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[quote=Anonymous]It may well be performing as designed, which you'd know from your test drives before the purchase.  Now, you can ask to drive the same model from the dealer's lot, to see if it performs similarly.

Many hybrids are econocars which place a high priority on fuel efficiency and a low priority on performance.  That design compromise suits some people and their driving styles and preferences, others not so much.  Most pure EVs have brisk and instantaneous acceleration, some more than others, but hybrids often rely first on a small gasoline powered engine which is supplemented on demand by the battery which makes it a hybrid.  The pause you feel is probably the gap between your asking more from the gas engine than it can provide, and the electric motor kicking in to try to answer the mail.

Chances are you actually wanted something with a higher emphasis on performance (acceleration) but focused instead on price point, fuel economy, and smaller size, which all tend to be characteristics incompatible with sporty performance.

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