I have a prius v. and a gen 2
I have a prius v. and a gen 2 prius. the v has disappointing gas mileage at normal highway speeds. slow a bit and it's great. I just drove in two separate northern michigan laje effect snow storms. I run Bridgestone blizzaks. the car handled everything well except the 6 plus inches snow. awd without additional ground clearance will not fix this. lucky the snow on northern 300 miles was fresh but rowed up by pickup trucks. the v with winter tires .blizzak. will handle anything a pickup will but not the deep snow. so. awd would be an extra item.