You could say that for anything, but the line has to be drawn somewhere, especially in something like the vehicle market where margins are already razor thin. This looks quite nice to me though for a Prius. Again, looks wouldn't be the scale tipper for me if I was buying a Prius. I just don't care and the people I know who drive a Prius don't either. Slightly higher cost matters a lot when the margins are so slim.
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Prius seems to be a US thing - here in Japan they are not that big of a deal. I know Hollywood in particular used to shill it a lot.
Poor design is poor design. I guess if normies are fine with it, so be it.
Glad I’m not working on that. Would have to work within those limits