First Gen 5 2023 Toyota Prius cars show up at the dealers!

Good point< Tesla itself does adjust the MSRP. However, I prefer those adjustments to finding dealer markups and needing to hunt for different dealers to find the one with the smallest markup.

 

In this scenario, Tesla IS not setting a MSRP (manufacturer suggested retail price). It's not a suggestion. Tesla is the only one setting the price, and they have no competition selling their product.

I prefer a seller who will deliver the product as promised at the agreed upon price.

 

This could be the newest batch. The vessel just arrived this morning and is current moored at the Long Beach port.

 

Cool. So whats the plan? Do we do a coordinated sneak in at 3am and lay claim to the one we want? I can just imagine someone finding one, running up to it and licking the windshield and yelling "its mine!"

 

Yeah, the inventory on the website keeps decreasing as the pending vehicles sold. Maybe new stocks got sold right away when dealers get their allocations, so they don't list it on the website.

 

Different dealers do it different ways. My dealer leaves the car up with no notation even if there's a pending sale or it's already allocated to someone.* Other dealers leave the listing up but mark it as sale pending if it's spoken for. Still others completely remove the listing if the vehicle is spoken for.

*My dealer has been allocated five so far and all five are still up(none have been delivered yet). And I know they have a waiting list, so some or all of them are spoken for.

 

Asked my dealer about the waiting list status, I was at #20 in the waiting list on February 27, and is at #15 today. They have been allocated 5 slots so far for the last month but didn't list it. They also confirmed that they will received a new allocation this week.

At least from my experience, no new inventory doesn't always mean that the thing is slowing down. So be optimistic that you will get your soon : ).

 

And this could be the upcoming batch, ETA: April 17.

vesselfinder_com / vessels/details/9272890

 

Still none, as far as I know, in Colorado...they are coming in but 100% pre-sold before arriving. I'm not sure if dealers are adding anything to the MSRP because the last two salesmen I worked with no longer work at Toyota....sad.

 

I obviously cant speak for all TX dealerships but afaik, all cars come to Southern States Toyota (the distributor), and dealer addons are added there before they ever get to the dealership. I was on a waiting list and received a call that a car w/ desired config arrived and was in process at Southern States. The notification list was being notified. It was first come first served race to the dealership from that point. I was the first that showed up, ready to pay and got mine from the Boerne dealership.

 

Hi Kaszuky, have any idea how to track Toyota Ro-Ro (in particular for Prius) to Europe, using marinetraffic.com or else?

 

Heard that it might be the distributor adding stuff there, without a say from the dealer.

Several posters in that region traveled to the Northeast to get the old PP. Will probably be an option again once the availability numbers improved.

 

I just checked our Colorado dealers, looks like they are adding just under $1,100 to the MSRP for fluffy stuff...I'd fight to get that removed, delivery fees and processing stuff is included in the MSRP Toyota gives to the dealer....so why pay them twice for the same thing?

 

I just randomly search (vesselfinder_com) departure and arrival vessels at the ports that I believe they have something to do with Toyota Logistic Service. Look for the RoRo or Vehicle Carrier vessel types sailed under Japanese flag. Then look into its status (Destination, route...). Those are just my speculations. Toyohashi and Nagoya are two major ports that close to the Prius manufactory in Japan.