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I have had 2 toyota Prius and 1 x CT200 is there a difference with the Hybrid system , why do the CT200 & Prius have a small gear & the NX have what looks like a normal automatic gear box lever

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2 hours ago, Whites said:

I have had 2 toyota Prius and 1 x CT200 is there a difference with the Hybrid system , why do the CT200 & Prius have a small gear & the NX have what looks like a normal automatic gear box lever

The Prius and CT share the same engine, and transmission. The NX uses a very similar system in principle, but has the ability to hold selected apparent gear ratios although in practice only has one gear.

John.

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The Prius was always designed to be different/futuristic so had a very different gear selector than conventional vehicles. The Auris/CT200 get most of their components from the Prius - cost saving if nothing else.

The larger hybrid vehicles are made to look and feel like conventional vehicles to appeal to the broader market - hence you have a much more conventional gear shift and as John has mentioned above they now try and replicate the driving experience of a normal automatic by having 'gears' - probably to appeal to the motoring journalists that consistently object to the CVT hybrid transmission.

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