% hev discussions are OT on the evdl.org At the end of the video (below) a gal sez she's attracted to the getaway hev driver. Some people know Toyota made a good RAV4-EV (gen1), but their gen2 was poorly implemented (no L3 capability, +more), and weakly sold, then canceled with TMC abandoning highway speed EVs altogether ...
I found this TMC hev TV ad odd with bumbling robbers losing their get-away ice to a tow-truck (why didn't the driver just wait in the running car?) and then stealing a hev to out-run the police chasing after them. The last bit of 'getting-the-girl if you buy the product' was just sad. % https://practicalmotoring.com.au/car-news/bank-job-getaway-used-to-promote-2016-toyota-prius/ BANK-JOB GETAWAY USED TO PROMOTE 2016 TOYOTA PRIUS 15 FEB 2016 Isaac Bober [video https://youtu.be/MYeM-8hO3hM The All-New 2016 Toyota Prius | The Longest Chase #GoPriusGo | Toyota Toyota USA Feb 7, 2016 ... ] TOYOTA HAS BROKEN WITH TRADITION IN ITS MARKETING FOR THE 2016 TOYOTA PRIUS FOCUSSING ON DRIVING DYNAMICS AHEAD OF FUEL EFFICIENCY. THE NEW 2016 Toyota Prius will launch in Australia next month ... The Prius ad also borrows from the OJ Simpson Ford Bronco car chase… Yep, the latest TV campaign for the Toyota Prius, which debuted just before half-time in the recent US Super Bowl, shows bank robbers stealing a Toyota Prius and then evading police. Toyota said the ad was “a light-hearted look at Prius becoming the getaway car for bank robbers – outfoxing the law with brisk acceleration, sporty drifts through corners and (of course) sneaking past police cars in silent electric-vehicle mode” ... We’re not so sure a Prius would be your first choice as a getaway car ... [© PRACTICAL MOTORING] For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/OT-TMC-TV-ad-Gals-find-Bank-Robbing-hev-Getaway-Drivers-attractive-v-tp4680562.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
