Looking to Buy New Prius III w Solar Roof

Welcome! Price seems to depend on availability. From reading here, it sounds like southern CA has lots of cars and some discounts. Other places, it's MSRP (or maybe above) and you have to wait. My dealer received a couple new units (both Twos) that were not pre-sold. The traded off one and the other was available at MSRP. (I'm holding out for our red one in the next couple weeks.)

 

Greetings! I'm also looking to purchase a Prius. Been drooling over one for years and after two hand-me-down vehicles, it's time for me to splurge on a new one!

I've been finding that in NJ (Central) prices are all at MSRP, too.

 

I definitely had to pay MSRP for my 2011 just two weeks ago. I was lucky to even find one, really. You're probably not going to negotiate much on this car right now.

 

You could always buy out here and have it shipped to you...

http://priuschat.com/forums/dealers...nne-in-carson-in-southern-ca-few-deals-4.html

Although she doesn't seem to have a white 3 + solar roof in stock... doesn't hurt to ask, send an e-mail and see...

 

It could save you 500-1000 I'd guess... she isn't going to tack on crap, she's a trustworthy dealer... I'd just send her an e-mail, it doesn't hurt.

As for specific incentives, you should check a site like edmunds.com or toyota.com with your zip code, different areas have different incentives...

 

Go to buyatoyota.com, click on search inventory, enter your zipcode, click on Prius, use model dropdown to select 2 through 5, and inventory for region is displayed.

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Then go to Truecar.com, select make, pick Prius, pulldown style for model number, and don't forget to edit options. The resultant graph displays Prius sales for the prior 90 days, and a price paid from low to high. Click on the recent sales tab to see numbers of sales in each price range. The site even tells you the dealer that gave the best price.

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I have been looking at getting a Prius as well and to answer your question.

No the 0% does not apply to the Prius. They do however, offer 2.9%.

I was disappointed as well. After seeing some of the additions the 2012 brings... I think i may try and wait until that comes out, especially if I have to pay MSRP.

 

I bought a Prius III with Solar package about 3 weeks ago and i was able to get about $2K under MSRP in Atlanta. It took over an hour of negotiating and playing those games that dealers love to play ("let me take this offer to my manager")

Just do your research ahead of time, and let them know that you are willing to buy that day. I was a cash buyer so it wasn't that bad, but i bet i could have gotten a better deal if i had financed though them.

For me there is nothing worse than buying a car, for some reason you feel like you are getting ripped off no matter what.

 

I think I had a pit in my stomach for at least three hours of being at the dealership. It was my first car purchase ever since I've driven two hand-me-downs since I got my license so I was super nervous!

 

hey I have/had a white Prius III with the Solar/Nav package on it coming in to my local dealer - he got it diverted to their dealership last week for me, and it should be arriving at the Houston Port today or tomorrow. They were going to install the Texas window tinting and the leather seats at the port and then ship it to Amarillo for me. Since then (yesterday) my dealer called with a Sand colored Prius IV that I had really wanted (a previous deal-in-progress fell through and it became available) and so I'm not getting the white III after all. You should check with David Saied at Street Toyota in Amarillo if you want to get that white III with the solar/nav diverted to a Central Texas dealer. If you want more info you can message me. My name is Jeri.

By the way regarding price, they aren't coming off MSRP very much at all in this area.

 

Hey scooba,

general question is the solar roof really a good thing to get? Or is it just purely cosmetic? I would like one cause its "cool" but besides for it turning on a little fan in the car does it do anything to warrant the extra cost?

 

So the models available vary by zip code. I'd be really surprised (and jealous) if the Prius was one of those models (it's not in my zip code, for example).

 

well my son has a III with the solar/nav package, bought in Anchorage AK and now lives in Midland TX. The deal with the solar roof is that it circulates air through your car while its parked, and that is powered by photo-eye technology so it doesn't drain your battery. So, in Texas heat, if its 102 outside, it will be 102 inside your car, but not the 140 that it would be if it was sealed up tight and parked for hours.

I personally think it sounds like a great feature, and I know I'll use it. I will enjoy the moonroof in the spring and fall for sure. I wanted it enough that I sought out a car with it. There were 3 others in the whole panhandle that had the solar/nav option, model III, but all were red, just not my color.

My other question is whether to have the dealer add the remote starter to the car - its a $500 option. We get lots of ice and some snow in the winter where we live, and my car will live outside.