Toyota cutting price of popular hybrid Prius

[Fibb222]

It's about frickin' time...

Toyota Canada Inc. is trimming the price of its Prius hybrid car by about $2,000 and adding standard features worth about $2,500 even as it struggles to keep up with demand for the car and other auto makers race to beef up their hybrid offerings.

The 2008 Prius carries a manufacturer's suggested retail price of $29,500, compared with $31,280 for the 2007 model.

That price cut, which amounts to about $4,500 once the new equipment is factored in, should make the car even more popular, said dealers, who added that both Prius and the hybrid version of the Camry mid-sized sedan are in short supply. Sales of the hybrid version of the Camry have outpaced those of the Prius so far this year in Canada.[/b]

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[DaveinOlyWA]

"cutting prices to keep up with demand??"

well, i havent had my first cup of coffee yet. i guess will drink a cup and reread it...

[nerfer]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Fibb222 @ Sep 18 2007, 09:08 AM) [snapback]514245[/snapback]</div>

It's about frickin' time...
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I was a little confused by the prices listed, since the Toyota website gives the starting price as $20,950, then I saw the goofy spelling of centre => this is a Canadian article. (Don't get me wrong, I like Canadians and they do some things right like the metric system, but their spelling is definitely old-school.)

[DaveinOlyWA]

nothing against Canadians, i talk to them often as part of my job. and quite a few of them do use "hey" as a regular part of their conversation. i will say that it seems to be western Canadians more than the Eastern part (at least the Eastern Canadians that have english as their primary language)

nothing against Canadians, i talk to them often as part of my job. and quite a few of them do use "hey" as a regular part of their conversation. i will say that it seems to be western Canadians more than the Eastern part (at least the Eastern Canadians that have english as their primary language)

[bruceha_2000]

Way beyond frikin' time and not nearly low enough given that $1 Canadian is worth almost $0.98 US. Basically even. Toyota should be dropping the price a LOT lower than $29,500 Canadian. I have no idea what the $2,500 extra features are but $27,500 US buys the top end Prius.

[DaveinOlyWA]

wow!! i though it was more like 80-85 cents per dollar...

[Tideland Prius]

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It's about frickin' time...
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http://priuschat.com/Canada-Gets-The-Touri...d33-t38384.html

Not bad eh?

This means For $35k, you can have a "luxury" hybrid courtesy of the TCH with leather, power moonroof, power front seats and heated front seats or you can have a "techy" hybrid with the Prius and its navigation system, backup camear, lightweight alloys and ultra-high tensile steel body.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(bruceha_2000 @ Sep 18 2007, 08:53 AM) [snapback]514304[/snapback]</div>

Way beyond frikin' time and not nearly low enough given that $1 Canadian is worth almost $0.98 US. Basically even. Toyota should be dropping the price a LOT lower than $29,500 Canadian. I have no idea what the $2,500 extra features are but $27,500 US buys the top end Prius.
[/b]

The $2,500 in extra features are:

- 16" alloys
- Euro suspension
- Extended spoiler
- side/side curtain airbags
- foglights
- Homelink
- auto-dimming mirror
- theft-deterrent system (aka alarm) although we all know that's simply a programmable thing thanks to DanMan32

[markderail]

I've had mine, bought in Canada, exactly 12 months now.
Back then I paid 35K$ Package B + ext warranty, even though the exchange rate was in the high eighties.

Plus the Canadian Federal Gov't gives you a 2,000$ GST tax credit. Quebec Provincial gives a 2,000$ PST credit, that they did not give out a year ago.

Hopefully this will sway some buyers from buying the Smart For Two, that now outnumber Prius in my area.

[hyo silver]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DaveinOlyWA @ 2007 09 18 09:04) [snapback]514310[/snapback]</div>

wow!! i though it was more like 80-85 cents per dollar...
[/b]

Nope. Foreign exchange calculations just got a whole lot easier, at least for a little while, until the Canadian dollar is worth more than the US dollar.

[Fibb222]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Mark Derail @ Sep 18 2007, 12:02 PM) [snapback]514424[/snapback]</div>

I've had mine, bought in Canada, exactly 12 months now.
Back then I paid 35K$ Package B + ext warranty, even though the exchange rate was in the high eighties.

Plus the Canadian Federal Gov't gives you a 2,000$ GST tax credit. Quebec Provincial gives a 2,000$ PST credit, that they did not give out a year ago.

Hopefully this will sway some buyers from buying the Smart For Two, that now outnumber Prius in my area.
[/b]

I bought mine last October and paid $28000 including taxes for a used 2004. It had 60,000 km. A great buy for me but wish I could have bought a new one for 22,000 USD like my friends to the South can.