丰田近日在美国发布了2017款普锐斯C改款车。该车外观更劲爆，它仍采用现行版的蜂巢格栅，但在雾灯周围增加黑色装饰，与黑色侧踏板呼应，形成更具侵略性外观。后扰流器和后保险杠底部仍采用深色装饰。所有车型都标配铝制轮圈，而在先前只有顶配车型才提供。该车另一个变化是提供了丰田的Safety Sense-C安全套装，而且在所有车型上都是标配。它包括预防撞制动系统，可在最高时速137公里以下发挥作用，车厂宣称可在车辆撞击之前将车速降至31公里。驾驶员首先收到音频警告建议其采取制动措施。如果车辆滑出路面或进入其他车道，车道偏离警示会发出声音报警。最后，自动远光灯可以在夜间检查其他车辆，一旦发现立即关闭远光灯。普锐斯C的动力系统没有变化，仍是那台1.5升四缸阿特金森循环引擎，功率54千瓦/73马力，扭矩111牛米。另一台电机功率74千瓦/99马力。车辆城市/高速路/综合油耗48/43/46英里/加仑（百公里油耗约合4.9/5.47/5.11升）。纯电动模式下续航里程40公里。

 

2017 Toyota Prius C facelift makes hybrid hatchback sportier and safer

The smallest member of Toyota’s hybrid vehicle family in the U.S., the Prius C, is getting some much-needed attention with a refresh for the 2017 model year.

 

The refreshed Prius C has a hotter appearance that keeps the current model’s hexagonal grille and adds black trim in the fascia around the fog lights. Matching side sills add to the more aggressive look. There are similarly dark additions for the rear spoiler and lower portion of the bumper at the back. All models now come standard with aluminum wheels. They were only standard on the top trim previously.

 

The other big change for the Prius C is that Toyota’s Safety Sense-C safety suite is now standard equipment on all trims. The tech includes pre-collision braking that functions at up to 85 miles per hour (137 kilometers per hour). The automaker claims that the sensors can slow the hatchback by 19 mph (31 kph) before a crash. Drivers get audible warnings first for advising them to hit the brakes. Lane departure alert sounds an alarm if a person begins drifting off the road or into the possible path of other traffic. Finally, automatic high beams check for other vehicles at night and switch off the brighter lights when appropriate.

 

The Prius C’s powertrain remains exactly the same. Drivers get a 1.5-liter four-cylinder that runs on the Atkinson cycle and produces 73 horsepower (54 kilowatts) and 82 pound-feet (111 Newton-meters) of torque by itself. The electric motor takes total output to 99 hp (74 kW). The hatchback gets 48 miles per gallon city, 43 mpg highway, and 46 mpg combined. The fully electric driving mode lets the vehicle travel for a mile at up to 25 mph (40 kph).