2010 Prices Paid and Details

[asj2009]

Originally Posted by kgall

The GST dealers in Little Rock are saying to me they will sell only at MSRP. This is inconsistent with regional sales information on truecar.com and "target price" information on cars.com (but I can't tell if CARS is regional, national or mixed information). (I exclude Landers--I won't deal with them because they WAY overcharged me for service on my 99 Corolla a few years ago.)
The dealers deny knowledge of the MSRP increase scheduled for this coming week--anyone have an idea why? It's already taken into account on cars.com, even though it hasn't taken effect (I can't tell if cars.com has taken invoice increases into account).
Any ideas on strategy/tactics for a buyer like me looking for a package II with few options?

From all indications, now that the cash for clunkers is gone, inventories of Prius should rise and it should be easier to get below MSRP. Not being desperate or anxious to get one would help - I would think by November into winter cars will start accumulating on lots.

[exbauer]

GST is a different beast. I could easily get a discount in Chicago to purchase a Prius. Just by using the email method I got quotes on a Prius V with navigation for $1000 under MSRP. I tried the email method with Houston dealers and they all came back with MSRP only. I couldn't even get $100 off. The problem was there were only 22 Prius available in Houston according to cars.com. I went to several dealers and told thme another dealer offered $150 off and they said you better buy it from them.

[jamesktg]

There is no reason why anyone should be paying close to MSRP. If everyone holds off buying for a month, the lots will start accumulating with them and then they as well as Toyota will start coming out with incentives to get rid of them from their inventory. I started shopping for a Prius almost a month ago but cannot decide. The first dealer I went to would only give me $400 below MSRP and he says the vehicle will be sold within a few days if I don't take it now. One two weeks later, I went back and the same vehicle is still there and spoke to another salesman. This one now offered me $800 below MSRP and some other goodies. I have visited other dealers in my area and all of them still have the same prius on their lots after almost a month. Finance rate has also dropped from TC since I first started to shop. I am in no hurry now as I know, if I wait, there will be better deals to be had. Just last week on Friday, I learned that I can now get between $3-4K off a 2010 TCH. Now I am stuck between which to get which I will start a new thread. The more anxious you are to buy, the car salesman will sense that and will give you less discount. Don't forget, car sales just had the worst sales month of year back in September.

[spinnsilly]

Originally Posted by jamesktg

There is no reason why anyone should be paying close to MSRP. If everyone holds off buying for a month, the lots will start accumulating with them and then they as well as Toyota will start coming out with incentives to get rid of them from their inventory. I started shopping for a Prius almost a month ago but cannot decide. The first dealer I went to would only give me $400 below MSRP and he says the vehicle will be sold within a few days if I don't take it now. One two weeks later, I went back and the same vehicle is still there and spoke to another salesman. This one now offered me $800 below MSRP and some other goodies. I have visited other dealers in my area and all of them still have the same prius on their lots after almost a month. Finance rate has also dropped from TC since I first started to shop. I am in no hurry now as I know, if I wait, there will be better deals to be had. Just last week on Friday, I learned that I can now get between $3-4K off a 2010 TCH. Now I am stuck between which to get which I will start a new thread. The more anxious you are to buy, the car salesman will sense that and will give you less discount. Don't forget, car sales just had the worst sales month of year back in September.

I needed a car as well but not in a total rush although it was really inconvenient sharing one car between two of us. I thought prices would eventually go down and was going to hold off, but with the $400 price increase on the Prius as of yesterday, I decided that I would try to get one either before the increase or hold out for a few more months and see if I could get a better deal. The silver Prius seems to be easy to get, but the color I want, not so much. I found a car 3 days ago and pulled trigger since I wouldn't be effected by the price increase. And I got it for 1K under MSRP which isn't bad being it was only a package II. I wish I could have gotten better financing and perhaps that is something that will happen in the coming months if I had waited. Only time will tell!