toyota sells a range of prius hybrid cars so there's the prius V a small
hatchback the previous that's more common and more familiar and then this
one the prius v which is the largest one in the range so what we're going to do
with this video is run through some of the features that differentiate the
prius v from its siblings previous peak gets good mileage but its siblings the
previous and priya see each get a lot better mileage previous rated 42 miles
per gallon combined by the EPA whereas the previous and prius c iterated at 50
miles per gallon combined the previous be and the previous Drive similarly and
a big reason for that are these three mode there's ed which allows the car to
drive on battery power alone for short distances there's eco and that adjust
the throttle response and the climate controls to sort of help you get that
last little bit of mileage out of the car and power mode which gives you a
sharper throttle response and generally makes the prius v more lively
interestingly the prius c is different it does not offer the power mode you
only get the EV and the Eco mode when it comes to driving the prius v you're
definitely aware that you're driving a hybrid that means is a sort of a weird
elastic response to the engine it doesn't have that direct linear response
to the gas engine has also the brake pedal feels a little weird
it's not that it's bad it's just different the interesting thing is in my
experience the prius c drives the most like a small hatchback something about
the way they've done the engine and the transmission in that car makes you feel
like you're just driving any other normal little hatchback unlike the
previous be now in terms of passenger room the prius v actually pretty
comfortable back here at the seat where I would have it my knees are a little
high and that's a wild about that but in terms of space it's pretty good now when
it comes to comparing the prius v to the other previous models you know it's a
lot bigger on the outside but when it comes to actual space it's not a ton
bigger when it comes to carrying passengers the prius v has 97 cubic feet
of passenger space the previous has 94 and the prius c has 87 cubic feet of
passenger volume and cubic foot about the size of a basketball that helps you
figure out the kind of difference in size were talking about
it's when you look at the cargo area that the prius v starts to pull ahead of
the other previous models prius v has 34 cubic feet of cargo area like we have it
here with the seat up
that compares to 22 for the prius and 17 for the prius c so when you consider
previous models with the prius v you get a lot more cargo room a little bit more
passenger room but you pay the price with mileage that trails the other
previous models