2006 Prius Option Codes, Package Contents and Color Combos

I talked to a toyota dealer on long island, NY and he said in january 06 they will only get packages #3,#5, & #7 .
He also said that he might get other packages in february but he dosen't have any info on that.

 

Anybody know which '06 packages are going to be available in Colorado?

 

Stevinson West tells me all packages except 1, 2 and 5 will be available through them.

 

Okay, my turn:
Does anybody know what packages will be available in the "Chicago Region" (IL, IN, MN, WI)?

How about in the "Kansas City Region" (IA, KS, MO, ND, NE, SD)?

Appreciate any and all info!

Shelly

 

Sticker price for 2006 Package 8 is $29,381, my dealer told me today at Hollywood Toyota in CA.

 

$21725 base + $580 destination + $6890 pkg8 + $186 mats = $29381

My salesman called me today to confirm the price/option and asked me if I wanted the floor mats for $186. I'm not paying that much for floor mats, especially that I prefer not to have the carpeted ones.

 

Does anyone know what 2006 packages will be available in Washington State? I'm getting conflicting information from local dealers.

Thanks!
Constance

 

most of the dealers are really confused right now... most don't even know the prices yet.. let alone what packages...

 

Yep, that's the same price I got today when I placed my order in Arizona.

 

The dealers (Inventory Managers) do know the prices, but htey have done a very poor job of communicating these updates and prices to their sales force.

Think about it from the Inventory Manager POV - if a customer come sin and says I'm interested in a Prius, but knows nothing about it, why would they hype the 2006 when
1. they haven't seen one yet
2. they have no brochures
3. all they have is pricing and packages
4. it's more expensive than the 2005
5. it takes an absorbant amount of time to teach a typical sales person about the Prius (a.k.a. by the time they know the car they will have quit or moved to a different dealer - the turnover rate of sales people is incredibly high)

We will continue to see a clueless sales force until brochures arrive in their hands. I expect brochures to arrive at the same time as the first 2006's - within the next three weeks.

 

Yea.. either that, or they are also playing dumb.... If you call Ron Tonkin in Portland Or and ask for the "sales manager" as of two days ago he thought the highest package on the 06 Prius was #6... I said.. no thats 05... then the began to tell me prices about the 05 claiming it was for the 06, then he finally admitted or claimed he didn't know.
So I guess the term "clueless" implies they are stupid.. I didn't mean it that way... even though "I feel" that way when I have learned so much on my own that they don't know... They really are left in the dark!.. Its pretty sad if the only way they are communicating with toyota is by the flyers they get... esp the managers!
They should be able to have some inside info.... even though they can't act on it... but rather its prob withheld so they don't imped the sales of their 05... like thats a problem!!!! :lol:

 

I believe that's what my partner was told as well, when she ordered her 2006 HG (#4) option in Seattle.

However, it's all coming through the dealers at the moment. To really find out what package is available for what region, we have to wait for Toyota to update their main Prius website for the 2006. You can then use the "build your Prius" web pages to figure out what models are available for your region (based on ZIP code).

 

The info I got yesterday re NorCal/SF packages was from a "Region guy".

 

SoCal folks...I just found out last night which packages are going to be available in our area. Here is a portion of the email I received when we emailed him about the available packages (because I originally heard #7 was not going to be available in our region and was worried):

I was just informed that the LA Metro Region is ordering Package 1, 3, 7 & 8 on the Prius.

We got the info from my husband's client at Longo Toyota...

 

I am a Manager at a Toyota dealership

 

Also, Vermont is not my Region.

We should be getting our allocation in the next 3-6 days, and then we will have
real prices.

Dont blame the Dealerships. We do not have the prices yet.
We have Package prices.
When we get our printed allocation, we will have our real price.

 

Thanks for the info -- it's appreciated.

My suspicion is that the Toyota website's Prius page will be updated fairly soon. Then we'll have almost all the info we're wondering about (including what models for what region).

Don't know when this will happen, though. (Yet another poll/office pool opportunity. )

 

Like March Madness = Auto Madness.

 

Same figures I got from my dealer last Wednesday. Including the $186 floor mats. What's up with that? I assume I can get them for less at GI Joe's or Sears.