The shortage of Prius seems to be at the end.

[google2007]

I got a new Prius last Saturday.
I paid $ 800 under the MSRP. So, I think that the shortage of Prius seems to be almost at the end.

[amichel]

Or you got lucky.

[wowser]

Can you please tell us the dealer? I am trying to secure a Package 2 with no luck.

[sorka]

Where I live, in Merced, CA, 2 months ago, they had none. They also said the waiting list was 6 months long and weren't even taking deposits any more.

Today, they have 6 on the on the lot (non touring though) and are selling at a discount again. I guess that means most of the people on their list dropped off or they got a lot more allocation than they expected. Probably the former.

[rfruth]

Seems most people realize the low hanging fruit (oil) has been gotten - in these parts there is usually a Prius to test drive but if you want one there is a line ...

[sorka]

Originally Posted by rfruth

Seems most people realize the low hanging fruit (oil) has been gotten - in these parts there is usually a Prius to test drive but if you want one there is a line ...

Around here, there was no low hanging fruit a month ago. The surplus is only recent as the gas price has been headed in the down direction......temporarily.

We went down to our local Toyota dealer. They're small. Their allocation is 8 a month. It's been 2 months since they even got a touring model. Last week they had 6 on the lot. This week, they still have the same six. I took my wife down because she hasn't actually sat in one yet. Fortunately, the current seat height is perfect for her. The only thing we'll end up doing is having a splined 1 inch steering wheel spacer made to bring the steering wheel back a little.

We're currently at the front of the waiting list at a much larger dealer, Sunnyvale Toyota. Their allocation is 80 / month. They got 39 on the last allocation and only two touring neither of which was a color we'd accept. The previous allocation also only had 2 neither of which had colors we'd accept. Since half of the colors are on our list, you think we'd have 1 in 2 chance of any touring coming through being a color we'd take (Siler Pine Mica, Barcelona Red, Spectra Blue, Mag Gray). So we called our local dealer who two months ago not only had none, but said it would be a 6 month wait. 2 months later, there's no wait and they 6 on the lot. But no touring. They said they'd sell us a touring if they get it for $500 off, but said they could do even better if we'd take a standard model.

So in case anyone is watching, Merced Toyota has Prii on the lot ready to sell now at a discount.

[kazots]

I wonder if the news of the 2009 Prius has made the 2008 easier to get?

[Ct. Ken V]

Hi,all,

Was at my local dealer (Lynch Toyota in Manchester,CT) on Friday & they had 2 2008 Priuses on their lot (both with "sold" tags on them). One was a model 1220 base Prius & the other was a 1224 standard Prius with a Pkg #2 (& a $600 discount right on the MSRP sticker). This dealer always sells with no markup or unwanted add-ons, so I'm sure they would honor the discounted MSRP. I haven't seen any of these discounted MSRP stickers since late 2007 or maybe only a few in EARLY 2008. I wonder what gives with this one (it did have the $720 destination charge, so it's a recent one). Maybe the leftover 2008 pkg 2's aren't moving too well, so Toyota corporate decided to apply the discount again to a few of them.

Ken (in Bolton,Ct)

[sorka]

Originally Posted by kazots

I wonder if the news of the 2009 Prius has made the 2008 easier to get?

Why? The 2009 is $500 more and is identical to the 2008. If anything, that would make people scram to get left over 2008's.

[StevL]

Here we have been quoted from sticker at one dealer (of course they add on for wax/sealer, etc.) and other dealers have asked for as much as 3,000 above.

It almost seems they ask sticker until they have a couple in stock then the bidding wars start