That's exactly it. I never thought I'd buy a foreign car, but after 12 years of non-stop problems with the crap that GM sells, I had enough. Switched to Honda 4 years ago, and haven't had a problem since. It will take a lot more than a few good reports, to ever get me to reconsider. Bingo, same thing here. It didn't matter if it was Ford or GM, both always gave me and my family problems. We switched to Toyota about 6 years ago and have never had problems yet. They just seem to be better made cars. The Prius went on sale in 2001, LONG before any other competitors were making hybrids.