Toyota Prius

When it first appeared in 2009, variants of the most popular hybrid Toyota Prius which has made a lot of people want, because of his appearance more beautiful. But whether such a performance?
 

That's why variants detikOto test Toyota's popular hybrid universal who have entered this third generation. Location of testing still round Jakarta because the car license plate is still white.
 

From the outside, as designs, quite a change from previous generations. The most striking difference is the addition of fog lamp, while the head lamp, the design is not like the 2nd generation Prius, head lamp now use halogen.
The back is also increasingly pointed horizontally thanks to the addition of a spoiler that provides a unique look at the Prius taillight.
 

Changes also occur in the Toyota logo, this time there are shades of blue as a sign that this car is a hybrid car, a combination of electric motor and gasoline engine.
 

Moving into the cabin, ambiance feels more spacious and more sweet than the second generation Prius. Dashboard undergone many changes and certainly more futuristic. Baggage and passenger seats were bigger than the previous generation.
 

In the center console car cabin built like a bridge that separates the driver with other parts of the car.
 

With the transmission lever which is now blue in the middle console. Like the previous Prius transmission, there's only lever R, N, B and D. To press the parking is located separately in the middle of the dashboard.
On the dashboard was now more buttons to adjust the U.S. and car audio.
While at the wheel now is a new feature that is cruise control on the right. For AC current regulator is on the right side of the steering wheel and control audio and phone to the left of the steering wheel. Rear view mirror control button is located below the steering wheel.
 

The 3rd generation Prius is the capacity of the kitchen swelled to 1,800 cc, after previously only 1,500 cc. Updates occur in such matters of efficiency, such as fuel consumption becomes more efficient.
Immediately, we press the start button to turn on the Prius engine. Still no sound of course.
 

Gas is pressed, the car can still drive with electric motors up to 50 km per hour. The new car uses the gasoline engine when the car was on top speed of 50 km per hour or when the car battery is sucked out.
Oya, unlike the previous Prius, the Prius the third generation there are also 3 modes of driving. Eco Namely, EV and Power Mode.
Eco means the car is in fuel efficient, the gas can be suppressed even minimal, so do not hope you can drive the Prius with this mode. The response of the gas pedal goes down.
 

EV mode is a mode driving with a car battery, of course, when the battery runs out, this car will langsun disable this mode. Similarly, when the car is above 50 km per hour, the car directly into normal mode.
Well if you want to speed, quickly press the Power mode. detikOto can be sped up to 140 km per hour with this mode. Could have been better if the tollway Jakarta Outer Ring is not in crowded conditions.
The modes may indeed regulate the response of the gas pedal. So you get more power but with less gas treadle.
 

From the results of our tests found to accelerate the Prius in the Power mode, to achieve 0-100 km per hour takes about 13 seconds. Not a sports car yes ...
And how much gasoline consumption? Figures that we can is 1:21. This is an improvement over the previous generation Prius reached 1:16 until 1:17.
Although gasoline engines bigger than 1,500 cc to 1,800 cc, even more efficient fuel consumption.
 

Unfortunately because it is not subsidized by the government, whereas in other countries subsidies for environmentally friendly cars became commonplace.
Prius prices in Indonesia are very expensive. Prius price is now increased by Rp 4 million to Rp 589 million. In the year 2009 and then, when the Prius was first launched into ground water, the Prius price reach Rp 585 million.

Source From http://post.detik.com/ (translated).