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Originally Posted by cali yaris

What was the record, and how long was the course? How did they do that with a CVT?

How - dunno?? Not a lot of info on this: The transmission final drive gear ratio for the gas engine was modified from the stock 4.23:1 to 3.2.

Toyota's Landspeed Prius gas-electric hybrid vehicle debuted in Bonneville, Utah as the first production hybrid to race across the Bonneville Salt Flats. The advanced technology of the popular hybrid mid-size sedan was taken to another level as Car and Driver editor Aaron Robinson drove the modified Prius on the three-mile short course, and set a hybrid record speed of 130.794 miles per hour. Other Landspeed Prius drivers included Prius executive chief engineer Shigeyuki Hori, and Fumiaki Kobayashi, group vice president technical and regulatory affairs, Toyota Motor North America, Inc. The Landspeed Prius' historical run also paved the way for a hybrid class to run at Bonneville.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjKntmE4jlA

http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2...21/308572.html

This was all done in 2004... so prob not much of a record anymore. Jetta set one this past year at 186mph but using a 1.4L with a turbo. Class - H/PS. The class is for production cars with engines of less than 1.5 liters that use forced induction. So not in the same class as the Prius...

The all-new 2013 Jetta Hybrid marries a 1.4-liter turbocharged, direct-injection four-cylinder TSI® gasoline engine with a seven-speed DSG® dual-clutch automatic transmission and an electric motor. The combined output of the engine and electric motor is 170 horsepower, along with 184 pound-feet of torque.