Re: Trying to decide, Altima or Prius - Please help!!
If you ask me which is the better all-round car, I would have to go with the NAH, but the Prius is technically the better hybrid per-say. The Prius certainly has the best milage, and in this day and age that may trump all. It also has the best cargo space and a great company backing it up.
The Prius does, however have things that annoy me. I'm 6ft+ and the NAH is much more comfortable. The Prius lacks telescopic steering which is a crime in $22,000+ car. The Prius lacks the horsepower of the NAH and you can tell. The Prius has a very quirky bladder filled gas tank that can cause all kinds of headaches while the NAH has a standard tank and 20 gallons to boot. Every Prius or Camry hybrid I have test driven have had harder times going to EV mode. This may be my driving, but the NAH seems much easier. The Prius uses many unique parts other then just the hybrid stuff, including things like LED lights. These things help increase MPG by a small amount but also increase price for replacements.
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