I absolutely love my Prius. In addition to the obviously great gas mileage, it's quiet and dependable. While it doesn't have the pick up of a race car, I've never had an issue when having to speed up quickly to avoid danger, merge into traffic, etc. It's very practical for me, as I make mostly short trips of 10 miles or less. On the minus side, I think there are bells and whistles on the dash display which could be eliminated. Most of the viewing modes, especially the one that shows the engine working, is either useless or gives little useful information. Instead, I would like to see the outdoor temperature displayed on the main display. However, for the moderate price, I couldn't be more please.

I originally bought the car for the gas mileage but grew to love it for other reasons. It performs decently for such a small car, has lots of nice features that I love (like the trunk is pretty roomy), and it has Bluetooth as well as USB for connecting devices like MP3 players of my cell phone so I have music. It's also roomy. I'm really tall, and I don't fit well in most cars, but this is the only smaller car I have ever been in that I didn't want to set the seat all the way back in. It was actually a little too far back. I love it.