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Imagine a Toyota Prius, and you used to picture a dorky-looking car with tiny wheels. Sure, it was smart, getting excellent grades at the gas pumps for its sublime efficiency, but it was a hard car to turn heads with. However, after nearly two decades of being typecast as the dorky but smart car, the Prius has hit the gym, hired a stylist and come out looking sleek and fit. Despite its similar footprint to the old car, it now looks like something that sci-fi movies would have invented to depict futuristic forms of transportation.

All models in Canada arrive with 19-inch wheels, a size that seemed unfathomable before. Additionally, every non-plug-in Prius comes with all-wheel-drive, furthering its appeal to Canadians who often see poor road and weather conditions.

For nearly 20 years, the Prius featured a centrally mounted gauge cluster, but now a driver information display lurks behind the steering wheel, in addition to a traditionally mounted infotainment screen, which measures 8 inches on our XLE model, and 12.3 inches on the Limited trim. All models include wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay support, while the higher trim has a wireless phone charger.

The Prius's gas-electric hybrid powerplant puts out 196 horsepower, which might not sound like much, but the old model had just around 120, which makes this a pretty significant upgrade. It’s now on par with many other gas-powered compact cars out there, and the AWD setup allows the Prius to feel surprisingly responsive, allowing it to get to highway speeds in a much more reasonable timespan.

How efficient is the 2024 Toyota Prius?

However, very few vehicles on the road can top the fuel efficiency offered by the 2024 Prius. Natural Resources Canada lists it as capable of getting 4.8 L/100 km in combined driving conditions, and our tester was slightly more wasteful during testing at around 5.2 L/100 km. That increase could be blamed on the cold weather and winter rubber. That’s still pretty incredible, given the upgraded performance offered by the Prius.

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