I have a 2007 prius, and that car is nothing like you describe. - It's quick enough to merge onto any highway around Boston safely, without waiting at on-ramps

I have a 2007 prius, and that car is nothing like you describe. - It's quick enough to merge onto any highway around Boston safely, without waiting at on-ramps. I don't notice it being slow, and my previous car was a BMW 330. - it's more than big enough for my wife, 2 young kids and 90lb dog to take on a weekend trip (with all our stuff.) - I drive it as hard as I can, and it consistently gets 42 mpg average in mixed city/highway. It's cheap as hell to run. - It's really nice inside, with lots of gadgets that most cars didn't have 5 years ago (like auto-dimming mirrors, reverse cameras, bluetooth, etc) - I bought it used, but new it was roughly the same price as a similarly sized and equipped (as in, not base model) conventional engined sedan. I'll agree, it is sort of ugly, but the new ones are much nicer, and actually one of the nicer looking non-performance cars on the market, in my opinion.