Does anyone know why there are no power seat options for the Prius? Just curious, since some of the packages are decked in other optional items but not this. Too much weight added?
Weight_yes Cost_NO. There are a lot of us that would have paid whatever they asked. Those paying $4000+ for the SR package wouldn't cry over a little more for Power Seats. I would have rather had the power seats as the NAV. But bottom line I would have bought both.
I wonder if it has to do with the placement of the DVD/GPS deal? There's not much clearance between the bottom of the seat and that unit.
I have power seats in my Camry and they are well worth having, especially when you frequently switch driving with your wife. I want power seats available when we buy a 2011 Prius package iv with solar roof.
I miss my memory power seats. Wife sits pretty straight up, and if she forgets to put the seat back, I get stuck trying to get in. I have to fumble out, push the seat back, and to get back in again.
Thanks all...i was just curious about it, although I don't mind it that much. It seems kinda weird to be in a luxuriously hi-tech interior but have to reach under to move the seats
Cost_Yes. Toyota has said things like this are not added to keep final costs down. Would I have been willing to pay for them after paying for a V with AT? Yes, of course, but they ultimately left them out, amongst other things, for cost.
I really wish basic (without memory) power seat is standard or available as an option. With everyone in my family trying out my prius, it's the first comment they can't find a power seat button. I'd rather get power seat option then bluetooth.
Are you kidding? How the heck is my phone going to connect to the car so easily? I LOVE the phone integration. Bluetooth is REQUIRED nowadays!
One way to know might be to remove a Camry power seat, weigh it and compare with a 2010 seat with power lumbar. Some said the Gen2 Prius did not get a seat height adjuster due to excess weight. I bought a used 2007 Corolla seat with height adjuster but no airbag. Weight = 42 lbs. My 2009 Prius seat w/ airbag weighed in at 39 lbs.
I take most of their comments as BS. Such as the added weight of the sunroof on the V. Not that I wanted it anyway, but an extra 60# and 1 mpg less FE would not bother people that wanted the option. I understand the power seats are a costly option, but it doesn't make sence for a manufacturer to say they don't offer an option because it's costly. The cost are things that should be considered when offering standard features. (They can't seriously be concerned about cost when they are selling a $4000 sunroff package) I've got a plasma cluster and water resistant side windows that certainly added some cost, in materials and assembly and it didn't stop them from adding it. So bottom line to me is when they say added cost, it's NOT in the seat and motor itself, it has to be in the design of the car and altering it for this option. (IE: ran out of room for the motor without a complete redesign of the floor pan and moving the stuff that is there now or altering the design of the thin back seats.) I can't imagine though that their designers couldn't have found a way to accomidate this if they had it as a design goal from day 1. Maybe they need the 250h designers to lend a hand. Obviously I have not drank the Toyota Kool-aid.
<sigh>... how 'bout meeting EPA standards? I'm sure the EPA has a weight range for which the 50mpg rating is valid for and maybe an ATP + solar breaks that barrier? plus, there's NOWHERE in the world that gets the 17" alloys and the solar panels. You can get ATP and solar panels (that's what we have in Canada) but we have 15" alloys.
What I'm saying is the cost would be passed onto us in some way, shape or form. Minuscule, yes it should be, but it would still be passed onto us. Would many of us had paid for it, yes. Would I, yes I said I would have. I don't see why you'd make a comment at the end of a post like you chose to.
