2024 Toyota Prius Long-Term Review, Part 3: Substance to Match the Style
Auto123 puts the 2024 Toyota Prius to the in-depth test. Here is the third of our four-part review.
See: 2024 Toyota Prius Long-Term Review, Part 1: A Pioneer Not Ready for Retirement
See: 2024 Toyota Prius Long-Term Review, Part 2: Heads or Tails?
After poking into the Prius' history (Part 1) and its new eye-catching design (Part 2), today we take a look at what's going on under the hood and on the road.
In the belly of the Prius Hybrid sits a 2.0L, 16-valve, Atkinson-cycle 4-cylinder engine similar to that found in the Corolla Hybrid. To ensure all-wheel drive for the Hybrid Synergy Drive (HSD) powertrain, Toyota has attached a small electric motor to the rear axle. This addition brings the total power of the regular Prius to 196 hp, an enormous gain of 76 hp over the previous model. Incidentally, the front-wheel-drive versions, whose distribution Toyota has wisely limited to south of the border, lose two horses in the process.
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