In that article nothing is mentioned about the Kandy ring road from Mirigama, through Ambepussa, Devalegama, Rambukkana, Hatharaliyadda, Hedeniya to Katugastota. Seems like the Colombo-Kurunegala expressway will be built first.
All of your questions has been discused before. Please use the search feature. Here are some threads I found, there is more:
http://forum.autolanka.com/topic/15501-honda-insight-or-prius-2009-2010/
http://forum.autolanka.com/topic/11358-prius-hybrid/
http://forum.autolanka.com/topic/14274-toyota-prius/
http://forum.autolanka.com/topic/14890-prius-2nd-gen-2011/
I would choose the Prius over the insight.
effed up economy of ours. we bought it there brand new for 2.3M ours is manual and no, mostly just cosmetic mods rear tail lights are different, bumpers, grill, different meter gauges. etc
The build quality and standerd of the CKE is better than E01, but one thing I noticed was there are no notice boards informing entrance to the expressway within 1km when you are entering from either side.