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JediTink, 11/07/2021
2022 Toyota Prius Prime XLE 4dr Hatchback (1.8L 4cyl gas/electric plug-in hybrid CVT)
22 of 22 people found this review helpful
First, let me quantify my glowing review. I upgraded from a 2003 Ford Taurus to the 2022 Prius Prime XLE. Needless to say, I am blown away by the technology upgrade alone, and that's not even taking into account the Plug-in electric aspect to this amazing car. Here are the things I LOVE: 1. The XLE trim has this amazing 11+ inch screen, which is just fantastic and integrates with Apple CarPlay seamlessly. After a couple days of playing around with it, I now know where everything is - maps, audio and climate control. 2. Running in EV mode - all electric. Seriously, it feels like my car is sailing. Took it out in EV mode for the first time late at night to get milkshakes. There was no motor, it was like we were sailing on a cloud. 3. Coasting and braking steadily RECHARGES THE ELECTRIC BATTERY. So if you pay attention to the handy dandy Eco Display, you can tell when you are charging. Driving this car is like a video game! It's fun to stay within the bounds of Eco driving! I also don't mind heavy LA traffic or stop lights nearly as much, because these stops charge my car and I don't use any $4+/gallon gas. 4. Because I have a plug-in, I can now park in electric car parking anywhere and charge it up. Drove to Disneyland 13 miles in all electric. Charged it up there for $1.63, and drove it back all electric. So, so amazing. 5. I can charge my car easily in 5.5 hours plugged in to my normal home outlet - no need to install an expensive EV Charger. 6. I can start my car, check mileage, check battery charge and even start a charge from the Toyota Mobile app. Incredible. Now the Edmunds review is correct - the electric battery does take up valuable real estate in the cargo compartment. However, this is a small price to pay for the MASSIVE benefit the all-electric battery provides.
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Excellent daily driver
HappyDriver, 03/29/2021
2021 Toyota Prius Prime XLE 4dr Hatchback (1.8L 4cyl gas/electric plug-in hybrid CVT)
16 of 16 people found this review helpful
Excellent daily driver. Comfortable, incredibly efficient. Enough battery to take a sizable percentage (more than 50% for me) of my total miles on electric. When on gas, regularly achieve over 50mpg. Like having many modern safety features as standard. Highly reliable.
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Great Car
Phil, 07/03/2021
2021 Toyota Prius Prime LE 4dr Hatchback (1.8L 4cyl gas/electric plug-in hybrid CVT)
17 of 18 people found this review helpful
Owned the 2021 Prius Prime for a few months now, Got 800 miles on my first tank of gas with infrequent charging. I think my average MPG is about 80, which is awesome and I feel like I can take my car out to cruise without thinking about gas at all. I love the EV range and its the most fun to drive when its in EV mode, very zippy. The LE has a smaller infotainment that supports both android and apple car play. I've always preferred physical controls over touch so its nice to get more features for a cheaper price. I have no problems with the screen or the displays and the interior is really cool looking. I plan to own this car forever and I got nearly $10,000 off buying it in NY. I have no problems with it at all and I couldn't even think about only getting 30mpg anymore. I drive carefully and I enjoy how this car guides you into driving more economically. There certainly is a lot of technology on here that you need to watch out for, but it is a Toyota and y'know things won't break on their own. Good warranty so i'm not worrying about that anytime soon but I do fear the day I need to pay for something fancy to be fixed. Nonetheless I think this car came up to a bit under $20k, so its a no brainer if you compare it to other cars for that price.
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Spiffy fun car
Mary , 04/06/2021
2021 Toyota Prius Prime LE 4dr Hatchback (1.8L 4cyl gas/electric plug-in hybrid CVT)
12 of 13 people found this review helpful
The car glides and handles really well. Easy to plug in when I get home. Around town no gas needed. I just wish it ran farther on the electric but other than that I love it. It is also very quiet.
