“DAMNED WHISTLE” DELAYS RELEASE OF 2021 PRIUS SPEEDTAIL

Toyota has postponed the debut of the long-awaited Prius Speedtail due to a mysterious whistling sound, the source of which engineers have not been able to locate.

“It’s the shits,” said demoralized Toyota engineer Yarbob McNeith.  “Nobody wants a whistling Prius no matter how cool it looks.”

Whether it looks cool or not is a matter of individual taste.  You can decide for yourself by taking a look at the attached spy photo taken by Parksplug’s Largo Van Cork, whose photos always look like they were shot through an aquarium filled with Vaseline.

What is decidedly not in dispute, though, is how aerodynamic the Speedtail is.  “Before this car came along, the most aerodynamic object we ever tested was a greasy carrot,” said Professor Barada Nikto of the Perfringens Institute of Aeronautics and Gynecology. “But this car blew the carrot out of the water,” she (or perhaps he) said.

Incidentally, Toyota initially planned to call the wind-cheating four-door the Air Prius.  However, sports apparel maker Nike objected, fearing buyers could confuse the car with their Air Priest athletic shoe that targets Catholic basketball players.

Needless to say, the Prius Speedtail won’t hit the market until engineers can solve the vexing high-pitched whistling issue.  Which truly is the shits.