Landspeed Prius Race

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Toyota's Landspeed Prius gas-electric hybrid vehicle debuted in Bonneville, Utah as the first production hybrid to race across the Bonneville Salt Flats. The advanced technology of the popular hybrid mid-size sedan was taken to another level as Car and Driver editor Aaron Robinson drove the modified Prius on the three-mile short course, and set a hybrid record speed of 130.794 miles per hour. Other Landspeed Prius drivers included Prius executive chief engineer Shigeyuki Hori, and Fumiaki Kobayashi, group vice president technical and regulatory affairs, Toyota Motor North America, Inc. The Landspeed Prius' historical run also paved the way for a hybrid class to run at Bonneville.

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• bonneville
• flats
• hybrid
• prius
• race
• record
• salt
• toyota

[MikePianoMan]

@bikebird That is true. But in the end hybrids are for the street not for the track. My guess is this model cost at least 60K. You could buy an 09 GTR for that and that car doesn't need a push start to hit 190mph.

[bikebird]

@MikePianoMan When you can average over 50 mpg in the same vehicle, that's not too shabby. Perspective.

[fishonthewater]

i have a prius. i wanna do that. im trying to mod it out right now for street racing.

[sbeer6er]

wow must be some kind of land speed record

[MikePianoMan]

130mph? Thats suposed to be an impressive top speed? I figured this would be interesting like they got a Prius to go 220 or something.

[JstHudson]

My 350 goes 20 miles faster stock. Plus it actually sounds like a car. Hell, remote cars sound louder than a Prius on the move.

[montey1017]

seriously?

I bet if I removed the governor I could get my STOCK station wagon going that fast...

lets see-1500 bucks, or 75 grand?

[himster22]

@BeechSportBill you go man, tell those gas-loving rednecks what a is hybrid all about!

[petehubs]

i wish this was one of those videos where the car flips a dozen times at the end of the run

[LOLDISNEYLAND]

@bikerdude5691 No, you are gay! I too can just throw "gay" around things i don't like. Your moms gay, your dads gay, your ancestors are gay, so is your gay house where you all have gay anal sex and do your gay makeovers because that is what gays do.

"Hurr Durr, Priuses are fucking gay hurrrrrrr ddduuurrrrrrr!!! That'll fix em.. eeuuurrr duuurrr!" - bikerdude5691