The Prius. Make jokes about it, but it is the big status symbol of today. If you aren’t electric then you are a bad cookie. If you are electric, then Prius is the “Thing.”
Prius
Prius got its start in the 2000s, it was awkward looking and there was no missing its clunky looking style. They played right into to the tree hugger’s love for the underdog. Ed Begley, Jr. was talking about his hybrid Toyota everywhere he went whether it was on a late night TV show appearance or somewhere else. By 2010, the Prius was the top dog by being almost half of the hybrids sold.
Why This Car
The appeal is that it is more environmentally friendly than a regular gasoline car. And well, in California there is a great deal of political correctness pressure put on people by those in the spotlight. So, in a sense, you could say peer pressure makes them buy them. But, it is more than that. Californians want to have things that harm the environment less or help the environment and they will withstand quite a bit of inconvenience for it. Not that this particular electric hybrid is inconvenient. In the city, this car should perform as well as any other car, maybe better.
In California owning and driving a Prius is considered cool. Comedians poke fun at that frequently, but not because they don’t like the Prius. They do it because it is their job to wax satirical about the things that people hold up as the best. And currently, that would be the Prius.
Being Cool
Once something hits the cool mark, the – I’m so forward thinking I drive this car, it eventually becomes something everyone has to have. And now all that feel they are environmentally conscious have one or want one. You probably have not missed the boat. You can probably still be cool by owning this electric car. The status symbol will likely last quite some time yet, before it is replaced by something cooler.
