2016 Toyota Prius- Now even uglier then before!
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I genuinely didn't mind the Mirai. This, on the other hand, will take some getting used to.
However, the Prius' biggest problem isn't its looks. It's that it's no longer a technological leader. The styling was always secondary to it being comfortably the most efficient car on sale. Now, there are dozens of cars - plug-in hybrids, full EVs etc - which beat its USP.
However, the Prius' biggest problem isn't its looks. It's that it's no longer a technological leader. The styling was always secondary to it being comfortably the most efficient car on sale. Now, there are dozens of cars - plug-in hybrids, full EVs etc - which beat its USP.
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It looks like a horribly injured evil man with a mustache.
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Oh, i see. I thought it was a concept carIt's actually in production. Also it's actually hydrogen powered, not a hybrid.
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O_O
What is wrong with Toyota's design team?
What is wrong with Toyota's design team?
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Every single possible thing.
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They're capable of great things............but then they make **** like the new Prius (and old Priuses) and Mirai.But then there's this.
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I think they're ahead of the curve, styling wise. I expected concept esque styling at some point, but really around 2020. I guess Toyota wants to lead the pack and I'm sure we'll see more companies style their cars in a futuristic manner as well. Or maybe that's what every manufacturer has been doing all the time...
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The only other major company that has made a futuristic design style and not be too badly critized is BMW and they're i8 and i3.
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I see that Toyota is trying to ensure you will break a headlight in any kind of front end collision.
Everyone tries to design at least a few years into the future.
The problem is... the Prius seems a hodgepodge of what is already "future now"... floating D pillars are not unique, and it's a trick Toyota is already doing on the Yaris. And those winged headlights are going to be old hat in 2020.
If you want "future proof" headlights, you want something designed around LED projectors, as on the Lexus NX. Having acres of bare reflector around a traditional light pod is so ten years ago.
Beyond that, the grillework is awkward. You've got the "vestigial" upper grille that plagues so many designs nowadays... cars which no longer need big grille areas, but which still keep an "upper" grille for posterity's sake, and you have the front bumper sleeved into the fenders in an effort, perhaps, to hide how ungodly long the nose is... and then those fenders come up so far forward the entire front end looks heavy.
In fact, that line running down the headlight to the foglights is singularly unappealing. It's as if someone was told to draw a line that broke up the weight of the front end... and he did so without actually looking at the car.
Ugh.
Everyone tries to design at least a few years into the future.
The problem is... the Prius seems a hodgepodge of what is already "future now"... floating D pillars are not unique, and it's a trick Toyota is already doing on the Yaris. And those winged headlights are going to be old hat in 2020.
If you want "future proof" headlights, you want something designed around LED projectors, as on the Lexus NX. Having acres of bare reflector around a traditional light pod is so ten years ago.
Beyond that, the grillework is awkward. You've got the "vestigial" upper grille that plagues so many designs nowadays... cars which no longer need big grille areas, but which still keep an "upper" grille for posterity's sake, and you have the front bumper sleeved into the fenders in an effort, perhaps, to hide how ungodly long the nose is... and then those fenders come up so far forward the entire front end looks heavy.
In fact, that line running down the headlight to the foglights is singularly unappealing. It's as if someone was told to draw a line that broke up the weight of the front end... and he did so without actually looking at the car.
Ugh.
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Oh they're ahead of the curve alright...in a tree.
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Oh the Torture !!
My eyes my eyes....
Soon they will call this Art... Like Picasso
.... We will all learn to like it and to accept it.... It will be everywhere....
My eyes my eyes....
Soon they will call this Art... Like Picasso
.... We will all learn to like it and to accept it.... It will be everywhere....
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Oh my god, what is that.
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Yay. Now I have more reasons to hate on the Prius. 
I actually think that's almost as bad as the Prius. Almost.
Don't kill me.
Of course, Toyota made some great looking vehicles
Though nothing they make now looks good IMO, although most other car companies have the same problem.
But then there's this.
I actually think that's almost as bad as the Prius. Almost.
Don't kill me.
Of course, Toyota made some great looking vehicles
Though nothing they make now looks good IMO, although most other car companies have the same problem.
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Really?, I think it looks hideous with its droopy nose and overdone styling which bares no relation to the marque whatsoever... you could stick a Panoz badge on it.
I have to say I think the new Prius is an improvement on the old one, it does look like the face a cat would make in a wind tunnel but it does follow the current design language and the back looks really good. The Mirai looks even better.
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