Welcome back to Comment Of The Day! Every day, we read every single comment posted on our site and pick the one that made us laugh, get informed, or feel warm inside. You don’t have to go into our comments sections and write thousand-word stories about why you love a car so much, but a lot of you do, and that means a lot to us. So we’re highlighting some of the most excellent bits of thought that you’ve formed into words and digitized onto our website. We kicked off our publishing today with a Micro-Review on the new Toyota Prius. Toyota has managed to break the car community with this car. It’s a Prius that doesn’t look dorky, has good power, and drives like a normal car. For the past two decades, the Prius has been the unfortunate recipient of jokes from car people. But now, can you really make those jokes anymore? Our Micro-Review on the Prius was written by the lovely Emily Velasco. I should reiterate that the setup for this review was sort of nutty. We only realized that there was a press drive for the Prius when we saw other journalists driving them on the first wave. Toyota forgot to invite us and we had just enough time to get someone to the event right away. There was really no time for anyone on the east coast to fly out and I had COVID-19. So, we deployed Emily and put her right into her first car review.
Honestly? Calling this a home run would be an understatement. If Emily were a baseball player, this review would be like bombing the ball into the stratosphere. This isn’t just good for a first-time car review, but it’s a stellar car review and piece of writing, period! A lot of readers echoed this in a flood of positive comments, but it is bockscar who takes the COTD win with this comment: You rock, Emily, and I think I can speak for a lot of us when I say that we hope to see more of your work here! As for the Prius? Why oh why do you look so good? But that’s not all, folks, as today we technically have a double-whammy of a COTD! Also published today is a dive on the rotary range extender Mazda MX-30. The Mazda MX-30 is already a weird crossover with strange doors and odd proportions. But a patent filing suggests that Mazda is about to crank up the weird up to 11.
Mazda could have just tossed a regular piston engine into the vehicle as a range extender. But nope, the patent filing suggests that the rotary is coming back! And Mazda’s work here is more than just placing a rotary inside of an electric crossover. There’s a lot going on that couldn’t be quickly explained here. So, I recommend reading that story. In the comments of the story, we have our honorable mention COTD from fellow Opponaut Arch Duke Maxyenko. I think I like this rendition of Let It Go more than the original: I honestly have no comment other than bravo, you brilliant reader. These are the comments that COTD is meant for, and they make us smile. Thank you all for continuing to make the Autopian community awesome. As a final order of business, we detected a rather unacceptable comment on the site today. We love lively discussions and even hot debates here. Our readers are a diverse set of people and it’s awesome seeing everyone chat like they’re some people talking about cars in a garage. That’s how it should be! However, please remember that there’s someone on the other side of the screen. If you cross the line, we will not be afraid to nuke your account from orbit.
Support our mission of championing car culture by becoming an Official Autopian Member. • A Reader Reminds Us That The Car Community Still Has Plenty Of Heart: COTD • The New 2023 Toyota Prius is Sleeker, Bigger, Quieter and More Powerful, So Why Am I Bummed Out? • The Rotary Range-Extender Mazda MX-30 Could Be The Weirdest New Car On The Road Stop rewarding effort. I want some good old fashioned cronyism up in here.
