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I had a 96 Sentra that had a 1.6L that got 38 mph highway but they don’t make that car since 1999. It had a lot of zip.

I use to run VW diesels that averaged 47 mpg year round. I had a 89 Jetta (gas) that got 39 mpg highway and would do over 125mph. VW lost the recipe and their mileage has been low since and their repair costs have soared to Toyota levels.

I now drive a 96 Caprice with a 4.3L that gets 28 mpg highway and if I slow to 55 mph it gets 31 mpg.

How long would it take me to recoup the $13000 if I traded in for a Prius? If I only drive 12000 miles a year (I live one mile from work), Try 25 years. I will be long retired before then. Oh, I forgot the luxury tax would eat that up for the first five years so make that 30 years.

Push the CAFE and get the European cars that GM, Ford, etc have there and we will put the Prius in for a run.

I would rather wait for the next model of the Tesla Car. Current model gets 135 mpg equivalent.

In 10 years it will save you 2000 dollars in fuel over 35-MPG ford focus, or Honda civic or any other good small car. You can get a ford focus used for like 6k too???

AT 30k new price where 90% of the money goes to a country that is not US does not re-invest any money back to the USA. The Adverts are very deceptive that Toyota launches to trick people saying there cars are made in the USA where only 1000 dollars per car goes back into our economy. This causes the US to become DUMB and turn our society to basic assemblers who do not produce or engineer and basically is hurting us, just look at the economy now. So people are selling out on their country to be in style that’s horrible.

To build one new car a huge amount of energy is wasted natural resources are depleted causing major amount of green to be lost.

Keeping your old car is much better for the environment.

Henry fords wife drove an all-electric car the 1918 Detroit electric used no gas at all and went 40 miles on a charge. So much for Prius being advanced.

So there you have it this Wonder Car the Prius is causing a huge amount of damage.

I am waiting for the GM volt.

The technology is already there and it has been here for years The only real enemy is oil industry who would be the biggest looser. They do everything to stop the trend.
But the truth is: electric cars are not only cleaner, thy are faster, virtually silent and less complicated technologically. Look at Tesla Motors, see the movie “Who killed an electric car” and do not let yourself by disguided by advocates of oil producers.

Having said that I have to agree that transition to all electric cars will have to happen gradually not to create potentially dangerous economical impact if oil usage would decrease to fast. This is like curing a drug addict - must be done gradually.