 What is up you guys, we'll go back to another one. If you're new to the channel, I'll go up on you as a new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube. And today, we're really brand new 2023 Toyota Prius courtesy of younger Toyota in Hagerstown, Maryland. For more information on their inventory, please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. And so we're in this one today because of course it has been completely redesigned for the 2023 model year and it looks dang good in my opinion. No longer looks like what a Prius used to look like, which is definitely a good thing. But anyways, rumor has it, this thing is actually kind of quick this year as well. So ultimately in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering feel, ride quality, sound system, exhaust clip, all that fun stuff. So having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. So as you can imagine, there are a few different trim levels for the 2023 Prius. First one being the one I was driving in this video being the LE starting at $27,450. XLE for $30,895. And then the limited starting at $34,465. And by the way, that was all pricing for the front wheel drive variant. If you wanted to add all wheel drive like we had in this drive, you can do that by simply adding $1,400 then to any of those prices. But regardless of trim level that you go with the power plant is going to be the same. Powering the beast is a two liter naturally aspirated inline four cylinder with the lithium ion battery. So it is a hybrid configuration of course, putting out 196 horsepower for the all wheel drive but then 194 horsepower is just slightly less for the front wheel drive variant. 152 combined pound feet of torque, power sent to the front wheels or all wheels to a CVT, zero to 60 time coming in at approximately 7.1 seconds with a top speed in case you were interested of 115 miles per hour. MPG numbers are going to differ slightly as well. 57 in the city, 56 on the highway for the front wheel drive LE, 52 city, 52 highway for the front wheel drive for the other trim levels. But then the all wheel drive LE is going to give you 53 in the city, 54 on the highway but taking regular a let it fuel. And so before we do that acceleration test I did want to mention to you guys the drive modes there's actually a little toggle switch located directly behind the shifter. If you play around with that you got custom sport, normal and eco but there is also a button for that full EV mode as well. So ultimately those drive modes are going to adjust things like the shift points the throttle response and the steering sensitivity. So now having got all of that out of the way what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find a straight away. Let's put the Prius here to the test in sport driving mode and let's see if the rumors are correct and let's see how quickly we can get our new 2023 Toyota Prius here up to speed. All right you guys in three, two, one, go. Whoa, that's an instant acceleration. Gotta love that hybrid. That is quick. That is quick. This is a fun Prius. I wasn't expecting that. I guess the rumors are correct. This thing definitely has a decent acceleration this time around. It's not just a fuel efficient car although it still is of course. Just take a look at the EPA numbers but this is a fun car too man. There's plenty of acceleration obviously not gonna have any issues emerging off to the highway. And the best thing about the Prius is there wasn't any lag on that initial punch because it is a hybrid. So it is kind of instant acceleration not to the point as a full EV would have but still plenty of an acceleration instantly available. So I loved it. That was fun actually. But anyways to go along with that acceleration as always breaking is equally important. So when it comes to breaking up front you will find 11.1 inch ventilated front disc for the front wheel drive. However, those front discs are bumped up to 12 inches in the front if you were to go with the all wheel drive configuration but then 11 inch solid rear disc for all trim levels in the back regardless of configuration. As far as that six easier stopping distance is going to come in at approximately 123 feet. And so as far as breaking feel goes since there is nobody behind us it's just, whoa, that is brilliant. That is one of the better breaking feels I've felt in a while. It breaks like a performance car honestly. So it's not like a super firm breaking feel. It's not a soft breaking feel. It's a different breaking feel and different in a very, very good way. It immediately brings you to a stop. That is wonderful. It's unlike anything I've driven in a while in terms of breaking feel goes. So that is pretty cool. But anyways, then touching on suspension and handling up front, you're going to get a McPherson strut front suspension in the back independent multi-link rear suspension front and rear stabilizer bars. And so as far as steering feel goes actually it's more driving mode. It does lean on the heavier side of things. I absolutely love this steering feel having trouble finding things I don't like about this new Prius which is kind of, it's kind of odd saying that phrase but anyways, the steering feel is brilliant not to the point of like a Tesla steering feel which is super weighted but obviously I prefer that but still this is brilliant. This is a brilliant steering feel for the Prius definitely on the heavier side of things. And actually just for a little experiment here let's go ahead and put it in eco driving mode. It loosened up a little bit but it's still kind of on the heavier side of things. I really like the steering feel in the Prius. Well done Toyota did a wonderful job with that. As far as cabin noise goes that is one thing I didn't notice