I own a 2005 Prius, and it can do 60 in about 10 seconds. Truthfully, that's plenty fast for a family car, and in fact, when I was a kid (in the 1960's), such performance was on par with normal mid-sized V8 family cars with automatics. Which got 15 to 20 mpg instead of 45 to 55 mpg, as does my Prius.

Nope, 335 pound feet of torque (combined gasoline & electric maxima) certainly does NOT make a car a "slug". This equates to about what modern pickup truck V8's can produce, in fact....

110 horsepower in the Prius simply means the top speed is "limited" (to about 106).

My wife's 2007 Sonata 4 cylinder will do 0-60 in about 10 seconds, and tops out at 125-130 or so, has more horsepower and less torque - to be honest, I don't need the extra tops speed. The Sonata gets 25-30 mpg.

I'd rather get 45-55 mpg, and forego the top speed (that I never use)!