2017 Toyota Prius C Review

Toyota's littlest and minimum costly half and half, the Prius C, sees a few changes for the 2017 model year. Outside, there's unobtrusive dark bodywork on the guards and rocker boards, and the base $21,075 Prius C trim, One, moves on 15-inch cast aluminum wheels set up of a year ago's stamped steelies. More critical is that beforehand discretionary security hardware is currently standard over the Prius C line. All things considered, the progressions aren't probably going to raise our unremarkable rating of this subcompact gas-electric in particular.

Bundled under the Toyota Safety Sense-C moniker, the recently standard things comprise of forward-impact cautioning with mechanized crisis braking, path takeoff cautioning, and programmed high-shaft headlights.

Unaltered is the cross breed electric powertrain. It joins a 1.5-liter four-chamber motor with a two AC engine/generators. Together, they deliver a joined 99 stallions, an insignificant aggregate that in our testing dragged the 2015 Prius C to 60 mph in a long 10.9 seconds. The bigger engine/generator is equipped specifically to the last drive differential to give impetus and to create power amid deceleration. The littler AC unit works together with the burning motor through a planetary gearset to control the wheels with electronically controlled drive proportions, frequently called an electronic CVT.

Lamentably for Toyota, the Prius C's shoddy execution is currently joined by less stellar mileage figures. At 48 mpg city and 43 mpg expressway, the EPA appraisals for the Prius C drop by 5 mpg around town and 3 mpg on the turnpike contrasted and 2016, a change that is likely the consequence of harder mileage testing rules by the EPA as opposed to any mechanical contrasts in the auto. In spite of the fact that the Prius C's efficiency numbers still are nothing to laugh at, the greater and all the more effective—yet pricier standard Prius accomplishes evaluations of 54 mpg city and 50 mpg expressway. While it's outstanding that Toyota offers half breed innovation to customers in this class, we'd rather take the mileage hit and be more joyful in autos, for example, the Toyota Yaris iA or the Ford Fiesta.