immediately there is a decent amount of wind noise coming into the cabin. Not so much the road noise but the wind noise you do hear a little bit coming into the cabin so I did want to mention that. As far as ride quality goes now that has been perfectly fine in my short test drive even for kind of a compact car as it is it's soaking up the road imperfections quite nicely although these are some dang smooth roads right now they were just freshly paved last month but still ride quality has been perfectly fine in my short test drive here. Touching on rear visibility I could see pretty darn good out the back it's not as bad as I thought it was gonna be so rear visibility is perfectly fine so don't have any issues there. And another thing I kind of like where the gauges are sitting right here because it gives me better focus on what is in front of me in terms of forward visibility because the gauges are kind of in my line of sight whereas with most vehicles you do have to look down a decent amount more in order to see what speed you're going but with the gauges in the new Prius here it's kind of just where I'm looking I can just barely glance down see my speed and then look back up so I actually love the gauge placement I've seen mixed reviews on that just because of the steering wheel doesn't adjust with the gauges but for me my driving position has been perfectly fine but we'll get more into that a little bit later in the video but that pretty much runs out the performance segment of this review guys let's go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2023 Toyota Prius. All right so here she is you guys the new completely redesigned for 2023 Toyota Prius with a lower roof line and a wider stance making it for a much more aggressive look overall I actually do like the styling of the new Prius for once it looks dang good and so as always let's go ahead and start with where the new Prius is made taking a look at the VIN first character is the letter J indicating that the new 2023 Prius is built and assembled in Japan JDM Prius love it so up front you will find active grille shutters which will open and close dependent upon the engine cooling that is needed at any given time to the sides by LED headlights you can standard on all trim levels across the board with LED daytime running lights and the automatic feature and automatic high beams as well so if you have your high beams on a night and it senses a vehicle coming in the opposite direction it's gonna automatically dim them back to low beams then when that vehicle is gone it's gonna automatically bounce it back up to high beams for you there so love that feature and I do like the shape of the new headlights they're kind of like a C shaped look so it looks very good in my opinion so front end it's definitely done very well but then making our way to the side gloss black window surrounds do you come standard gloss black power adjustable side mirrors as well which by the way are heated for all trim levels taking a look down at the wheel setup 17 inch alloy wheels with covers for the LE 19 inch alloy stem for the XLE and limited trim levels and again you got now a very low hood line for the Prius a very distinct look on the side profile so definitely a fan but then making our way to the back of course you got that body colored shark fin antenna got the Prius lettering spelled out horizontally that definitely looks nice LED tail lights with the LED stop light as well I like that I like how it's just one LED light bar all the way across it's a cool look to it and one of my favorite parts in the back here was if you remove the license plate behind that license plate in the back there it actually says since 1997 so that is a cool little Easter egg for the Toyota Prius it's kind of hidden only if you take off the rear license plate will you see that so interesting placement but that's what Easter eggs are I suppose just below it all you will find a single exhaust outlet and we'll say before we do this exhaust clip typically with hybrids it's only going to start up real quick for you and then most likely it's gonna shut off but you can't actually rev it or anything like that so as always here is that I won't call it an exhaust clip but a startup It's open now since we all run to the back of the Prius when it comes to opening that rear hatch of course is a manual hatch so once opened up cargo capacity comes in at 23.8 cubic feet for the LE 20.3 cubic feet for the XLE Unlimited so a little bit less there there is a 60-40 split though meaning the rear seats do fold down for quite a bit of extra space then if you needed it LED cargo lighting can be found back there there's some crow plated tie down anchors as well then if you were to lift up underneath of that cargo floor you will find a tire inflator kit as opposed to the spare tire but then making our way up to the rear leg room that comes in at 34.8 inches for reference I'm an even six feet tall this is how much space I have back there there is no rear center armrest there's no rear ventilation either but there is dual rear USB charging port so I did like that at least then making our way up to the front seats manually adjustable cloth seating does come standard you will get soft techs upholstery though for the XLE Unlimited trim levels eight-way power adjustable front seat with a power lumbar for the driver for the XLE Unlimited trim levels then the limit is going to add to that heated and ventilated front seats as well which is pretty darn cool overall seating was actually perfectly fine I had no issues with seat comfort driving the Prius here so then making our way to the steering wheel it is tilt and telescoping it will come with a soft text finish like the seating for the XLE Unlimited and it will be heated