At what point would you stop recommending a Prius?

Corolla is smaller inside than a Prius. A Yaris is smaller than the Corolla and much smaller than the Prius.
Comparing a Prius & Yaris is not very valid, IMHO.

 

we're not really comparing for that purpose, because the o/p doesn't present a size requirement.

a gasser a/c is much cheaper and easier to repair.

 

Huh? How do you drive this ??

 

is that the air conditioned model?

 

And then the thread goes off the track.
A Prius C IS a Yaris......mostly.

 

For me a Prius is no different then any other car. I wouldn't keep it past 200k. I would have no worries buying one with 100k and putting a additional 100k on it. Way too much stuff on any car is worn out at 200k

 

Which was NOT available in 2008. The OP indicated they might be looking at a Gen 2. See their Profile.

 

I keep reading the title of this thread to mean, when did the current Prius fall out of favour, with you. For me it was August, 2015.

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I was glad to see no large black grille. My wife was later horrified at the look of the current Corolla. We bought the Prius.

 

If they made a Prius that looked like a Jetta I'd be all over it.

 

if they made a jetta that worked like a prius, i'd still want a hatchback.

 

Yeah, that. I'm hooked on hatchbacks.

Golf SportWagen...

 

we used to have a rabbit hatch, but it was an absolute dog.

 

Yeah, I guess it's mainly the styling I like. Toyota should get their designers into rehab, and 'em have
chat with VW.

 

and their advertising agency. i guess you can't have everything though, look at how successful they are compared to vdub.

 

Unfortunately, sometimes breakage is something you cannot anticipate There is a user here that had 180K+ on their Prius and hoped to make 200K. The car got totaled by a Camry running a stop sign. They are now driving a newer Prius c.

 

I would not recommend a new Prius to most people hoping to recoup the Hybrid price difference through fuel efficiency.
In my case a Corolla may have made more sense but we realized that we would soon need something with more interior space to accommodate a medium sized dog. We tried fitting the dog crate in my 2008 Corolla and realized it was too small. Besides, my wife & I agree the big black grilles are ugly. So, we ended up with the Prius. My son is on his second one, so we were somewhat familiar with them.