Relative to the second hand market? Yeah. Unless you want something that is going to be absolutely no bother, and that doesn't need anything at all done to it, then you can spend a few thousand pounds at most and still get something in reasonable nick. For instance, my current car came with around 17,000 miles on the clock and cost £1,300.

A Prius would cost me £21,995 - around 16 times as much. Though there are far more expensive cars out there, that they can't even get basic security right is fairly disgraceful....