Toyota Prius. Reviews

The way of Toyota Prius in our country turned out very difficult. He only came to us from the third time. On the way to us the car managed to fix its first round anniversary. Endowed with a powerful motor for its type and feeding no less than a strong battery, he got to us.

Battery Toyota Prius, reviews of which it is difficult to find, it turned out not so long. But while it is able to reduce fuel consumption by 10%, and emissions of harmful substances by 14%. The main motor and the electric motor can work both separately and together, i.e. In a parallel-serial circuit. The only thing that the main engine, exactly the same as the additional one, has become really more powerful. Perhaps, they are inferior to traditional engines in the general capacity, but due to the fact that they have a lower temperature range, they win in the efficiency index. As a consequence, the car has become more economical - which is the main goal of engineers in creating such hybrid models.

Cheer for this tandem does not hold. Perfectly manageable Toyota Prius, reviews it perfectly confirm. Of course, we will not compare with the Hybrid Synergy Drive Lexus RX 450h, but for that there are objective reasons - the engine's volume is 3.5 liters! The nominal volume of the engine Prius does not climb at all in any conceivable gates, but still thanks to a stepless transmission and an electric motor of 60 kW, the power rises to 136 hp, which is not bad.

Engineers have the right to be proud of the creation of the Toyota Prius. Reviews say that this model can fight even with a 150-strong version. Of course, you can not get out of 10 seconds to 100 km on this car, but you can get closer to this indicator. First, you need to collect your thoughts yourself, and secondly, you just need to activate the power mode, which will increase the engine's return to maximum. The indicators in this mode jump 4 times!

But, sitting in the car, you realize that it's completely useless. The suspension behaves so well, comfortably and gently that it makes the car to do the work that it should not do, somehow inhumane. In addition, the dynamic does not have much to drive actively. The car starts to slide and heel at deep bends. But the smoothness of the move is very disposed to itself. This is the feature of the Toyota Prius. Reviews just one voice say that the car is very good.

If you decide to indulge in other modes offered by the manufacturer, then immediately you will have the feeling that the machine is standing still. In the saving mode, the main driving force of the car is the electric motor. And only with intensive overclocking is connected to the ICE. Such a scheme of motion can be used at low speeds - up to 70 km / h. The distance that a car can pass in this mode is no more than 2 km. After that, the battery stops working. This is the essence of the hybrid car Toyota Prius.

Drivers' reviews speak eloquently that the best mode for driving on this car is Eco. It just implies the combined operation of two Toyota Prius power units. The characteristics of both units are configured to work in this mode. Movement in it allows the car to develop good dynamics and at the same time to spend the minimum amount of energy that they produce.

Impressive is the fact that the range of the car is about 1000 km. It is almost one hundred and fifty kilometers more than its predecessor. Especially these figures surprise, when you realize that the capacity of the fuel tank is 45 liters.

The relevance of these machines every day becomes more and more obvious. Until the day when the hybrid form of the driving force of the car will become the main, very little remains.