The Prius is the car most people think of as the one that does not need a wheel guide, and it is the one where a single assumption goes wrong. For the 50 series and the PHV, Toyota’s own documents give a 5×100 bolt pattern and a 54 mm hub, and the Japanese wheel database we read lists the same for the older generations it covers. On the current 60 series Toyota gives 5×114.3 and a 60 mm hub. Nothing about the badge tells you which side of that line a given car is on.
This guide covers the Japan-market Prius. Toyota also sold the Prius in the United States and elsewhere, and we did not verify those specifications.
The Short Version
- Through the 50 series, the sources list 5×100 and a 54 mm hub. Toyota’s factory-wheel sheet for the 50 series (from December 2018) and for the Prius PHV (from February 2017) both state PCD 100, five holes, 54 mm hub, with +40 offset on the 15-inch wheel and +50 on the 17-inch.
- The 60 series is 5×114.3 with a 60 mm hub. Toyota’s sheets for the car sold from January 2023 and from September 2024 state PCD 114.3, five holes, +40 offset and a 60 mm hub on every wheel, 17-inch or 19-inch.
- The wheel sizes moved with it. The 50 series wears 15×6.5J +40 or 17×7J +50. The 60 series wears 17×6.5J +40 or 19×6.5J +40, and the 60-series sheets we read list only 17- and 19-inch wheels.
- Older generations are narrower and sit at +45. The two Japanese wheel databases we read list 15×6J +45 for the 20 and 30 series, with 16-, 17- and 18-inch options on touring grades.
Generation by Generation
We follow the chassis codes the databases use. The first generation is NHW10 and NHW11, the second NHW20, the third ZVW30, the fourth ZVW50, ZVW51 and ZVW55, and the fifth ZVW60, ZVW65, MXWH60, MXWH61 and MXWH65. The suffix tells you the drivetrain: the databases list the 4WD cars separately, but the wheel sizes we saw are the same as the 2WD cars on the same grade.
Factory Specification
| Generation | Chassis | Wheel | Tyre | PCD / Holes | Hub | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NHW10 / NHW11 | 15×5J +45 | not checked | not verified | not verified | Spec Tank (wheel only) |
| 2nd | NHW20 | 15×6J +45; 16×6J +45 (Touring Selection) | not checked | 100 / 5 | 54 | Spec Tank and Cars Japan (wheel); Cars Japan (PCD, hub) |
| 3rd | ZVW30 | 15×6J +45; 17×7J +50 (Touring Selection); 18×7.5J +50 (S Touring Selection G’s) | not checked | 100 / 5 | 54 | Spec Tank and Cars Japan (wheel); Cars Japan (PCD, hub) |
| 4th | ZVW50 / 51 / 55 | 15×6.5J +40; 17×7J +50 | 195/65R15; 215/45R17 | 100 / 5 | 54 | Toyota (from Dec 2018); both databases |
| 4th (PHV) | Prius PHV | 15×6.5J +40; 17×7J +50 | 195/65R15; 215/45R17 | 100 / 5 | 54 | Toyota (from Feb 2017) |
| 5th | ZVW60 / MXWH60 / MXWH61 | 17×6.5J +40; 19×6.5J +40 | 195/60R17; 195/50R19 | 114.3 / 5 | 60 | Toyota (Jan 2023 and Sep 2024 sheets); both databases |
Toyota’s 2026 specification sheet lists 19×6½J aluminium wheels as standard on the G and Z grades and a 17×6½J steel wheel on the U grade, with a 17-inch aluminium wheel as a maker option.
What This Means When Shopping
The bolt pattern is the part that cannot be argued with. A 5×100 wheel and a 5×114.3 wheel do not share bolt holes, so a set bought for a 50-series Prius will not bolt to a 60 series, and the hub also changes from 54 to 60 mm. We did not look into adapters and do not recommend one here.
The offset is steadier than the bolt pattern: +40 appears on the base wheel of both the 50 series and the 60 series, and the touring 17-inch wheel is +50 on the 50 series. The 60 series uses +40 on both 17-inch and 19-inch wheels. For the bolt-pattern history behind this kind of change, see our reference on JDM bolt-pattern changeovers below.
The tyre sizes are worth reading as arithmetic. The 60 series’ 195/50R19 has a sidewall of about 98 mm (195 × 0.50) and an overall diameter of about 678 mm. Its 195/60R17 works out to about 117 mm and about 666 mm. The 50 series’ 215/45R17 is about 97 mm and about 625 mm, and its 195/65R15 is about 127 mm and about 635 mm. These are figures calculated from the printed sizes, not measurements.
Importing
In the US, the 25-year import exemption (49 CFR 591.5(i)) applies to a vehicle that is 25 or more years old, counted from the date of manufacture. Using the first month each database lists, the arithmetic gives: NHW10 (first listed November 1998) no earlier than November 2023, NHW11 (May 2000) May 2025, ZVW30 (May 2009) May 2034, ZVW50 (December 2015) December 2040 and ZVW60 (January 2023) January 2048. We have not verified the month any car was actually built, we did not find a start month for the NHW20, and we did not check the import rules of other countries.
What We Could Not Verify
- The first generation’s bolt pattern, hub and tyre. Spec Tank lists 15×5J +45 for NHW10 and NHW11, but neither database page we read gave a PCD or hub for those cars, so we have not stated one.
- The 20 and 30 series’ bolt pattern and hub from Toyota itself. The 100 / 5 and 54 mm figures for NHW20 and ZVW30 come from Cars Japan alone; we read Toyota’s factory-wheel sheets only for the PHV and the 50 and 60 series.
- Tyre sizes for the 20 and 30 series. We did not check them.
- The exact period of each generation. The databases split their model runs differently and we saw date labels that disagree, so we have given only the first listed month and only where we saw it.
- Other Prius models. The Prius α, the Prius c (Aqua) and special editions are separate database pages that we did not read.
- The US-market Prius and any other export specification, which we did not verify.
- Wheel weight, nut seat type, and real-world clearance of any aftermarket wheel.
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