HYPED HYBRID; The new Prius still asks, why be normal?(News)(Product/Service Evaluation)
AutoWeek, June, 2004 by Wilson, Kevin A.
Byline: Kevin A. Wilson Give Toyota this: Its 2004 Prius turns fuel economy into eye candy. Combine a distinctive tortoise-shaped exterior, the "Look Madge, this car is sure different'' cabin and a video screen display that mates an Atari with USA Today graphics, and you get more than one sight to ponder.
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All those visual cues aim to deliver one message: Fuel economy, once a topic suitable only for conversation with your boring Uncle Wally over Thanksgiving dinner, has been rendered cool and fun. Those very words have crossed the lips of several of our testers with regard ...
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