But with a split rear seat you can seat 3 and have luggage for 3, but that's not the point. I totally fit the description above, my last car was a saturn SL1 (37mpg) and I folded down the seats all the time and got spoiled, but different folks have different needs, I'm not knocking the civic. For me personally I saw the prius and civic as nearly identical in price, mpg etc, but all other things being equal I chose the prius because of the extra cargo space allowed by the seats. A friend of mine went with a jetta tdi because of the rear seat issue. I hate for anyone to turn away from hybrids so I was just hoping the new model would eliminate that variable.

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