New Prius? (pix)
Not that I ever really spend time in one, but I'd like to see that instrument cluster actually go in front of the driver and not the centerstack. Odds are I'm out of luck though 
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well compact gas engines are getting 40. Ford hybrids that are full size and have more hp are "rated" at 47. So in order for people to compromise the power and shape of the prius, it has to get 60
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Nice catch. Does submitting such photos to Autoblog or Brenda Priddy lead to cash? Have yet to see this surface on the net...
Prius... Toyota can do just about anything it wants with this thing and people will flock to it. Has to be one of the largest model followings of all time.
Prius... Toyota can do just about anything it wants with this thing and people will flock to it. Has to be one of the largest model followings of all time.
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+1 on the center stack design. That design gives absolutely no benefits to the driver (only allowing the manufacturer a few parts that can be shared between LHD and RHD markets) but is an unbelievably bad idea and serves to block many potential buyers from choosing the car. Mini does the same thing, although adhering to tradition is their reason. I would never buy a car with a center mounted instrument panel.
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While the realities of fluid dynamics dictate that a teardrop shape is the ideal aerodynamic form, Kamm found that by cutting off / flattening the streamlined end of the tear at an intermediate point, and bringing that edge down towards the ground, he could gain most of the benefit of the teardrop shape without incurring such a large material, structural, and size problem. The airflow, once given the suggestion of the beginning of a turbulence-eliminating streamlined teardrop tail, tended to flow in an approximation of that manner regardless of the fact that the entire tail wasn't there. This is called the Kamm effect.