2020 Toyota Mirai Review
Price Estimate: $8,830 - $10,470





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Below Average
7.1
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The 2020 Mirai drives like a mainstream Toyota sedan and reminds of us of a narrow-body Avalon, if such a thing existed. It's comfortable and quiet, but handling is not its strong suit. Ultimately, its hydrogen powertrain is the X-factor. The Mirai is expensive to buy and expensive to refuel (if you can find fuel). This is not a car many people will be able to live with.
2020 Toyota Mirai Review
by the Edmunds Experts
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- The Mirai is unchanged for 2020
- Part of the first Mirai generation introduced for 2016
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2 out of 5 starsSEAN, 08/12/2018
2017 Toyota Mirai 4dr Sedan (electric (fuel cell) DD)
We have loved almost everything about this car except getting to the hydrogen fuel stations. When we bought the car, we were told that one would be opening within 6 months a short distance from our home. A year and a half later, not only did that not happen, the two stations closest to us- 20 and 30 minutes away- are now consistently out of fuel. In the past 6 months we have had to be … towed innumerable times as we didn’t have enough fuel to keep going back and forth to the stations to check if they have fuel. Toyota is fully aware they have a problem and they accommodate by offering to pay for Uber/Lyft and car rentals ($50/Day limit) but we have literally had to go a week without the car on more than one occasion. Not only is there not enough hydrogen to meet demand, there are no additional stations on the horizon. We live in Los Angeles (Burbank) so it’s not like we’re in the middle of nowhere. It has literally become unbearable. An hour to and from a station only to find they’re out of fuel. Then waiting days for fuel to arrive and then having to sit in a tow truck to be towed to a station once they finally get fuel. Simply put, the situation is so bad, we’re going to arbitration to get out of the lease. I wish we had never leased this car.
Toyota's white elephant
1 out of 5 starsED, 12/01/2021
2016 Toyota Mirai 4dr Sedan (electric (fuel cell) DD)
When i first saw this car on the lot and all the high end features it had i thought it was an insanely cheap price. it was not certified so no 15k fuel card with it but i dont drive a lot so i figured it was worth the 12k i paid for it with only 8988 miles on it, it was pretty much new. then a few times i would go to fuel it and the fueling station pump would be out of order. This got … worse and worse and the fueling stations were a 60 mile round trip to fuel. at $70 cost to fill it, wasting money driving to a working fuel station wasn't worth the aggravation. The fact that this car is only drivable in northern and southern CA , means not out of state trips (except for Reno if the Sacramento & lake taho hydrogen stations a working). I finally got fed up with this problem and traded it in for a gas powered camry. Save your money and forget about hydrogen, it is not worth the irritation you will constantly suffer owning this white elephant. it's trade in value is horrible! i lost about 5k on the trade in value of this car & it's also only good for ten years as printed on the gas lid. i guess the tanks aren't supposed to be fueled after that time. The dealer conveniently left out that part when i purchased the car. Also this car does not get the reviewed mileage per tank that's is bragged about all over YouTube. It is stated that this vehicle is supposed to get 300+ miles on a tank fill. The most i have been able to get is 250 miles per tank and if you're going uphill, expect even less.
Significant Design Issues, Buyer Beware
1 out of 5 starsKrishnan Srini, 08/10/2018
2018 Toyota Mirai 4dr Sedan (electric (fuel cell) DD)
I wish I could recommend this car to others given the breakthrough fuel cell technology and the ramifications of this technology on the state of the environment, but I simply can't. Within the second month of leasing this car, we found the Mirai leaking coolant onto our garage floor. Upon taking it to the dealership, we discovered that a pebble from the road went through the front grill … and bust a hole in our coolant tank, causing this issue. The design bug is likely due to the way that the Mirai takes in air from the front grill to supply the fuel cell with oxygen, exposing many of the internal components to the external environment. The worst thing about this issue is how Toyota decided to resolve it: refusing to acknowledge their design mistake, forcing us to pay $3000-4000 for the repair (to pay for their liquid gold coolant), since their own design mistakes are apparently not covered by the warranty with the car. And on top of the insulting response from them, they are able to offer no guarantee of fixing this problem in the design, which means the car is still unprotected from any stone on the road. Our dealership has told us that several other customers (with the 2018 Mirai) have come in with the same issue, meaning that this is a widespread problem. Avoid this car, if possible.
Southern CA/big thumbs up
5 out of 5 starsWilliam H., 12/12/2016
2017 Toyota Mirai 4dr Sedan (electric (fuel cell) DD)
After looking to replace VW TDI that's part of emissions lawsuit with a car that's truly eco-friendly, I settled on the Mirai and leased one on Friday, 12/9/16. The current lease deal of $349/month + tax required just shy of $5,000 in total drive off which is entirely covered by the CA clean air rebate program which currently still has funds available for fiscal year 2016-2017. The … $15,000 card that Toyota includes with the lease to cover hydrogen refueling should be about twice as much as I'll ultimately spend (note that insurance costs more for the Mirai than my VW so some of the monthly fuel savings is eaten up by that). I don't want to pay cost for electricity/charging an EV at work and being able to get ~300 mile range by fueling in 5-10 minutes was a lot more appealing to me than going BEV route, even if hydrogen fueling stations are fairly spare (although should get better in 2017). In terms of the actual driving experience it's a lot more fun to drive than a Prius or the new Prius Prime (which I had initially put down a $500 deposit). It accelerates quickly, has a really nice interior and the exterior look has also grown on me. I think we can all take concrete actions to help limit climate change and supporting the development of fuel cell vehicles and infrastructure is one way to do that. A few days in this has been a cool and easy to operate car that's been fun to drive! Definitely recommended!!
We have a limited number of reviews for the 2020 Toyota Mirai, so we've included reviews for other years of the Mirai since its last redesign.
2020 Mirai Highlights
Base MSRP Excludes Destination Fee | $58,550 |
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Engine Type | Electric (fuel cell) |
Seating | 4 seats |
Cargo Capacity All Seats In Place | 12.8 cu.ft. |
Drivetrain | front wheel drive |
Warranty | 3 years / 36,000 miles |
Safety
Our experts like the Mirai models:
- Pre-Collision System
- Automatically applies brakes when it detects a likely collision to reduce the severity of the crash.
- Lane Departure Alert
- Provides visual and auditory alerts when the system detects an imminent lane departure.
- Automatic High Beams
- Switches the headlights' high-beam setting on and off automatically depending on circumstances.
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