i did give you the option of driving one for at least 5000km. Have you driven one to understand how the ECO mode affect the car? Talk is cheap, everyone know ECO mode is to save petrol but I doubt seriously everyone can live driving ECO mode all the time on the Prius and CT200h, keep in mind both uses the  1.8 engine, imagine P C running a 1.5 engine, that's severely underpower. Don't believe me, go test before booking.

haha....Insight is the best...haha

ask both Insight and Prius turn ON the engine and sit inside and park under hot sun....see which car driver will be COOKED!!  

this result is : insight =     prius =

Sorry can't challenge the Prius 'hotness'...
*Kerinchi link
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Like a child's answer, as if you got data on ALL Insight crashes ever...
and also, shameless for trying to use a heart attack incident to bash Prius...the driver is part of our Prius club member...
so please, show some respect to the dead...

The Dashboard is so so so boring... bet myvi dash is nicer

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Added on February 21, 2012, 1:36 pm

Agree... but there is a downside to this technology... you see By doing this the car is 100% depending on the nimh battery pack and the car cannot move without it as when the time the priusC nimh cell die the compressor and water pump cannot run... your car engine will over heat...

Insight is called parallel hybrid and it rely on independent power source... meaning the Insight nimh battery only assist nothing more.. (hence called IMA)
when the nimh pack die/expired the car can drive like normal and uses normal starter to start the car... the car will run like normal 1.3l car... until you get the pack replace... this is much fool proof... and in hard time where no $$$ change nimh pack can rely on petrol at the mean time...

dont tell me prius NIMH can last lifetime... no battery can last a lifetime it is a matter of time... and still wondering why UMW-T still give only 3 years battery warranty???

Read nicely yes can start provided the NIMH pack still can charge (lifespan) but if exhausted all electrical system will eventually fail... like Water pump that rely on 200v battery...

MG1 and MG2

    MG1 (motor generator 1): generates electrical power. MG1 recharges the EV battery and supplies electrical power to drive MG2. In addition, by regulating the amount of electrical power generated (thus varying MG1's internal resistance and rpm), MG1 effectively controls the transaxle's continuously variable transmission. MG1 also serves as the engine starter.[7]
    MG2 (motor generator 2): drives the vehicle. MG2 and the engine work together to drive the wheels. The addition of MG2's strong torque characteristics help achieve excellent dynamic performance, including smooth start-off and acceleration. During regenerative braking, MG2 converts kinetic energy into electrical energy, which is then stored in the EV battery.[7]

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...

just went to showroom saw the prius C....the interior is really ugly with the advance meter

but the facelift prius really impress me, the front part is sooo nice :thumb: but the rim...aiyo...with alloy rim, why still but a ulgy rim cover!!!

'Toyota attracts an older crowd'...

Oldman choose Camry. Younger generation likes hybrid and of course they will drive slow (till end up at the barrier).

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Added on February 24, 2012, 9:22 am

Yeah. Even if they wanna cost down, at least they could reuse Vios or Altis or Yaris dashboard.

FULL HYBRID kuasa to wife I take FULL ELECTRIC can zap flies....

SAD cause TNB uses fossil fuel also..... but I can get free electricity @ office company pay muahaha (EVIL LAUGH!!!)

Dun need 4 months. The seconds I'm sitting inside with that price tag, it's a no no already. Toyota should have consider the design. Viva with hard plastic everywhere is ok becoz of the price tag. 100k for that. Macam not worth already. Sorry for Prius C fan. Just my 2 cents. Dun bombard me ya. Kekeke

I sit in one yesterday. The fabric and dashboard is worst than Vios. The colour scheme is totally off the chart.

Its interior feels cheap, and is cheap actually. Low quality plastics and worst of all the lines on the dashboard. Do remember that without tax exemption this is a 120+k car yet this is what you get. Vios uses hard plastic too but when you sit in it, it doesnt give you that "cheap car" feel that u grt from prius c.Engine aside, insights interior looks or feels way more solid then prius c, probably because of the design.

Prius C thread is really unveiling...

Kinda turning point for toyota maybe? for good or bad... u'll be the judge. The way i look at it, liking Prius C entire package is good based on spec. But seeing the real car... subjective maybe but.. u should agree that the quality is $hit. Can't believe its a CBU.

Keep up the good discussion guys...

Those booking Prius C, make sure you carefully listen to the whining sound when the car slowing down or coasting to stop. Its the recharging stage and quite obvious. Some could accept it, some might not. Make sure u test drive the car. The 'vios' growl when u really push the car were also there but i guess most malaysian already used to that.

Road noise about par with Insight (and prius ).

Yeap. Should've bought Inspira last time. Original
Can get 16.6km/l summore...

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Added on March 9, 2012, 9:48 am
Just as Lynas should go die although the thorium wasnt that much of radiation...

Just went to show room, after comparing the cars with other model, few this is one of the most worthy car to buy. As it offer push start engine, smart entry, cruiser, 7 air bags, VSC, TRC, colour dashboard display & etc, which Altis, Vios, Fiesta & others don't have it. It will be so much if you add up the cost to install.

If you are going for compact car, probably is a good choice. Only if you don't mind the bad design of interior which most of us complain about.

I am very excited about the Prius C because of all the features you mention above and even have telescopic steering wheel which my Honda Odyssey don't even have.  Cars like Camry in Malaysia also don't have telescopic Steering wheel if I am not wrong.  But for most people including myself, I find it difficult to pay RM100k for a compact car unless it is truely exceptional.  Again I could get a Myvi for half the price which is even more spacious yet it serve the same purpose.