Out of a CT200h, into a Prius Prime
Mac, 03/01/2022
2022 Toyota Prius Prime Limited 4dr Hatchback (1.8L 4cyl gas/electric plug-in hybrid CVT)
11 of 12 people found this review helpful
My 2011 CT200h (Prius in fancy clothes) was totaled and stumbled upon an opportunity to purchase a Prime Limited (ordered but buyer backed out) and am I glad - miss the styling of the Lexus but let me tell you the technology, efficiency and comfort of the PP are much better - will never win a road race but if you drive like a normal person this is a great vehicle, bit noisy on the highway or poor road surface, and you do catch glare off the large screen - but the 100MPG i'm getting (real world factoring in electric costs) nice 10 speaker stereo, radar cruise, auto wipes/highbeams, heated seats/wheel, nice visibility and silent on 30 miles electricity more than make up for it My commute? 22 miles each way, charge at home and work, last tank saw well over 1,200 miles only because I had to take a road trip Is the limited worth it? I think so, lots of safety features, parking sonar, cross traffic, bigger speakers/sub - that sort of thing - I most likely will never us the self parking (if you can't park this little car then you should not be on the road in my opinion) and frankly, with new cars averaging 42k this little guy is a steal at $34,500 with a $4,500 fed tax credit - got $16k for the CT due to the crazy market so out the door, brand new limited, $15k......
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Very Nice Car
Ron, 08/16/2021
2022 Toyota Prius Prime Limited 4dr Hatchback (1.8L 4cyl gas/electric plug-in hybrid CVT)
12 of 14 people found this review helpful
Its a very nice car. Immediately took it on a 2500 mile vacation voyage. It was surprisingly quiet and smooth. The air conditioner was cold. I mean very cold! Mileage was about 58 MPG. The electric mode is very nice around town. I live in California and gas here is $5.09 a gallon for premium (Chevron). Some areas are even higher!! The hatchback space is a little tight for our one week trip out of town, but the rear seats fold down for extra room. The navigation system was pretty decent & I have no complaints. I went on a Prius forum and did some studying before I bought it. I took the advice of one member and put it on ECO and drove. Never did use "Normal and Power" settings. Bottom Line: Glad I bought it & with the price of fuel now its saving me some money over fuel consumption with my pickup (kept it). I got the Limited Trim and glad I did so.
FUN CAR and A FUEL MISER
Rick, 02/27/2021
2021 Toyota Prius Prime LE 4dr Hatchback (1.8L 4cyl gas/electric plug-in hybrid CVT)
14 of 17 people found this review helpful
I agree with most of which the other owners report below. I must add another negative, however. What if I have a flat tire at night on a dark road? There is no spare and I don't carry a cellphone. This is my major concern although such an event happening is unlikely. On the positive side, the vehicle is quiet, good looking, seemingly low maintenance, and possesses Toyota quality as expected. Love how it handles and its engine's quiet peppiness. Its a car of the future.
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Prime ride, man
Nico, 09/07/2021
2022 Toyota Prius Prime XLE 4dr Hatchback (1.8L 4cyl gas/electric plug-in hybrid CVT)
7 of 8 people found this review helpful
It’s fine. I purchased an XLE as a commuter, and for that purpose it has excelled. While the storage space leaves a lot to be desired, I was able to store a 65 qt RTIC cooler in the trunk. Food for thought.
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Best commuter car I’ve ever owned
Zack d, 12/10/2020
2021 Toyota Prius Prime XLE 4dr Hatchback (1.8L 4cyl gas/electric plug-in hybrid CVT)
17 of 22 people found this review helpful
Rides smooth. Love the fact that I can get a full charge in 5 hours makes it super convient. Much faster and smoother ride then the Prius I tried back in 10-11 back then I couldn’t deal too much of a sacrifice from looks and driving quality now it’s not a sports car by any means but I had a 14 corolla eco I gave up for this guy and it feels a little bit faster than the carolla but I have much better fuel economy and I drive 50 each way every day for work and average just about 30k miles a year so I was looking for comfort and economy and got it. I do wish you could still adjust charging schedule from app if they bring that back it will be perfect. I got the XLE to me seemed like the best bang for buck for me since I drive 30k miles a year I ride them for 6-8 years and then retire them.
