Featured 2nd Generation Toyota Aqua Released July 2021 in Japan

I like the look of Yaris so much more than Aqua... But rather than Toyota simply firing everyone on Prius design team for destroying market share with ugly vehicle design, they instead have these complex explanations about customer brand loyalty preferences. And in general, unless you live in a densely populated city where parking spaces tend to be small, you won't like how tiny the Aqua is compared to a regular Prius.

 

From the pic above, front end seems to be heading back towards “normal”; hopefully bodes good for next gen Prius, if it ever arrives.

 

Yes... exactly! Most people don't realize that 2/3rds of humans on planet earth live in a relatively small area of the planet in Asia and SE Asia and your vehicle have to be small in a densely populated landscape like that.

 

How large is the Aqua?
The current Yaris made a huge leap in build quality. It feels a lot more upmarket than the old Yaris. The new hybrid drivetrain with the new 1.5 dynamic force engine is very good as well.

 

They're about the same size but the Yaris is superior in almost every way... If I lived in a big city and had to have a car I'd for sure be wanting a plugin hybrid Yaris.

 

Sounds like this will be like the Rav4 and Venza, or the different grades of hybrid minivan available in Japan. The differences will mostly be cosmetic.

 

To put 35.8 into "English" - GOOGLE tells me that it's "2.8 litres per 100km". Very good - and much better than PRIUS c of old - which here, was effectively replaced by YARIS hybrid.

Old PRIUS c 3.9
Prius 4 3.4
YARIS Hybrid 3.3

I sort-of doubt if TOYOTA will bring it here - though it will undoubtedly be a big improvement on the underwhelming "c" of old.

 

Too bad that isn’t the MPG you can actually expect to achieve and is nowhere close to what the EPA would list.

Using my handy JP01 to EPA converter we end up around 58mpg (US) give or take 10%

If true even that is still very good

One could Hope Toyota would go against their own instincts and bring back the Prius Family

1. 58mpg Prius C Hybrid
2. Prius Prime (PHEV Liftback)
3. Prius V (BEV)

This could compete with other Asian Triplets (Ioniq, Honda) and put you into a package based on drivetrain

Merry Christmas and will never happen

 

Perfect college car for our area.

 

It's all theory. Interestingly, with very little effort, I could match (over the lifetime) the Diesel FORD Fiesta and almost match the Diesel FOCUS l/100km. Both were fun to drive, handled beautifully and had some nice diesel grunt for some fun at times. If I knew about hypermiling techniques back then, I'm sure I'd have beaten the "target".

No way with the PRIUS - averaging 4.2 - driving similarly - with a bit of hypermiling when the occasion suits. If I work at it, I can average the odd tank at 3.9 - but it takes some effort - and no fun.

 

On a trip or if trying - I'll get in the 3s - but have too much fun driving. Thinking of putting on sports tyres - for even more fun. Nothing more fun than being tailgated by a TwinCab or big 4WD Nissan Patrol/Cruiser - and go through a roundabout exiting 100 feet in front of them.