Prius V takes the reins from the old Prius | Wheels.ca If any informed Prius owners would like to help educate this "journalist" and perhaps help his paper to refrain from spreading misleading information, please feel free to respond in the comments following his article.
Inflammatory comments aside, as far as the clean diesel comparison: Column 1 Column 2 0 Make/Model 1 Cl- 2 Eng. Size 3 Tran # gear 4 Fuel Consumption 5 Rank 6 CO2 kg per year 7 nice person 8 /Cyl 9 Typ 10 $/yr 11 L/yr 12 L/100km 13 Cl- 14 All 15 City 16 Hwy 17 nice person 18 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF WAGON TDI CLEAN DIESEL W 2.0/4 M6+ D $1 334 [/SIZE][/FONT][/RIGHT] 19 1160 20 6.7 21 4.6 22 2 17 3132 23 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA TDI CLEAN DIESEL C 2.0/4 M6+ D $1 334 [/SIZE][/FONT][/RIGHT] 24 1160 25 6.7 26 4.6 27 6 17 3132 28 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT TDI CLEAN DIESEL M 2.0/4 M6+ D $1 311 [/SIZE][/FONT][/RIGHT] 29 1140 30 6.8 31 4.4 32 6 15 3078 33 TOYOTA PRIUS M 1.8/4 V X $798 34 760 35 3.7 36 4 37 1 1 1748 38 TOYOTA PRIUS V W 1.8/4 V X $966 39 920 40 4.3 41 4.8 42 1 4 2116 *Natural Resources Canada 2012 data
Ah, dudes off. I checked. Prius v is $5k more than Mazda 5 (not $10k US), but it's a Prius, not a Mazda. Prius is smart, not a stupid, turn it on, stays on, conventional car. Geez, how fast does this guy need to go? Stupid Mazda 5 will not get more than 25 at the pump, unless you sling on the highway constantly. Betcha Prius v gives me 44 MPG day in and out at the pump. I'll take the 'reduced performance' of the v. I know how to drive. Don't need an accelerator to make up for driving deficiencies.
