2010 Prius in the United Kingdom

Picked up a brochure in a showroom today

 

It was just a repackaged 'what car' article on the new Prius and compared it with the current one and other similar cars ( similar according to what car)
Warts and all it didnt come out too bad - which I guess is why Toyota have turned into marketing brochure

 

:welcome:

Nice to see someone else from the UK on here.

All the information you seek (apart from the damn prices) is on the UK Toyota Site under "The Next Prius" section (see screen grab).



At the bottom of the screen in the left hand corner there are three models listed "T3, T4, TSpirit" - click on one of these and the main features of each model are listed in the main window above.

If you want to Google for stuff relating to the UK model it's being referred to as the "3rd Gen Prius" rather than the "2010 Prius" as it's called in the USA. Trust me though I check daily for snippets of news, and there's f**k all !

I spoke to Toyota Head Office this week and prices will be announced 2 weeks before it goes on sale - and the magic date for that is approx 1st week of July.

 

Autocar say that the Gen 3 is launched in June (i.e. when prices are announced and the car will appear in the UK motoring press with test drives etc). However the Toyota website (on a news page now removed) did say the car would be available in July. So this totally agrees with the above information.

I'm sure UK cars will get most of the goodies available. Certainly top line Gen 2 UK cars have the Parking assist installed as per the Japanese cars which the current US cars dont have.

 

OMG! It's a small world

Yep I got mine from Dingles - they are very good (especially if you get the right sales person.)

Dan B & Sam W are the two peeps I normally deal with, Dan will sort out the sales side, and Sam will sort out the finance side.

They are very patient - I've been supplying them with info since last year on the 3rd Gen, and they are often amazed (and a little frustrated) that we can find stuff out before they do!

If I get any new info I'll send you a message on here to keep you updated.

 

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Not sure I like their website that much - but no I hadn't seen. I'm sure Toyota UK will not want to piss off their main London dealers (especially Jemca who have 2 London sales sites near Seven Sisters & Battersea). London is a very important market for them as the car can be registered to be exempt from the congestion charge.

 

Relatively simple, but not free

You need to fill out a form from Transport for London:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/CC-discount-alternative-fuel.pdf.pdf

You need the exemption certificate from Toyota:
http://www.toyota.co.uk/bv/1024-images/prius/Congestion Charging Exemption Certificate.pdf

Copy of your registration document from the DVLA (V5C)

And a cheque for £10 (for one year's exemption)

When that runs out - you have to renew your exemption again.

I never bothered to do mine as I only ever drive through Central London at weekends - and C Charge is not valid then anyway :cheer2:

 

Yes you have to register. The camera's wont recognise a Prius and not charge you!

£10 a year is ALOT cheaper than the £40 a week it would normally cost to drive into the zone. Also a lot of councils grant free resident parking to cars under 100g CO2 (like mine - Islington). Start adding it all up and you can make big savings before you even go near a petrol pump.

 

Why am I not surprised?

 

Fear not my friends - I've been told they are trying to bring the date forward.

I'll scan and PDF the brochure if anyone is interested

 

My local dealer knew nothing when I called in on Sunday.

I really hope we get the dynamic cruise option - that's an option I'm very interested in. I'd be very surprised if we didn't.

 

I would be interested in the brochure please, when you mean bring the date forward, when are we talking? Also where did you get that info?