Why do dealerships don't carry much Prius Twos?

…only just last week I received a note from the local Toyota Dealer making me an offer for my 2009 Gen II, saying that the Gen II was in great demand but short supply, and would I like to consider trading mine in for something new? (…and shiny, and sparkly, and full of useless gadgets etc. etc.) …yawn!

 

In the Baltimore MD area 2's are beyond plentiful. I saw a dealer yesterday that had 40 Prii on the lot and almost all were 2's. What we cannot get around here are 4's or any touring models. J

 

Not sure what country you are in.

At that age of vehicle, you might have a better chance with private buyers. Here in Australia, the trade-in value of a car say 10 yrs old is quite low, and the older the car the more people who don't trade but sell privately. In the whole of Australia, there are only 30 Gen 2s in dealerships but 47 advertised privately on "CarSales", the biggest car sales website.

 

there may still be a steel shortage, i'm not really sure.

 

I don't think she's talking about gen 2s but gen 4 two model.
Our local dealer has 5 twos out of 11 total Prii in stock. There is no shortage in my neck of the woods.

 

I don't know about shortage but few dealers around me have 40+ in Stock, one has 80.

SM-G935T ?

 

o/p lives in a sparse prius area. maybe a flight and a road trip?

 

why do dealership's don't carry much prius two's?

 

It was my assumption that Prius II's are mainly fleet cars and taxis. Many utilities are using them now.

Bill the Engineer

 

That is mostly what I come across.

 

Prius II are ridiculously abundant around here. IV's however are hard to come by.

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you must not have many fleet or taxi's sucking them up.

 

Western KY, Southeastern Mo, NW Tenn. Mostly rural. Not many taxis

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I live in one of those "flyover" parts of the country

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I thought there was a Prius One for fleet. I know there was in the past.