Is the toyota Prius a good choice for a new driver?”
It depends on what skills you expect the new driver to develop or reinforce. In most respects, a Prius is like any other car on the road — you don’t need to treat it any differently just because it has a hybrid system. But on the other hand, to reach maximum hybrid efficiency, there is a definite technique to driving the thing, particularly in a very light touch on the accelerator. Maybe that’s not a problem for a new driver, and maybe it is. Outside the hybrid system there are a couple of practical elements to the Prius that may not ideal for a new driver: * The Prius has significant blind spots, in particular the hatchback design results in a split rear-view where there’s a bar going across the field of vision in the rearview mirror. This might be challenging for a new driver. * The backup camera, if equipped, might fool the new driver into a false sense of security or may even fail to reinforce the habit of actually turning ones head to look behind while in reverse. * The smart key
