01-30-2010, 05:28 PM
Grateful11 wrote: Prius was about $3K more than the xB, rode better, much quieter, nearly double the gas mileage...
I think you must have been comparing different packages. Maybe you mis-remembered the prices?
Outfit the $17k (base) Scion with decent trim options and the price might hit $21k. Outfit the $23k (base) Prius with a decent trim package and you're at $26k. There's at least $5k difference at roughly the same trim levels.
Did that Scion have the $2,000 GPS option?
I'm not disagreeing with your assertion that the Prius is better. It's just that I did a lot of car shopping recently so I'm very aware of the prices.