Prius Prime Availability

Just going to add local climate to your list of considerations. If short commutes coupled with cold temps are a significant part of your driving, you need to factor that in. Doesn't affect all that many people, but it's something to note.

 

Hum, closest States to me would be TN, KY, VA, WV for a Prime with any chance of grabbing one of the 10k Prime built; a base Prime if doing a lease. Visiting family in IN for the 4th of July.

Then have to see if a dealer in any of these States sales at msrp…plus maybe offers the low down payment lease option. Else settle for a prius LE trim thu softtex seats might be better plus powered seats…heck, why not toss in the 12 nav screen as well

Toyota needs to post a prius pdf so we can figure out what trim to wish for. Would have to sell my Mav xlt hybrid sadly.

 

It’s amazing how the Gen 5 prime launch was basically a soft launch with no media.

even here it seems to get mixed in with the non-plugs

 

Not the Prime version, but 2023 Prius brochures here:

Toyota PDF Brochure | Download Free PDF Brochures for Toyota Vehicles

 

I just informed a dealer im not taking this one. it's arrived, a premium xse premium at MSRP, at van trow in louisiana. forum wouldnt let me post the link to the toyota page

They are definitely around, you just have to search all sorts of dealerships and haggle down to MSRP

 

there were major launches last fall. danny went to both, but failed to report back here.

as for confusion in the threads, it's because he didn't create seperate forums for plug in and non plug in.
now it's a complete mess that can never be separated out.

 

If you go to the Toyota website and select your car of interest (the Prius Prime, in this case), you can access Specs and get a chart showing the specs for each trim level. Initially, it only indicates classes (Interior, Exterior, etc.), but you can expand each one to see the detailed information. If you'd rather see them all at once, you can check the attached file (created by hitting the Print button at the bottom of the web page and printing to PDF.

 

In March of 2022 I put down a deposit for a plugin Prius. Then sometime last summer Toyota announced that all further construction of the Prius would be cancelled. So now a year and half later, I still have no idea when I can get Prius Prime XSE. Living in Utah, which is not a CARB state, allocations for the state look pretty grim. I am 4th in line at one local dealer and 2nd at another. Both dealers guarantee to sell at MSRP. But neither dealer has any idea when or if I can see one. I don’t understand why Toyota is going crazy announcing all manor of new models. I don’t understand why Toyota will not increase the production of new Primes when there seems to be a real demand for deliveries.

 

Have you considered going out of state to try and obtain a Prime? I was very fortunate to find one so quickly. I began my search at the end of June. None of the Portland area dealers had any available as they were all presold. I expanded my search to out of town dealers, some as far away as 150 miles. They all told me they would only sell to locals due to high demand. I finally found one that would be arriving in a few weeks at a dealer in Albany, about 60 miles south. I kept looking everyday using the Toyota website for dealer inventory and whenever I found a new listing, I would submit an inquiry. I did have my name on several "lists" but never received any calls or texts regarding updates; I always had to inquire when a new listing showed up on their inventory which told me that instead of cultivating future clients, most sales personnel relied on the next customer who showed up. So my suggestion is to expand your search and actively keep looking.

 

Try Maryland. Specifically Passport Toyota or Sheehy Toyota of Laurel. To get on a waitlist that is.

 

toyota makes primes to get carb credits for the land yachts they sell in california. it is not a direct profit center for them, and their battery supply is limited.