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PC World – December 2015

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NEWS<br />

programs, the Toyota Mirai<br />

can be purchased outright<br />

($58,325 not counting<br />

federal and state<br />

incentives or other savings<br />

programs), or leased. It will<br />

eventually have to survive<br />

on its own, on whatever<br />

infrastructure it can find.<br />

After the first Mirai<br />

drove away, I got to drive<br />

a second one, on a long<br />

loop through suburban<br />

streets and a bit of Highway 80. I hadn’t seen the Mirai since I drove a<br />

prototype a year ago. With its dramatic swoops and creases, and its<br />

jowly front grille, it actually looks more space-agey than it did before.<br />

Toyota might take a hint from the 2016 Chevy Volt and make future<br />

designs less quirky. On the other hand, there’s no mistaking that<br />

you’re driving a different kind of car.<br />

The 2016<br />

Toyota Mirai’s<br />

exterior design<br />

includes<br />

dramatic<br />

swoops and<br />

creases, and<br />

a deep front<br />

grille.<br />

The distinctive contours and creases of the 2016 Toyota Mirai telegraph “geeky.”<br />

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