The original poster also asked about battery issues. No one I've read so far addressed them, probably because, well, we haven't had any. I've got 42,000 miles on my 2005 Prius, with no problems. My brother has 140,000 miles on his 2004 Prius (he drives a LOT for work), and no problems. The batteries are designed for the life of the vehicle, and tend to last as far as I've heard (widespread myths to the contrary notwithstanding).
A link I ran into about a leasing fleet maintenance company had the following (
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This is not science because we can not publish our data but the most reliable single vehicle with 5 years of data, has been the Toyota Prius. The total database covers about 200 Prius's (certainly not enough top prove anything) over this period. They were usually driven by one or two drivers each and all run past 100k miles, about half past 150k and a 23 past 200k miles. Drivers just would not give them up on schedule. Also, percentage wise more of these vehicles were purchased by the operator at the end of the lease, over 80%. Second place is purchase is about 20%. Some drivers had these vehicles put on them, but very quickly became very pleased with their rides. Not one driver turn back a Prius. Battery failures have been zero and electronic problems have been so few that the last one, on any vehicle was over a year ago.
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