Toyota hybrid price reductions on the way...

[clintd555]

According to this article...

http://news.com.com/Honda%20may%20be%20wor...ml?tag=fd_carsl

[sfsierra]

This article is encouraging, but I don't regret my '06 Prius purchase ($26K for package 6 in the Bay Area) one bit.

[malorn]

Other than the Prius the Toyota hybrids are not selling well at all. Even in this area the premium paid for Priuses will soon be a thing of the past.

[maggieddd]

Originally posted by malorn@Feb 24 2006, 12:51 PM
Other than the Prius the Toyota hybrids are not selling well at all.  Even in this area the premium paid for Priuses will soon be a thing of the past.

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Other than ?????????????????????????????????????? GM vehicles are not selling well at all. Even in ???????????????????????????? area the $$$$ paid for a GM vehicle prove to be a waste the first day you drive your vehicle off the dealer's lot.

[slortz]

Originally posted by malorn@Feb 24 2006, 12:51 PM
Other than the Prius the Toyota hybrids are not selling well at all.  Even in this area the premium paid for Priuses will soon be a thing of the past.

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Where do you get the yearly or quarterly sales numbers for specific vehicles? Can you give me a link?
Thanks.

[hyo silver]

Originally posted by malorn@Feb 24 2006, 12:51 PM
...the premium paid for Priuses will soon be a thing of the past.

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What premium?

[malorn]

Originally posted by hyo silver@Feb 24 2006, 12:11 PM
What premium?

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Didn't you pay sticker or sticker plus?

[hyo silver]

Yes and no. Technically, yes, but a generous trade in reduced the cash price.

[MJ-Prius]

"The newspaper said the Fit hybrid would have fuel economy comparable to that of the Honda Insight and Toyota Prius, which the auto makers advertise in Japan as getting around 82 miles per gallon to 84 miles per gallon."

Am I missing something here? Is this a translation error, or am I just not getting that kind of FE?

[clintd555]

Premium (in my book) is above MSRP. Even paying MSRP is a premium for most cars out there. Cars with less demand can go under invoice and you can actually start cutting into the kickback allowance that car dealers don't tell anyone about if you're good at bargaining.

GM has lost car war for now. I think they have a lot of catching up to do. However, they're betting on the water vapor cars to save them. Only time will tell... if that's true or not.

If those water vapor cars fail, I'm afraid GM won't be around long if they don't start investing money in to better hybrid and/or hybrid diesels or/and plugin cars very soon.

The fact that Ford purchased the rights to use Toyota's (old) first gen hybrid technology to use in their FEH is quite a sign how far behind our American car makers are. They're swimming up stream!