The fun doesn't end there - you can actually get people in the back, and bags in the hatch. This is a real mid-sized ship, with room to stretch and grow. Built on a new platform, the Prius has a wheelbase that's almost six inches longer than the previous car, a new five-door liftback design and midsize class interior dimensions of 96.2 cubic feet of passenger room. This compares nicely to the 89 cubic feet of room in the previous Prius, and gets close to the Camry's 101.7 cubic feet. The result is plenty of headroom in back, and legroom all around is sufficient. Thanks to the large glass lift gate in back and lowered, streamlined instrumentation up front, visibility is more than adequate. Possible exceptions may be the rear sides, where the design of the vehicle seems to obstruct the driver sightline. All in all, the Prius feels good in your hands -- good like a solid car, with fun techno gadgetry, including advanced fuel cell graphics in the control center. Sure, it's not crazy fun like pulling a g on your local onramp - but come on - you never really had the nerve to do that anyway. And while Smart Entry/Start is not exactly the most important element to the Prius, it is perhaps the coolest - as if your car knows you and is ready to go when you are. Hey. How was work today? Should we skip gassing up and go straight home? I still have a full tank of fuel.
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