Odd Guam Model

Congrats on your purchase. I know you both will love the car.


I think Toyota USA is greedy putting most all of the options in a one $5k option only available on the highest end model of the Prius v. The other countries have many more configurations and combinations of options. I predict that you will get many jealous comments about your leather wrapped steering wheel.

I read here on Prius chat that smaller wheels get small MPG increase and small decrease in ride and handling. I don't think you will notice the difference, and you cal always buy / pimp out the wheels later if you want.

 

Kelly, on some cars, the Gen3 for instance, cars in some countries get different suspension because bad roads are common. They usually involve springs that make the car ride a bit higher (1/2 to 1 inch) and more utilitarian wheel sizes, 15 or 16 inch in place of 17 inch.

I wonder if you have a US emission package in a Prius v with rough road suspension? Or maybe your dealers brother-in-law has your 17 inch wheels

 

Hi there,
I didn't grow up in Guam but I lived there for 5 years because of work. AK was probably able to order some specific packages for themselves. Look at the window sticker you scanned in, it's not a normal window sticker, they made it themselves. There wouldn't be a AK logo, just the dealer it was delievered to on a regular sticker. What ever car they brought it would still have to meet US regulations, after all, you can ship the car to the states and it would have to meet all the standards. I bet they did it because it makes it hard to compare prices from sites like edmunds or depending on car maker, Guam is sometimes considered part of the Asia region. It is unusual because I went car shopping at AK Toyota and Lexus and all the models I saw seemed exactly the same.