I was noticing more and more of the pre-03 prius's popping up, I call them "pope noses" (old VW phrase) as they have the bump between the grills that looks like a nose.

Is that where they got the body style for the echo??

My question is did they change the 1997 prius body style in 00'?
I have yet to find a picture on the 97' model and/or the specs on the vehicle..

I had a chance to talk to a 02 prius owner while getting our oil changes at the dealer.. He was telling me he has over 150,000 miles on his and has had no serious repairs done except for routine maint. I told him that was very impressive ( his too looked like it had just pulled off the show room floor)..

And this is the toyota battery

04' # 5, W/leather & JBL omitted.
"Prius, Just ask the person that drives one"
04' Tundra, 18mpg city & 22mpg hwy.
04' Prius, 60mpg city & 53mpg hwy.

Kenstyle NHW20 AERO Kit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Prius
The body styles are same, but 1997 Prius has black rubber on bumpers.

Ken@Japan

I believe this is the 1995 Prius. Not sure where I came upon it. Maybe an Auto show archive?


Whoops, no jpegs allowed? Huh, didn't know that. anyone know how to post a picture?

'04 Seaside Pearl #7. Fumoto oil drain, mudflaps, rear bumper scuff protector & rear warn system, compass mirror, EV mode button, 8" subwoofer in right rear cubby & 6" subs under seats, power lumbar in the front seats, Coastaletech hitch w/ Aspen bike/snowboard rack. iPod2car, 2 amps, Alpine component speakers, and DVD video, solid 47 MPG @ 70000 miles.

impressive, I love first gen prius success stories !

i got around 20 km a liter when i drove a civic 5 spd using advanced hypermiler techniques
and now I drive a salvage nwh20 prius that gets almost to 25 km/l with 192,000 km to date.

Post pictures in the "Share" section then once posted there you can copy the code below the picture so that the picture shows up in your post.

2001 Prius Photos       2005 Prius Photos
'97 Prius Simulation Prius inner workings

Here goes 1995 Prius Prototype...
http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/k_forum/tenji/02-e.html

Enjoy,
Ken@Japan

Edit to add: BTW, the link has total 21 pages about Toyota technologies for environment
including many types of hybrids.

It's cool that they were experimenting with using capacitors in the '95 prototype, I wonder if they might eventually go back to using them if they improve?

2001 Prius Photos       2005 Prius Photos
'97 Prius Simulation Prius inner workings

'04 Seaside Pearl #7. Added mudflaps,

Did you add the mudflaps?

I was going to install a set this weekend.....

04' # 5, W/leather & JBL omitted.
"Prius, Just ask the person that drives one"
04' Tundra, 18mpg city & 22mpg hwy.
04' Prius, 60mpg city & 53mpg hwy.

Kenstyle NHW20 AERO Kit

Careful you might prematurely rust your car due to the extra holes and rubbing.

why capacitors? they don't store nearly as much energy as batteries....

i=C (dv/dt)

one amp out of one Farad drops the voltage one volt per second.

pull one amp out of a hybrid battery and how long does it take to drop one volt?

+af
Northwest Raleigh, NC, USA
'04 Silver opt.BC/9; 24,000+ miles so far
http://www.plusaf.com/prius/prius.htm
http://www.plusaf.com/coast/coast1.htm
My Prius without the trailer:

My Prius with the trailer: