Love is so Squishy... I traded an FX4 4X4 StyleSide for a Touring/#6 to save giving my money to the oil companies. I love saving my money. The Prius is so different than anything I've owned before, I can not compare the two. It is, however, just a vehicle.
If I had $200,000 to spend on one car and had to give back the rest, I think I'd buy me a Tesla with that (and then buy a Prius with my own money for those longer trips!!). Oh yes...I LOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVE MY PRIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In that case, if I'm allowed to make an advance purchase of a car that won't be ready for delivery for a while, I'd get a Tesla Roadster. But if it has to be a car that's available now, I'd get the Prius again. Or if I can contract a private expert to build me a car, I'd spend the whole two hundred grand to have an EV custom built. Maybe on a Corvette body. Or maybe on an Accord body. But if it's got to be a regular production car, then a Prius. It is the best regular production car available today. At least until the Tesla becomes available. Nope! The rule is you buy ONE car and give back the change. You haven't been reading the above carefully enough, Dave.