I love the Toyota Prius. I bought my Prius brand new from a dealership in Waterford, MI in the fall of 2005. It is the only car I have ever kept until the loan was paid off, and even then I was in no hurry to sell or replace it. Then the hybrid battery died.
Up until that point, however, the Prius was a dream car. It’s a compact car and appears small from the outside, but the interior and cargo space are deceptively spacious. You wouldn’t think of it as “sporty” per se, but between you and me it’s got some zip. We put over 100,000 miles on the car over the past eight years, and the only maintenance we ever really had to do were oil changes, brakes, and tires. The Prius is—simply put—an awesome vehicle.
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