Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Tech, Toyota
What young Hollywood wants for Xmas: The 6-door Prius limo
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Most people looking to modify their Prius do so in order to extract even more fuel economy from the world's most popular hybrid. There undoubtedly aren't a whole lot of mechanically inclined Prius owners thinking limo, but thankfully for us there is one Canadian who did. The custom 10-seater was hacked at the middle, re-formed and re-stuffed, and welded back together. Sure, it seems as though adding considerable weight to a car specifically design with fuel economy in mind seems like a fruitless endeavor, but the man claims to still be getting 50 MPG. We'll believe the economy numbers when we see it. Meanwhile, it's only a matter of time before the designers at Citroen find out their C6 beauty has been duped.
[Source: PriusChat via Dieselstation]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
J.Crew 11:10AM (10/18/2007)
So dumb.
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BluePariah 11:17AM (10/18/2007)
Does the wet bar come stocked with granola?
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Shipey 11:26AM (10/18/2007)
The IS a way to make it uglier!
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Menice 11:36AM (10/18/2007)
is it a turtle or a load.. can tell.
does this mean that they also then could have used leftovers to make a 2 seater stub prius?
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theSAWzall 11:39AM (10/18/2007)
That roofline and the middle door stepdown just weird me out.
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Johnnie 11:40AM (10/18/2007)
That's about a stupid as the normal Prius.
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stapleboy 11:52AM (10/18/2007)
Yikes must that thing be a dog to drive. Regardless, this guy probably could make a mint customizing 'em for Hollywood's environmentally inclined. Perfect for chiding the proletariat's wasteful habits while being driven to your Gulfstream at LAX!
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The Other Bob 11:55AM (10/18/2007)
That thing didn't get 50mpg before it was stretched.
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bielle lewis 6:28AM (10/23/2007)
Got our Prius 3months ago..had lincoln TC (18mpg)...consistently getting 48-51 mpg LOCAL DRIVING!! not for 'green' reasons, except to save more GREEN in my pocket!! b.l.
J M C 3 12:21PM (10/18/2007)
Who squeezed out that turd ?
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J 12:22PM (10/18/2007)
Its just plain SICK, this person is having unnatural visions. Get help.
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Josiah 1:19PM (10/18/2007)
Wow, can someone please ban 'Miranda's' IP and not allow them to post comments?
This is the second post I've read today that has that crappy spam comment.
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k.w.a 1:39PM (10/18/2007)
this scared me! i literally jumped when I saw this picture. Ugly, sure... but i guess it was never made to be pretty
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willem 3:43PM (10/18/2007)
Additional proof of "limousine liberals" in Hollyweird. It's appropriate, though, because, like Hollyweird: it is fake, its occupants are smug and their lemming-like behavior is typical amongst Toy-owners and movie stars.
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kevjohn 3:54PM (10/18/2007)
I'm guessing the point is if you need to use a limo, and that seems to be a neccesity in those circles on certain occasions, why not go in the least environmentally abusive vehicle possible?
Or they could just roll up the Oscars/Emmys/high school banquet in one of these: http://www.autoblog.com/2007/06/19/hummer-crazy-couple-to-marry-in-monster-suv-themed-wedding/
willem 4:09PM (10/18/2007)
A stretched Toy Priapiss accomplishes nothing but visual pollution and would likely get no better gas mileage than other purpose-built limos (unless Toy faked their MPGs again). I'm not so sure that, structurally, the Toy could withstand the gain in weight, whereas the Hummer would.
JMC 3 5:46PM (10/18/2007)
What does "Prius"mean anyway?Sounds like a mixture of the words "Prissy" and "pious."
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Bryan 9:11PM (10/18/2007)
Only a hippie, only a hippie.
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Hak€m 6:54AM (10/20/2007)
It doesn't matter what they do: Prius still looks like a wedge of cheese.
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Deena Denesowicz 7:11AM (10/23/2007)
With the third door, it's almost a full-sized vehicle!
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