Posted by Elmo P. Shagnasty on July 19, 2009, 11:10 am
> > But when the scooter doesn't solve the problem or serve the purpose, why
> > should I even talk about it?
> >
> > Same with the Corolla.
>
> Just what exactly do you do that makes a Prius suitable and a Corolla not?
> Having driven both cars on numerous occasions I'm struggling to imagine a
> valid scenario here.
You aren't driving the US Corolla, obviously.
Posted by D Walford on July 19, 2009, 11:46 am
Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
>
>>> But when the scooter doesn't solve the problem or serve the purpose, why
>>> should I even talk about it?
>>>
>>> Same with the Corolla.
>> Just what exactly do you do that makes a Prius suitable and a Corolla not?
>> Having driven both cars on numerous occasions I'm struggling to imagine a
>> valid scenario here.
>
> You aren't driving the US Corolla, obviously.
The US version and the Australian version look almost identical, I
compared the widths of both and its identical.
Oddly we seem to get more models, we get hatchbacks as well as sedans
which don't appear to be available in the US but the US range includes a
model with a 2.4lt engine but we only get 1.8lt engines.
Daryl
Posted by Noddy on July 19, 2009, 1:05 pm
> You aren't driving the US Corolla, obviously.
From what I've seen ours is the same.
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Regards,
Noddy.
Posted by Elmo P. Shagnasty on July 19, 2009, 2:29 am
> > But here's the trick: I don't like how SMALL the Corolla is inside. I
> > want a BIGGER CAR. Nothing huge, but something the size of the Prius.
>
> Interesting you should say that, because if you go to the Toyota website
> (and I went to the American one just so we can be sure we're comparing
> apples with apples here) they list the interior passenger volume of the 2009
> Prius 93.7 cubic feet compared to 92.0 for the Corolla. For interior
> dimensions the two cars are almost identical in terms of seating capacity,
> with a slight advantage in hip room to the Corolla.
No, the 7 inches of extra hiproom are in the Prius.
Posted by Noddy on July 19, 2009, 3:43 am
> No, the 7 inches of extra hiproom are in the Prius.
From Toyota's website:
http://www.toyota.com/prius-hybrid/specs.html#
http://www.toyota.com/corolla/specs.html#
<dimension - spec - model>
Size in inches
Headroom: 38.3 (Prius) 38.8 (Corolla)
Shoulder Room: 54.9 (Prius) 54.8 (Corolla)
Hip Room: 52.7 (Prius) 53.0 (Corolla)
Leg Room: 42.5 (Prius) 41.7 (Corolla)
On those figures I make the Corolla offering slightly more hip room and
slightly less leg room. Either way there is less than an inch difference
between the two in any dimension.
I don't know where you get the 7 inch difference from, other than your vivid
imagination.
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Regards,
Noddy.
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> > should I even talk about it?
> >
> > Same with the Corolla.
>
> Just what exactly do you do that makes a Prius suitable and a Corolla not?
> Having driven both cars on numerous occasions I'm struggling to imagine a
> valid scenario here.