And the Niro has a pretty responsive touchscreen interface, but also has hard buttons and knobs for all the essential features (volume control, climate control, etc). Very well designed car at a very reasonable price, just wish they offered AWD.

That is like a $90 head unit from Amazon, my friend, except for adaptive cruise control and a pushbutton, though that is not difficult or expensive to add either.

I also would like to add the emergency break assist. I have already had that save me from one accident, I suspect this is very hard to add aftermarket. Plus a $90 head unit will be utter crap.

You would be surprised at the level of quality, but a $30 head unit, still not bad.

But, yes, you have me on the emergency brake assist.

You can get mid 2000s car with many of those features and without the bloat.

Can you find a mid-2000s car that gets 50mpg?

Meaybe some lightweight fiat/renault/citröen would do.

How much does a mid-2000s Prius with a new battery cost?