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If you use all those 98 horses (whoa!, steady now.....) you won't get the Prius economy either. I respect your choice. My point is, the Prius runs on petrol and absolutely nothing else. That it may recapture some of the energy used from burning petrol and store it as electricity is a bit of a side show. It runs on petrol and has an overall economy figure and emissions figure. That's a starting point for comparison with other cars. Looks, space, driving feel, depreciation are all other points for comparison. I also rather suspect that the emissions figure benefits from the urban part of the test. I can't believe it's below the 100g/km at 70 mph, or at any other speed where the electrics have given way to the engine. There seem to be precious few reviews where the Prius achieves it's claimed economoy. I note particularly the Prius v. BMW 520D from London to Geneva, with the BMW having better economy. The start of this thread was the scientists stating that small diesels are less polluting, but they could be wrong.
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