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Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary
I was reading that Toyota is recomending Premium fuel in the new Prius ??!
It also uses 19" wheels ??!
I hope those aren't true.
The 57 mpg is "manufacture-estimated." The EPA's numbers are 54 city/50 hwy/52 comb. estimates for the regular FWD ones and 51 city/47 hwy/49 comb. estimates the AWD versions. Not sure of the Prime version.
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They probably base their horsepower and acceleration tests off the "recommended" fuel - these are very high compression engines. I can run 87 in my MX-5, which has a 14:1 CR, and it doesn't explode, but it's completely gutless below 4k RPM.
I'd be glad to have the option, anyway.
As for the wheels, it's almost certainly styling-only. Why people like the look of massive wheels, I have no idea, but all concept drawings have wheel sizes that are physically impossible.
3rd gen Prius concept art:
