RIP Prius V wagon: yet another efficient car cancelled because of CUV sales craze

[Xist]

How many cars are available with manual transmissions?

Not that I could afford a new car, but where is my motivation?

[MetroMPG]

Originally Posted by elhigh

95% of AWD buyers are looking for: the capacity to get themselves inescapably stuck when the snow flies.

[Stubby79]

It costs more and gets worse gas mileage. It must be better.

[Xist]

I never tried driving off-road or on snow in my Subaru, but I got stuck anyway!

[Natalya]

My dad rented a Prius V in Canada in winter last year and he absolutely loved it. Maybe the used ones won't keep their value and he can get one.

[Stubby79]

Straying a bit off topic, but I'm not sure what the point is of a version of the Prius that only gets 41mpg. Maybe it defeated itself and has little to do with CUVs.

[Ecky]

Originally Posted by Stubby79

Straying a bit off topic, but I'm not sure what the point is of a version of the Prius that only gets 41mpg. Maybe it defeated itself and has little to do with CUVs.

It may be a "Prius" (43mpg city), but it has about the same interior passenger and cargo space as a Ford Escape SUV (23mpg city) or Mazda 5 "minivan" (21mpg city), and considerably more than a Chevy Equinox CUV (21mpg city).

[elhigh]

This Prius I recently got is easily the largest car I have ever owned. The interior space is bonkers.

I never saw the inside of a V but I imagine it could only be bigger. WHY would you need anything bigger, unless you needed three row seating or a load bed that is just THAT big? Drop the seats in a regular Prius and the load bed is at least as big as a Subaru Baja, how much bigger in a V? 67.something cubes, as good as some crossovers.

Is it the lack of AWD that killed it?

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by Ecky

It may be a "Prius" (43mpg city), but it has about the same interior passenger and cargo space as a Ford Escape SUV (23mpg city) or Mazda 5 "minivan" (21mpg city), and considerably more than a Chevy Equinox CUV (21mpg city).

IIRC it was quoted to be roomier than the Rav4 that's been pushed as an indirect replacement.

[jcp123]

CUVs have come a long way. My company rented me a Ford Escape a while back and doing nothing special aside from a few extra psi in the tires and cruise control at 65, I recorded 36mpg. That's with some windows down/sunroof open time followed by AC use and alleged acceleration burts and rubber-slaying. Got about 10 miles of slower mild hypermiling at 49mpg at the end. For a vehicle with 240hp which could allegedly do 100yd burnouts, and handle as well as it did, the case for the Prius V is a bit difficult.