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The top-selling hybrid tops 50 mpg.

BY PATRICK BEDARD

If the Toyota Prius is about sending messages—and even some owners agree that it is—then this new, third-generation model speaks through a bullhorn. Ignore this if you can: 51 mpg city, 48 highway, and 50 combined for the official EPA mileage ratings.

Fifty mpg! Free hugs at Whole Foods, no limit, while they last.

The big five-oh ekes out a clear margin over the old Prius (48, 45, and 46) and leaves Honda’s new Insight hybrid back in the shadows (40, 43, and 41). Good enough for its position as the “most affordable hybrid,” but no high-fives.

Maybe the saints of old had to flagellate themselves to show their piety, but messaging by Prius is as soothing as silk underwear. Interior space for passengers and cargo is up by five cubic feet, Toyota says, though the car itself is longer and wider by less than an inch each way.

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