2024 Toyota Prius Long-Term Review, Part 2: Heads or Tails?

Auto123 puts the 2024 Toyota Prius to the in-depth test. Here is the second of our four-part review.

See: 2024 Toyota Prius Long-Term Review, Part 1: A Pioneer Not Ready for Retirement

Last time ‘round, we saw that the Toyota Prius can be considered the first hybrid car to be marketed on the planet Earth and that, 24 years later, Canadian motorists can choose between five versions, three of which are plug-in. Now, which one to choose?

One thing's for sure, you won’t be able to base your choice on the looks of one or the other: all of the variants of the new Prius are identical, save for a bit of badging. Which, in fact, is very useful for telling them apart. If for example you see the letters AWD in the corner of the front doors, you're looking at a regular Prius, since its two versions (XLE and Limited) come with four-wheel drive as standard (more on that later), whereas the three variants of the pluggable Prius Prime (SE, XSE and XSE Premium) do not. These front-wheel-drive Priuses get the Prime name that stands out clearly at the base of the hatch.

Another undeniable common trait: Prime and non-Prime are equally sharp-looking!

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