![]() Even its acceleration – a weak point in past Priuses – is quite good. It feels good on the road, planted and balanced. (Yes, I became weirdly enthusiastic about the Prius’s gear selector which was one of my favorite in any car, ever.)ĭriving the Prius is maybe not quite as exciting as looking at it, but it’s not bad at all. The gear selector is a nice size, a comfortable shape, easy to use without looking at it and it’s down low between the front seats in, again, a traditional and easy to reach location. And there’s a touchscreen for less driver-focused stuff in the middle. There’s a large gauge screen behind the steering wheel, just where it is in most cars. Within its strikingly different exterior design, the new Prius’s interior is more traditional than past models, but in a generally good way. Toyota's new Prius has a lower, sleeker design. The new Prius drives just as nicely, too. Hybrid manufacturers could use the image make-over the Prius offers. Even as electric vehicle sales have taken off and are expected to rise even more rapidly this year, hybrid vehicle market share has been relatively flat. Which is good because hybrids, regarded as cutting-edge when introduced decades ago, are now passé, often treated like the flip phones of electrified transportation. ![]() It’s a shape that’s clearly had a lot of time in wind tunnels but, with subtle bulges around the back wheels and hidden back door handles, it looks exciting rather than just serviceable. The car’s sloping nose, low roof and sharply cornered back end resemble a sports car more than a flipped-over deviled egg like past Priuses. Turning around to look at a Prius is, seriously, something I never thought I would do. Not because I was checking my parking job, but because it just looked so good. After I parked a new 2023 Toyota Prius and walked away, I turned around to look at it.
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