Back in late 2009, I got an invite to see the gen-3 debut in person in Detroit. 6 months later, I took delivery of a 2010. It was awesome upgrade over the gen-2 it replaced and my gen-1 from long before that. Since then, I replaced it with a 2012 PHV, then a 2017 Prime. Following that, I got a 2023 bZ4X and recently replaced that with a 2026 bZ. So, getting behind the wheel of a 2010 again was quite a blast from the past. That red 2010 is now just 3 miles shy of 160,000. My father-in-law is handing it down to my sister. I followed my wife home (she was driving her red Prime) with delight revisiting 2010 technology. It was quite an eye-opening experience... especially the resulting 55.5 MPG average from almost entirely highway driving. Now being behind the wheel of an AWD full electric SUV with 338 horsepower and a wealth of new technology, the drive home was an awesome reminder of what the ordinary consumer will likely be coming from. Those showroom shoppers are Toyota's bread & butter, their sustainable profit source. Hybrid sales are no-brainer decisions now. Choosing something with plug is not. I'm quite curious what perspectives others have. Prius reliability has been outstanding, making the hand-me-down experience a great introduction to choices beyond traditional. But now that Camry & RAV4 are only available as hybrids and the expectation is the same for next-gen Corolla, focus is shifting to much more dependency on battery propulsion. Your thoughts? Wisdom to share?
Our '10's got around 65k miles now (105k kms), doing fine. I don't rue the missing "wealth of new technology".
We're not there yet that technology still rolling out so your guinea pigs if something's not caught by warranty etc . You can be screwed over big time for the life of the sale and all that and with the way companies are doing now no thank you the way the games played today . You're the casino Mark
