Originally Posted by bocastephen

My first couple of rentals in Japan were Prius Aqua models which did the trick for what I needed and great on gas - same as the US Prius C, except my Japanese friends pointed out that only girls and young women drove the Aqua in Japan (maybe they were making it up?), and it didn't help that Toyota Rent a Car gave me a grape bubblegum color for the first car, and candy apple red for the second one.