The Dutch Organisation ANWB (sort of RAC) made a test to find out what from already famed economic cars, would in fact be the winner.

so they choose
A Citroen C1 1.0 liter petrol
B. VW Polo 1.4 TDi Blue Motion
C. Ford 1.6 TDci Wagon
D Toyota Prius

In spite of giving hardly information about the way they tested the cars, or the distance, the only thing we know is that it was the same for all, so the results do have some meaning...

So here we go

1. Polo (3.8 litre per 100 km or 61.9 mpg)
2. Focus (3.9 litre per 100 km or 60.3 mpg)
3. Citroen (4.1 litre per 100 km or 57.4 mpg)
4. Prius (4.6 litre per 100 km or 51.1 mpg)

The VW, the Citroen and the Focus were all more economical than the factory said (VW, 3.9 litre, Ford 4.8 litre and the Citroen 4.6). Only the Prius could not realise what the factory promised: 4.3 litre, whereby in particular highway traffic results in higher consumption.

Conclusions: For the same amount of money as the Prius the Focus offers more space and better economy....and if you want. much better performance...