Prius Stretch
I rather doubt the mpg claim, but nevertheless, here’s a good headline: Prius Stretch Limo Achieves 50mpg and Seats 8.
Well folks, we’ve got another Prius modder here that deserves some recognition as well. He did not use solar cells in his modification, but managed to stretch out his Prius and insert a row of seating to accommodate all his children. The result is a Prius SUV Limo contraption.
That poor little motor, grinding away against the weight of extra metal and a bunch of extra people couldn’t achieve 50mpg — at least not consistently. Regardless, the pictures of this thing are worth 1,000+ words. On a related note, Wikipedia hosts a spectacularly geeky descent into nuance and grammar with regard to the Prius name:
Many enthusiasts enjoy using Prii as the plural, which would be correct if prius were a regular second declension Latin noun. The actual Latin plural of the adjective is priora. All of these forms are nominative case and there are several other forms for the other cases. As for the plural of Prius in English, Toyota has said that it is simply Prius and also that owners are welcome to use whatever they like.
What on earth is a regular second declension Latin noun? (And why does the author of that quote start talking about adjectives right after talking about nouns?) One of our own readers (Dan McKeown) took Latin courses, so perhaps he can enlighten us. Declension. Hmm.