Sunnyvale Toyota - Interesting CA only option

[dogfriend]

The OP made no distinction between Regular (non-touring) and Touring models. I find it hard to believe that only Package #6 is available in the South Bay. If that is true, then they should drive to Stockton or Sacramento to find what they want.

[NoMoShocks]

Yeah, you are right. Let me just clarify, I can imagine the OP might have gone to Sunnyvale dealer and said I am looking for a Touring Model Prius, and the salesman replies they are only available with leather seats. The salesman is referring to Touring, and the OP could assume he means all Prius. If the salesman wants to clear out a large inventory of Touring, or believes he can make a higher comission, he or she is not likely to feel compelled to make this reply perfectly clear by saying "The Touring is only available with leather seats". Anyway, it is dumb because customers shouldn't have to be forced to take leather to get the larger wheels if that is what they want.

[dogfriend]

I know that some dealerships do stock up on certain option packages and/or models depending upon what they think they can sell.

The dealership that I bought my Prius from has an online inventory:

http://maitatoyota.com/inventory/sea..._prius/PAGE_1/


They have 37 in stock, 4 of them are Touring. The lowest is $23,334(I'm guessing Package#1), the highest is $28,404 which is Touring Package #6.

Keep in mind that my MSRP for my non-touring #6 was $29538 in Feb 07. I paid $26,538 (3k under MSRP) + tax, license, etc.

So you may be able to deal with them because they have quite a few in stock right now.

[rpiereck]

My guess is that Mr Joe Salesman at the showroom level is not lying, he just doesn't know any better. And he doesn't know any better because it's not him ordering the Prius. That is probably done by someone in the dealership management team. The guy who orders the Prius has a choice of three packages and requests only the fully loaded one, because, well, he can make more money that way. Mr Joe Salesman gets told by his bosses that all they can get is a fully loaded with leather car, and that's what he tells you.

I say that from my current experience looking for a Prius with package 4 or 5. I called a few dealerships in a 50 mile radius and got very conflicting information on what packages are available from several dealerships. One dealership tells me they can get the Base Prius in package 2 or 3, but only Touring in 5 or 6, no package 4 available. One other 6 miles down the road tells me that Tourings only come in package 5 but package 4 or 5 can be had on Base models. If I bring up the Toyota website they tell me that in their dealership that's all they can get. I'd blame the management for the disinformation.

If were you I'd do the same and call a bunch of dealerships to find out what they have and can offer. I finally found a dealership that has exactly the Prius I want coming in on 10 April, only problem is that the dealership is 35 miles away from my target area. Not too bad for me if I want to be picky with options and color.

[Hemi4Prius]

Originally Posted by montanarane

I have excellent results dealing with a salesman named "Lino" at Walnut creek honda. He is a straightforward honest person in a world of crooks. We have bought two cars from hom so far and have been very pleased.

Good Luck,

Montana Rane

I can vouch for Walnut Creek Toyota - that's where I bought mine just a month ago. We dealt with Katie in the Internet Dept - she was awesome! Down-to-earth and as honest as I've ever seen a salesperson. I would buy again from her in a heartbeat. We left there feeling like we didn't have to take a shower after all the sleazy salesman at other dealerships that we had been dealing with before.

Walnut Creek Toyota is wonderful! We drove over 200 miles to go there!