Hello, strangely enough you don’t hear anything from the Prius friends about the overall very positive ams-permanent test! 2nd place (after the Golfl 2.0 TDI) in the ams-Mängel-index-list. You can agree with the ams-critic regarding the inspection and oil-change intervals of only 15,000 km. This is now really completely out. Otherwise you can see that with the facelift in March 2006 various criticism points have fallen away. (the ams-Prius comes from December 2004) From my own “experience” I can say the following: During an intensive test drive in spring 2004 I didn’t like the vehicle at all. With another test after the facelift I hardly recognized the Prius II again. We ordered one and hope that it will be delivered in the next 8 days. The 1st place of the golf really amazes me. For me this “smells” somehow strange. Not only because VW products otherwise do not stand out at the ADAC or at the TÜV with a great reliability. especially after the super-catastrophic car image-permanent test of the Touran. But what is it so beautiful: Pekunia non olet! Burri