actually for the XLE Unlimited trim levels as well so then making our way to the startup let me start by showing you guys the key like the Prius lettering on the one side when you flip it over pretty basic lock on lock but it is all keyless entry with the push button start so all I'm going to do is simply put my front of the brake and press that engine start button kind of just by the driver's right knee there and so once started up actually did like the gauge cluster seven inch LCD gauge cluster shows the digital speed kind of right in your line of vision as well so I was a big fan of that there are steering wheel mounted controls so you can actually adjust a little bit what is on those gauges but overall I like the placement of the gauges definitely helps better keep my eyes on the road so I was a fan of that but then making our way to overall interior quality there is a fixed glass roof for the limited trim level that's going to be optional on the XLE we didn't have it in our LE of course today automatic climate control does come stand for all trim levels there is an auto dimming rear view mirror with homely controls for the XLE and limited trim levels wireless phone charger for those two trims as well of course you got an electric mechanical parking brake there's a little phone tray just to the right of everything there then within the center armrest there's actually decent amount of space within that center armrest with two phone charging ports as well and a little bit of rubber I storage just in front of the shifter there's some more phone charging ports there and one of the coolest things I found in the Prius was a little hidden compartment how do I know it's a hidden compartment because within that hidden compartment it says hashtag hidden compartment so I thought that was absolutely hilarious that Toyota put that but anyway dual cup holders of course coming standard right there as well really the only downside to the interior was there was a decent amount of hard plastics found on the doors and just overall so this to be expected though they're trying to keep the price low I suppose but soon now let's go ahead and make our way to the infotainment screen here eight inch color touchscreen display coming with the LE and XLE trim levels 12.3 inch color touchscreen display then coming with the limited Bluetooth and auto streaming coming standard Android Auto Apple CarPlay and by the way that is wireless Android Auto Apple CarPlay coming standard as well I like that check out your driving statistics up on that screen if you wanted to and of course your radio information and so when it comes to the sound systems there are two of them you will get a six speaker sound system for the LE and XLE trims then an eight speaker JBL sound system for the limited so having said that I do believe you guys know what we have to do next let's go ahead and turn on the radio see what we got playing today and let's test out the clarity of this one that is actually a very decent sound system for the Prius plenty of bass plenty of clarity that was really good Prius stop impressing me man that was a really good sound system I love that it's a bit lasting on the infotainment screen I wanted to mention to you guys of course when you do put the Prius in reverse you will find a rear view camera coming standard across the board panoramic view monitor is going to be optional but it doesn't come standard but then making our way to safety Prius is not yet rated by IHS so we'll start off by saying that I can't comment on that quite yet but front side side current airbags do come standard but also rear side impact airbags that doesn't always come standard on other vehicles out there also in the back you're going to have latch aka lower anchors to tether to children for the rear car seats rear child door locks type pressure monitoring system but also coming standard Toyota Safety Sense 3.0 for all trim levels which will include a pre-collision system with pedestrian detection dynamic radar cruise control lane departure alert with steering assist lane tracing assist road sign assist proactive driving assist a blind spot monitoring system with rear cross traffic alert and safe exit assist then as well and then if you were to go with the Exileer Limited they're just going to add to that front and rear parking sensors and so overall when it comes to my final thoughts of the Prius it is kind of like a performance car now Ole Miss it's a nice sports sedan I'll put it that way it's pretty darn quick it has a great steering feel to it a nice heavy weight to it the gauge placement is great as well I keep telling you guys that I like being able to actually see my speed and see the road at the same time it looks dang good it's a heck of an improvement over the old design of the Prius great MPGs of course you get over 50 miles per gallon you can't beat that sports room for improvement goes for me personally at least I do wish it had a spare tire I don't like the tire inflator kits but I think most people are used to the spare tire and it's just easier for them like myself so I would have preferred that and there's a lot of cheap material on the interior of the Prius as expected I would imagine to keep the price low but maybe that would change with the limited trim I had the Ellie in this video but I will say that there's a good bit of hard plastics in this one and so that is about it for this one you guys thank you so much for watching feel free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen if you want to see what's coming next on the channel before it gets to YouTube be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're into new car reviews because that is what we do here on this 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