Yeah, I agree with 'dirtyjeffer'. Not sure why so many are so down on the Civic Hybrid. Often in real world driving the Civic hybrid has shown to be very competitive with the Prius. I like the looks of the Prius and it's functionality, but the Civic is probably the better all round car. I've never driven one, but from what I've read it is hard to tell apart from a regular Civic in driving dynamics, which means it's actually quite good! Something NO ONE has ever said about the Prius, by the way. I guess some don't care for the new styling, but I like it fine. I agree that the Elantra is more 'exciting' in it's styling, but have noticed lately that I'm tiring of the 'overblown' styling of the Sonata and wonder if that might happen once I've seen a few thousand Elantras.