new prius test car spotted

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by ksa8907

I just saw an advertisement for the Toyota Crown, looks very similar to this shape, but definitely a different car.
https://www.toyota.com/crown

The latest MOTOR TREND has a one-page piece on the Crown.
They describe the car as an Avalon, which is sectioned, and then a 4-inch thick riser in inserted into the lower body, and rejoined.
It directly affects the ratio of body length divided by the actual body height ( not the car's height ), which Baron Fachsenfeld focused on at Kamm's FKFS.
He referred to this ratio as 'verjungungsverhaltnisse'

[redpoint5]

Originally Posted by JSH

You can't get all of that in the same car - you have to choose power or efficiency.

The 340 HP 2.4L turbo gets 30 mpg.
The 236 HP 2.5L NA engine gets 41 mpg.

Good catch, their marketing fooled me into making incorrect associations.

14/1 compression ratio on the 236 engine, and 11/1 on the turbo.

236 HP and 40 MPG is excellent though. My TSX is 205 HP and rated at 23 MPG (I get almost 30).