First Drive: 2016 Toyota Mirai Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Review - The Auto Channel (blog)
Say hybrid and the image that comes to mind is the Toyota Prius. Clean Fleet Report recently had the chance to drive a pre-production prototype of the first generation Toyota Mirai at the Western Automotive Journalists‘ Media Day program in Monterey, California. It brought back memories of driving a right-hand drive first generation Prius more than a decade and half ago prior to the hybrid coming on sale. Back to the Prius, the typical visual would be of a second or third generation Prius, which were the ones that broke through in sales and established the model and hybrid technology as viable. Fast forward a decade and a half and Toyota is about to introduce its first retail fuel cell vehicle. Just as with the hybrid, the company seems less concerned about being the first (Hyundai’s Tucson fuel cell went on sale last year much as Honda’s Insight hybrid beat the Prius to market. For Toyota, that means a distinctive vehicle, which the 2016 Toyota Mirai fuel cell definitely is. It wears what is probably the most expressive Toyota styling outside the Lexus F-series supercars. That said, it is clearly a Toyota, carrying forward styling cues already seen on volume models like the Camry, Corolla and Prius. Source: www.theautochannel.com