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Mostly good, horrible packaging
G.B., 06/11/2021
2021 Toyota Prius Prime Limited 4dr Hatchback (1.8L 4cyl gas/electric plug-in hybrid CVT)
7 of 9 people found this review helpful
I've owned my 2021 Prius Prime Limited for all of 4 days now. Here is my initial assessment. I will post an update if my opinions change. To the person who complained about the lack of connectivity (Android Auto) on the 11.6" screen infotainment system found in the XLE and Limited: you are mostly correct but not entirely. As an Android owner, I am livid that Toyota apparently added that capability to the small-screen system in the LE, without adding it to mine. Entune is indeed supported, although after installing the Entune 3.0 app on my phone and starting to register an account, it told me my car isn't supported and I needed the Toyota app instead. The infotainment owner's manual said nothing about that, only Entune -- horrible documentation and support. But after much difficulty, I got the Toyota app installed, an account set up, and paired with my car, giving me Entune capability on the car. One plus: this works over Bluetooth, where my previous car (a 2017 Ford Mustang) required plugging in to access Android Auto. In the end, the only real app I care about is Live X Live music, and Entune gives me that, so it'll do. I owned a 2015 Prius "Three" trim for most of 3 years, and as a Prius owner, I'm pleased to say the current Prime drives pretty much like I remember a Prius driving, but much better than that one. No close "feel of the road," but handles securely. A decidedly heavy feel for the size of the car, probably even more so with the plug-in battery pack, but the electric motor on the standard hybrid (even the current model) is a joke; the only way to drive fully electric in them is accelerating at truly a snail's pace and keeping it under 25 mph (30 mph downhill with a tailwind). And you burn down the battery in 2 miles at most. The Prime, on the other hand, is actually peppier when taking off with the electric motor than when driving on the gas engine, and for a car with just a 25-mile electric range, I'm super pleased with the power of the electric motor. A coworker had bought a 2016 Prius, a low trim level I believe was a Two, shortly after I bought my 2015. I was envious of the fact that his low-end Prius had parking sensors in front and back. My Mustang I had in between these cars was fully loaded -- rear parking sensors, rear cross traffic alert, and blind spot monitor -- yet lacked the forward driving laser/radar sensors like "Toyota Safety Sense" or any sort of lane departure. Fine, it's a wanna-be sports car, and people don't want or think they need that stuff on a sports car, but the stuff it had was super helpful. I can't say how many times the rear cross traffic alert saved my bacon backing out of my driveway. So when I started shopping for this, I was shocked that although Toyota puts all that good safety stuff on the regular Priuses starting with the LE, you can't get it on the Primes without jumping all the way up to the Limited. I plan for my teenage kid to drive this in a couple years, so it was never a question, I bought the Limited. Right now, I got a $4500 rebate on my car from Toyota; the regular Priuses only have $1500. With that extra $3k and the government clean energy rebates / tax credit, I'm actually getting this car for quite a bit cheaper in the end than a similarly loaded Prius. The only thing is, I could've gotten a stripped-down Prius LE, still gotten the safety sensors, and taken cloth seats, standard small-screen infotainment with basic audio, and saved a couple thousand in the end. A couple thousand between a Prius LE and a Prius Prime Limited? No regrets going with this car. Even if I never plugged it in, it's worth it. I just have to wait until next year's tax return to see the bulk of the money and close the gap. Getting back to that huge 11.6" infotainment screen: overkill, and very rudimentary software behind it. No real choices how to configure it. Want to adjust your sound with the equalizer? Don't think Audio Settings will help. That menu is a complete joke. I pored through the manual, it was fairly worthless for telling me how to get there, but I finally figured it out and got the bass & treble turned up. Better than my suspicion I'd begun having, that Toyota decided they know best and there is absolutely no sound adjustment whatsoever. Adjusting the climate control is difficult but learnable. In my 2015 Prius and my 2011 Camry Hybrid, I had big problems with the climate control in the winter. Any time the temp outside was below about 40F, or more than 25 below the lowest temp setting of 65, it would be uncomfortably warm, even when taking it off Auto. I would have to turn the climate control off entirely and crack the window, at which point I would be a bit cold but better than the alternative, which was turning the A/C all the way down to Low which would blast ice cold air. I won't be able to judge this car until next winter.