Saw this and found it interesting that Toyota would include this kind of special need in its concept vehicles. How to put a wheel chair on the top of a Prius. Tokyo's 7 wonderful, weird vehicles | Detroit Free Press | Freep.com Tokyo's 7 wonderful, weird vehicles | Detroit Free Press | Freep.com
<GACK!> I have a similar problem but it is a 300 lbs, 150 kg, motorized wheel chair. That won't work for us. Bob Wilson
I too have a heavy (150lbs.) A regular inside wheel chair lift will not work on a prii.The reason being they bolt to the interior metal floor that is not compatible to my 2005 Prius. I solved this by converting to outside by attaching to 1 1/4 curt hitch. The car will handle the load but on this chair I must remove the seat(pull 5 pins) I have on hand a 350 lb. lift that Icould convert if anyone interested
If you look at the demographics of the Japanese population, you'll see that there's a huge group of elderly who are going to require increasing amounts of external support. As a result, a lot of the Japanese automakers have put a lot of time and money into mobility devices (such as the Honda assistive walking device).
