The Toyota Prius C seats five passengers and it is a 1.5 litre hybrid inline 4 engine that is FWD and has automatic transmission. The price tag starts at $19,080. The Mazda 3 can also hold five people and has a 2 litre gas inline 4 engine, it is 4WD has the 6 speed manual gearbox and starts at $18, 945. The Mazda 3 comes in at $135 less than the Prius C, which means that it is 0.7% less expensive.
You should get around 53mpg in the city from the Prius and about 46mpg on the highway, along with 504 mile range in the city and 437 out on the highway. The Mazda offers 29mpg in the city, 40mpg on the highway, 383 miles in the city and around 528 miles on the highway.
The Prius offers 99hp along with 82 torque while the Mazda has 155hp and 150 of torque. Features of the former include air filtration, front air conditioning, rear heat ventilation ducts, audio controls on the steering wheel, phone controls, steering wheel adjustment, for tilt and telescopic. There is 17.1 cubic feet of space in the boot. The latter offers air filtration, front air conditioning, front automatic climate control and rear heat ventilation, it has audio controls on the steering, cruise controls, phone controls and tilt and telescopic steering wheel adjustments and 20.2 cubic space of storage.
