My wife does not like the Civic hybrid after we test drove it last week.

She is complaining the wheel is too heavy and not responsive, the brake has the same problem and the car feel powerless and the "delay" from releasing brake to really picked up is way too long...

On the other hand, she tried the Civic EX and said it is WAY better. Am I unluck to test a bad HCH or the woamn is spoiled?
She is driving a 99 AWD T&C 3.8l and sometimes 05 Accord EX-V6. I can understand the HCH is no way close to the Accord power. But she muted me saying the HCH is not as powerful as our 8 years old van...

What happened here? Am I suggesting the wrong car for her to start with or the test car is no good?