Life expectancy
- Honda Civic
- Toyota Prius
- Toyota Prius 2008
- Honda Civic 1986
- Honda Advice
- Toyota Advice
- Honda Civic Reviews
- Toyota Prius Reviews
- Honda Hatchback Range
- Honda Wagon Range
- Toyota Hatchback Range
- Toyota Wagon Range
- Honda
- Toyota
Asked by Frank Young
YOU mentioned recently that the batteries in the Toyota Prius would last the life of the car. What is the life of a car? Is the life of the Prius the same as my previous car, a Honda Civic Shuttle, which was put out to pasture after 22 years and 300,000km and still going strong?
Answered by CarsGuide
24 Jul 2008GOOD question. How long is a piece of string? I doubt that a car company would want, or could answer your question. How do you define the life of a car -- does its life end when it finally snuffs out going down the driveway? Perhaps it's when it is worn beyond reasonable fixing? Is it simply when the warranty expires? It's probably none of these, but I'd expect a car to do 250,000km without a major failure of the main components. Many cars will do more, as your Honda Shuttle did, but is it reasonable to expect a car to go forever? I recall in the 1950s it was common to have to rebuild an engine after 60,000km or so. We don't do that now because of improvements in technology.
Other Toyota Prius problems
- I'm in the market to buy a new car and not too sure whether I should go with an electric car or a hybrid?
- Toyota Prius: Key fob replacement
- Prius slow to accelerate
- Toyota Prius park brake and spark noise
- Rusty Prius
- Toyota Prius rust problems
- Hybrid or diesel?
- Plugged in to hybrids
