Topic: Odd Couple: 2016 Toyota Prius vs 2000 V12 Century

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[Fobroader]

Great article....that V12 Century would be such an amazing long distance car, hell, even spending long hours of a traffic jam in one would be great.

[revalations]

Dissapointed we didn't see that Century here as a Lexus. That is an true Japanese luxo-barge and oh so cool!

[Fobroader]

Dissapointed we didn't see that Century here as a Lexus. That is an true Japanese luxo-barge and oh so cool!

Yeah, like the LS is a fantastic car, but V12 crown is next level.

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[rrocket]

The guys at Accelerated Performance were trying for ages to get one of those V12s to put into a Supra (with turbos, of course!).

[Fobroader]

The guys at Accelerated Performance were trying for ages to get one of those V12s to put into a Supra (with turbos, of course!).

Someone did that....not sure if single or twin turbo but I saw that somewhere

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[rrocket]

The guys at Accelerated Performance were trying for ages to get one of those V12s to put into a Supra (with turbos, of course!).

Someone did that....not sure if single or twin turbo but I saw that somewhere

Yes..I know the car.  That's the Top Secret Supra.

[revalations]

Considering how smooth the Lexus V8 is I could only imagine the V12 would be even silkier. I'd love to try one.

[Fobroader]

Considering how smooth the Lexus V8 is I could only imagine the V12 would be even silkier. I'd love to try one.

X2!!! For long trips this would be THE car to have. I bet it would cruise at 120km/h+ all day and you would get out at your destination feeling great.

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[Scaerio]

A number of years ago I read somewhere that the Century is perhaps the best built, most reliable car in the world.

[Brig]

We should copy and paste the FB comments from Trader, just for fun.  This made me laugh:

Bill Malcolm • 14 hours ago
Hello. Hello? Helloooooooo! Anybody here?

Wouldn't mind having a go in a V12 Toyota. As for the Prius, which my lifelong friend in Blighty who bought one five years ago insists be called a Pr-eye-us for some reason known only to Brits, well what a styling disaster this new one is. Yup, I'd girded my loins and decided, hell, instead of driving like a bat out of hell all the time, maybe I should get one of these things and turn each drive into an mpg run instead. Become a proper little mimser. My current car exceeds the 110 kph highway limit in second gear and it seems to like howling off to 6600rpm at the least excuse, so exercising the beast is an effort in flustration.

So I went and looked at a Pryus. Have to say, I could not summon up the courage to ask for a test drive. Because, frankly, if that thing were to sit there for a goodly portion of each day in my leafy driveway and ruin the view, I'd probably commit hari-kiri after a week or two.

If Toyota could actually style cars, they'd no doubt take over the world; presumably they issue these styling nightmares so as to give everyone else a sporting chance at the gold sales medal. I cannot think of a more rational reason for spreading such aesthetic excresences around the world, can you?


 

[Noto]

^^ heh, maybe there's something to this Facebook thing after all...

I wanted more pics of the inside of the ToyotaBoat (and of the engine bay).  A fun read.

[Arthur Dent]

Wanted to hear more about the Century! And yes that other car is unreasonably ugly.

[EV Dan]

We should copy and paste the FB comments from Trader, just for fun.  This made me laugh:

Bill Malcolm • 14 hours ago
Hello. Hello? Helloooooooo! Anybody here?

Wouldn't mind having a go in a V12 Toyota. As for the Prius, which my lifelong friend in Blighty who bought one five years ago insists be called a Pr-eye-us for some reason known only to Brits, well what a styling disaster this new one is. Yup, I'd girded my loins and decided, hell, instead of driving like a bat out of hell all the time, maybe I should get one of these things and turn each drive into an mpg run instead. Become a proper little mimser. My current car exceeds the 110 kph highway limit in second gear and it seems to like howling off to 6600rpm at the least excuse, so exercising the beast is an effort in flustration.

So I went and looked at a Pryus. Have to say, I could not summon up the courage to ask for a test drive. Because, frankly, if that thing were to sit there for a goodly portion of each day in my leafy driveway and ruin the view, I'd probably commit hari-kiri after a week or two.

If Toyota could actually style cars, they'd no doubt take over the world; presumably they issue these styling nightmares so as to give everyone else a sporting chance at the gold sales medal. I cannot think of a more rational reason for spreading such aesthetic excresences around the world, can you?


 

 

Luggage often looks better than the current Prius