The EPA numbers are always bogus. The Prius got far less in actual driving than the sticker. Everyone rails on big cars being gas guzzlers. My Town Car gets between 20-24 in normal driving. I can carry 6 people and have a real trunk. Plus I don't look like a pansy heading down the road. EPA plays games to achieve an outcome they desire.
We’ve had 2 priuses. 1 got more than the sticker and the newer one gets sticker.
My husband can get the newer one to get over sticker if he doesn’t use the A/C or the heater and drives mainly on the freeway. However, he really doesn’t care to get over sticker so he doesn’t drive that way.