94MPG.. yup they'll sell 500,000 of these a year



http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/daily-news/080429-2009-Prius-May-Reach-94-MPG/

 

If they can do it , I know what my wife will be driving !!!!!!

 

I will be switch hybrid as soon as someone hits 100mpg

 

It's either a typo or the've unleashed their secret weapon. Good timing. Now if only it wasn't so ugly.

 

i still dont like hybrids or the mareketing of hybrids. how exactly did they achieve 94 MPG? around town, under 30 MPH where the gas motor might kick on? people buy these fuel sippers and think "look at me, im so great. i bought a hybrid to make my 125 mile all hiway commute to work. im going to get 100 MPG like the commercial." people dont realize that these things get the same mileage on the hiway as a civic and the civic will cost around $10,000 less. i guess it just shows that society will believe everything they are told.

not to mention, people forget that batteries have a shelf life. when they die you are left with an ugly, underpowered sedan with 500 lbs of dead weight that costs more to replace than the car is worth. if you cant tell, i dont like the hybrid idea so much. we need off fossil and on something else. right now we are just putting band-aids on bullet wounds

/rant

 

i'll be switching to hybrids as long as the battery and its production process don't leave a toxic wasteland somewhere else (possibly in canada)...and that they look like regular cars

 

Needs to be in OT Auto methinks.

 

+1

Perhaps the moderator is too busy frolicking to and fro!!

 

Bigger, peppier and twice the mileage of the '08. If you believe that I have a bridge for sale.

 

Maybe they ment MPH ?

 

That might be peppier.

 

Is this like the current version was supposed to get 60 MPG?

 

I saw a show on Discovery a few years ago when they first came out. An Austrailan company was modifying them and getting about 110 mpg. Part of the mod was a battery charger at night so the guy commuting could run on the batteries longer and not need to run the gas engine much. Since the car runs the engine whenever the batteries get too low (like on a long highway drive), keeping the batteries fully charged when the car is not in use makes a lot of sense.

 

i wonder where the electricity come from

 

Just plug that fuel sippin' sucker into your nearest coal burning, sulfur spewing power plant. Going green.

 

The guy had solar panels powering his house.

 

The 2009 is supposed to be a "plug-in" and that is indeed the secret weapon for mileage. We own a 2008 Prius and the MINI. Traffic congestion is such that the Prius is a very comfortable ride in traffic. The JBL 6 CD stereo system is awesum to say the least. The Prius uses 87 octane fuel. I like the MINI when spirited driving is available .... and the Prius when traffic sucks! The Prius has a very roomy back seat with plenty of leg room for my 6' 2" frame even when the front seats are all the way back. I can not even attempt to do that in the MINI. I'd have a diesel MINI in a heart beat if we could get them here in the States!!!

 

So many miles, so little styles

Jack

 

So all you current Prius owners, get a charger like a Battery Tender, install it's quick connection lead to the bank of batteries and enjoy higher mileage, assuming you are driving it far enough for the batteries to run down and make it necessary for the fuel engine to run.

 

Couple of 20 year olds from Wheaton, IL were on the local news this morning here in Chicago. They added an extra battery pack which they charge off their home's power grid. The battery pack lasts 15-20 miles, and they figure that most people only drive about 30 miles a day. With that mod, they were getting about 100 mpg (according to their claim). Thought it was cool that a couple of guys read up about it, did it, and it works...

 

Not really any news (just more rumors and a brief "history"):

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do....photopanel..1.*

 

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/08/i...quiet-running/

But the Prius is a killing machine