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A bunch of rich people bought Priuses because it was the best environmental status symbol available even though it wasn't as luxurious as they would have prefer
by guelo 13y ago
A bunch of rich people bought Priuses because it was the best environmental status symbol available even though it wasn't as luxurious as they would have preferred. Now those rich people are buying Teslas because it is both luxurious and a notch up as an environmental status symbol.
People that are not as rich but still want to have an environmental status symbol edge over Prius drivers are moving to the Nissan Leaf or Chevy Volt.
- tibbon 13y agoAlso, it would seem that Toyota has sat back and done little to advance the Prius in the last 17 years (yes, they launched the Prius in Japan in 1997) in the eyes of the consumer or technically. I'm not a huge car guy, but I don't know of a significant change off the top of my head that has improved the Prius to inspire an owner of an older one to upgrade to a newer one. In comparison, it seems that Tesla is really trying their hardest to make constant advancement and take risk.