In my mind this really isn't a beater, it's a cream puff. A beater to me is a car with high miles that probably would be a danger to the world if you took on the freeway and cops would put you in jail for putting a child in. A car that you don't care if it snaps in half or your buddy gets drunk and drives it into a lake.. That's a beater lol
And a Prius, new or used they are all beaters.