person in this LYN forum i think...
you have reached the level of Jessie Ooi, the Selayang BN coordinator...
if this thread was a televised event, you would find yourself insinuated with messages calling you all kinds of unsavory names, deservedly so too...
not even Honda salesman dares to twist and try sell such bullshit to its customers...while you have shamelessly sneaked in the term full hybrid into Honda's IMA equation...wonder-f***ing-fool indeed...

Just paid a visit to Subang Toyota showroom, saw an orange color Prius C already display in the show room, but it is not allowed to perform test drive, test drive is only available in March.

My First impression

The prius is definitely bigger than Myvi, it is not like Myvi which is fat and short feeling (No offend to Myvi fan, just personal feeling), the body shape is more streamline than Myvi.

Cabin space is slightly bigger than Myvi, but feeling not as wide as Vios, back seat leg room is quite good, I'm 172cm and it still has around 8-10cm space when sit in the back seat, head room also pretty ok, felt like still has 8-10cm space in between. however, it is still a small car, fit in five persons will be very tight!

Dashboard is kinda simple, quality feel like so so only    Prius is way better than it.

Build quality looks good and solid.

The only disappointing part is the hybrid battery warranty, it is only 1 year warranty, *** !!!  car itself is 3 years or 100,000KM warranty.

Retail price is 94,307 without insurance, those who has 55% NCD will only need to pay 95,5xx to own this car.

Maintenance is 1K,5K,10K,20K,30K interval, maintenance cost is around RM100+ per service.

so overall, it is for single or young guy who doesn't have big family, wanna try the high tech driving and save the earth, don't mind the small boot space and interior, than it is the car that can seriously consider.

The waiting list of this car is currently around 3 months, I paid a RM800 booking fee (fullly refundable), if test drive is good, will get it in May/June.

I book the silver color, initially wanna get the white one, but the lime white pearl color need to add RM800, day light robbery meh!   
Prius hybrid battery is RM11.5K, SA told me that Prius C is slightly cheaper than it. everytime when ask the hybrid battery questions, they will try to avoid to answer, UMW looks like no confident for the hybrid battery!

However, Prius battery cost is around RM5K in Taiwan, so if there is such a huge price gap, I believe people will try to bring in the "water set".

still scary....engine oil also got fake one .

It is rather interesting to see people argue and yet can't come to a simple conclusion. To make it easy to explain, a full hybrid system means the electric motor can propel the on its own without the aid of the engine. It can also move the car from a standstill and run completely on battery alone. That is the Prius.

The Insight cannot move from standstill without assistance from the engine as the integrated motor is not powerful enough to do so. It only can run on battery for very short distance during cruising.

These are the only 2 important differences when it comes to hybrid, whether you can power from 0km/h with or without assistance from the engine. These are the 2 biggest differences between hybrid systems that's worth discussing about.

The next gen Prius will add a 3rd element into the equation with the term Plug-in Hybrid where you can run 100% on a separate battery charged from home plug or charging station without the need of the engine (limited to below 25 mph).

how come these insight fellas like got serious allergy toward toyota hybrid wan ar?
both brands also i like since i got 2 cars each from both brands.

u wait for hyundai to bring in its hybrid lor... 

already people say take insight lor..    not because of hybrid tech better, but becos prius C dashboard palia.. 

full hybrid LINK honda IMA wins!! 

the price of prius C is very expensive.. do u think its worth considering that countries like USA or germany are selling it dirt cheap

weekend coming..
any pj area got show car? or any test drive yet?