Pricing

Prices are coming down FAST! Costco and AAA prices are being accepted once again. And TrueCar has come down more than $500 in the past few days. Lowest is now $23,794. It will be interesting to see if Toyota offers any incentives come August. All dealers I have talk to have a surplus of invoice for the first time in months.

 

I just got $700 off package II.
Yes it seems prices are going down. About time. I wonder if I can get better than that. $1k?

 

Well, I stopped looking for a Prius cause I didn't like the gouging- but my Ford Focus hasn't been found yet so I may go back to the Prius if these prices get back to where they were.

 

YOur best bet- look at truecar.com to get an idea of a good starting negotiation. I wish Toyota had an xplan like Ford does. At Ford if you work for the company you get to buy the car at slightly above invoice on the "XPlan" If you own stock you also get it. No haggle, just the invoice price- it's great.

 

I got my Prii III without Nav for 25K with extra's last week. 700 less MSRP.

 

I don't know what their selling price is. NOBODY is selling a Prius for anywhere close to invoice. I believe MSRP is about the best that can be done.

Liberty has 7: 5 Twos & 2 Threes
Holman has 13: They don't list models
Lawrence has 18: 13 Twos, 2 Threes, 3 Fours
Dayton has 2: They don't list models

40 cars, across 4 dealers & mostly low end models is a far cry from the inventory situation when they were selling at invoice. The current situation is much better than the recent past but still has a long way to go before it normalizes.

 

Update on my New Prius Purchase:
Thanks to everyone for their advice on purchasing. It seems that Prius prices in the bay area have come down dramatically in the past week. After waiting 3 months to purchase, I was able to purchase a new Prius Two for $23,600 which was $1100 under MSRP (equal to invoice price). I called a number of other dealers in the area and three of them were willing to match the price and several others just said it was a good price.

So for everyone out there frustrated with Prius pricing, the inventories have finally built up and dealers are discounting again. I'm sure it will continue to get much cheaper, but once they hit invoice price, that was good enough that I didn't feel like I was getting ripped off. Good luck to everyone else out there trying. It was amazing how much prices have changed in the past week.

Happy to be another Prius owner!

 

Regarding the hit Honda took, yep, see the link I posted at http://priuschat.com/forums/prius-h...t-down-plants-in-n-america-3.html#post1363924.

 

l was quoted $4,000. off of a II last fall. don't expect to see that again but if the economy tanks it could get close although toyota has a much tighter rain on production now.

 

Carolin- if you really wanted it cheap- wait til end of year deals. I hear 2012 comes out in February. So bit of a wait. My goals is around $22,000 as I need to get a car soon. Right now on truecar.com in LA area is $23,154 which includes the fees. So that's a pretty good deal. Getting close! I think September you'll see some factory incentives as well.

 

Fees are $760 destination and $426 regional ad fee. You'll have to ask Dianne what her totals are with fees. How good is Carson doing? Maybe we should buy them from the same place together and demand a discount- ha.

 

I have to get it soon. Been waiting way too long. My goal is to find it for 22,000 which seems in line with truecar. I almost want to wait to see what incentives are coming. If you wait til October you'll get it for under 22,000 I'd imagine.