Maybe its a hoax and maybe its not but how did the guy kill the brakes or as toyota puts it they were spent if the sytem is suposed to shut down if the accelerator and the brakes are both pressed all the way down. For the same reason you said my wife would like a car that you can put an adult in the back with the 2 kids car seats which is too small in the prius. My 1994 cavalier 5 speed has gotten 39 mpg highway which is awesome so i still have a car that is great on gas. Im going with my wife to look at the Mazda 6 tommorow and if she likes it im buying it.