Hello from Portugal!

Hi! Great forum!
I'm already learning much about my (wife's) new toy, due in January!

I can't wait!

Looking forward to share and learn!

 

Of course!

It'll be a Blizzard Pearl equivalent to an advanced tech pack + solar roof + leather seats & heated seats
Because of past experiences we'll probably put some bumper and side mouldings too, that they offer here for the prius - won't be so pretty, but safer.

 

thanx joão and telmo


grumpy:

It is still cheaper on the long term for a daily user to have a diesel in europe, at least Portugal, because the tax on diesel is lower and depending on the use, in 4-5 years you may compensate the more expensive engine.

Hybrids pay half the "tax on vehicles" on purchase, but that said it is much more expensive than in the US - we have to import. The model we bought is 36,300€ (over 50,500$US), due to importation and also because the tax's about 7,700€ total (woult be 9,000€ without the hybrid incentive discount - "tax on vehicles" part ends up at about 1,300€)

Quite a hit, but it's worth it! We're hoping it'll be family car for many years

 

The base model here would be about 28,000€, with no extra or accessory. Much cheaper, but, what's the fun of having a Prius if you don't have at least a few gadgets?

Also, in Portugal at least, there are 4 packs, the Multimedia, the Leather, the Solar, and the Safety. They are only available for the Premium model (starting over 31,000€) and can't be bought separately, only in that order - if you want Leather, you have to get Multimedia; if you want Solar you have to get Multimedia and Leather. (although some items on the Multimedia, Leather and Solar Packs - not the solar roof - can be installed as accessories, independently from the rest, but not everything)

My wife drives 60km to and from work daily. Sometimes after working 36 hours in a row with 3h sleep + 12 or 24 hours in the same week, plus normal work hours, so we though any extra help on safety is great, so we wanted the Safety pack (advanced cruise control, pre-collision system and lane assist) but that meant getting all of the packs.

I don't know if this is national or company policy or it's because it is Japanese policy (from where it is imported), it made it more expensive, but I think it is worth it.

Oh and she liked the Sandy Beach more than Pearl, and Japan doesn't make them apparently, so we'd have to ask the US, which meant waiting for about 10 months (!!) - they would wait to sent the most cars they could instead of just one.

I like the Pearl, it's really good looking!