Dashing display

The Prius’ instrumentation display is at once pleasingly informative and infuriatingly messy. At first all that information is intimidating in its sheer volume (such as the almost unfathomable and ugly energy usage bars), but taking the time to sort out the various screens does reveal method behind the madness — like the one with the excellent sat-nav directions and the track listings in the media page. The i-tech’s head-up display is also helpful. All it takes is some familiarisation to find the favourites.