In LA with the 2010 Prius- 04.12.09
Ooooooh car lust. Was giddily surprised when i was picked up by one of the 2010 Prius Prototypes tonight to go check out the Scion/GR Papershapers show tonight ~ more on that later ~ but the car… in person… SO cute. SO quiet. And so many little details to gush over ~ but really, maybe part of me just really wants a car with a solar roof?!?!?! The displays and iconography are beautifully mesmerizing… The shifter is strangely small and toy like… almost like a travel mouse? (really thin and easily to wrap your fingers right over) It’s also tauntingly placed where even as a passenger i was so tempted to shift it (but i didn’t!). The toyota logo has a blue outline to it (it was a coincidence that this car was blue, the logo colors do not always match the paint colors) ~ apparently these will be on all of the upcoming hybrids (and the Lexus ones in red). And the angularity of the rear and sharper lines on the sides made me far more drawn to this latest design… so tempting! For more real info on the new Prius, take a peek at their site and for more real world pics, see the next page!
Ok i’m a bit deliriously tired at the moment ~ but wanted to get something up to show you! And for a sneak peek at the truly epic Scion/GR Papershapers show, see the images here ~ i’ll make more logical posts out of those tomorrow!
I don’t know why i was so drawn to the angularity tonight…
Here’s that bluish logo…
It’s really a bit overly tiny? But adorably cute? It felt like the one element that really visually jumped out from the rest of the interior…
You can even switch into FULL Electric mode ~ but you have to go at quite a crawl to use it without auto switching back to hybrid…
Impressive instrument panel ~ Vacuum Florescent Display!
This is the Touch Tracer Display ~ basically showing you the steering wheel buttons in an overlay display…
Here it is as the valet from the show pulled it up…
And since i just snapped some shots between drinks/gallerying ~ here are some from the 2010 Prius site! Like the awesome solar roof………
Who did the site design? really nice interface and animations.
----- brian 17.04.09 14:40