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I totally agree with you. The Volt seems like the perfect car, but I ultimately picked the Prius over the Volt for 2 reasons: the Prius looks a lot better and, more importantly, has a lot more interior space that I need. The Volt felt both heavy and cramped, like a flawed first generation product. The 2nd gen Volt is a big improvement.

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After test driving both, as well as the C-Max, the Volt felt much snappier and suits our lifestyle better. We don't need 5 seats but we like the layout of the cargo space. The overall ride of the Volt is very smooth. In 2.5 years we haven't needed an oil change. My one complaint is that it doesn't corner as well as my 1999 Corolla did.

I also picked a Prius EV. It think that was a mistake. A Volt would have made my EV driving percentage way higher.

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