How to distinguish different Toyota Prius generations

Slawa
2 min readNov 14, 2018

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Prius was started in 1997.

Prius 1 (NHW10, NHW11) 1997–2003

Prius 2 (XW20) 2003–2009

This version has a classical Prius look.

Prius 2006

In 2006 it was upgraded to have AUX input (for Bluetooth music) and higher resolution display. Almost no changes from outside. Just the color of the upper part of the tail lights became transparent.

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after

Prius 3 (XW30) 2009–2015

Nicer Prius. Has a plug-in version with 15kWh battery.

Prius 4 (XW50; 2015–present)

Prius 4 Plugin

Prius plugin has a dent in the middle of the spoiler.

Source: Wikipedia.

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