The design of the Prius will grow on you.

Mine is on the boat from wherever they build Priuses (Priusi? Prii?), and should be in New York Harbor in early July.

Time to sell the Saab. You know anyone who wants to buy a car that was born from jets?

The car is clean on the inside, and Maria has her summer haircut, so she hasn't been shedding much.

My Prius has leather seats, so I will just be able to sweep out her hair - that's a bonus.

The Toyota Highlander hybrid is all wheel drive - but it doesn't get all that great mpg (just 27/25) - I guess decent for an SUV.

That's the thing - the only real hybrid mpg value is the Prius, and maybe the Civic.

The Prius is a great car. A seriously great car. It's an engineering marvel;
Come to a stop at a traffic light or during rush hour? Why waste petrol idling? The Prius doesn't it just shuts down until you press on the accelerator.
Coasting down a decline? No need to press on the metal and as a bonus you can watch your car regenerating its battery on your LED screen.
Doing under 30miles an hour in stop and go traffic? The electric motor will handle that thank you very much. No need to waste petrol going nowhere fast.
And so on and so on and so forth. It's just so fucking smart and really simple when you think about it. I'm not saying easy to implement, I'm sure it isn't but by god, it's just fucking common sense. All cars should have these features by now.
As for the way the car looks, it grows on you. I personally never found the second generation model to look that bad, but I know it does look slightly unconventional.

We truly miss our beloved truffles - the black Prius we sold before we came down under. We would have bought another one here but they are so damn expensive. You're looking at around $40,000(AUS) for your bog standard varietal.

Viva la Prius!