Looking for recommendations: Shopping for a 2016 Prius C

your wife has good taste! she picked you and prius c. all the best.

 

I rode in a persona Series model before the standard line was available and it seemed most like the trim 1 in general. No GPS for sure. If you want GPS and the new safety features check out Prius C Build or Trim 4. A Trim 3 wouks have GPS but may not have the lane feature. Tour a dealership and be strong.

 

I purchased brand new 2006 Prius in South Carolina, new Prius 2010 in Georgia and new 2015 Prius v in Houston. The best purchasing experience and price was in South Carolina and Georgia, the worst was in Houston. Houston Toyota dealers have low Prius inventory and pricing the worst, the funny part is that Toyota dealers in Houston taunt that they sell Prius cars fast, yet I see more trucks and SUV on the road. Driving in Houston or in Texas in general is another experience that people need to understand. If you dire to purchase Prius C 4, You go to costco, and get their preferred pricing thru their dealer network to order for you. Or you can check out other major cities Toyota dealers (Dallas or Austin..). If you can not find nor want to order and willing to pay cash for the vehicle, then I would purchase vehicle from another nearby state and ship to you.

 

I'm not sure I would trust the Toyota web site. If you go to it today and Build a Prius, you can't select any interior color except black for most colors. Dealers' lots have various colors with other interiors. My advise, go view what's in a dealer's lot, take pictures of the window stickers and then compare at your leisure.

 

Only Trim 4 has back up camera, true. It is also the only one to have heated seats. Standard instead of option the moonroof. GPS comes only in trim 3 and 4. The Persona models are lower trimmed. It makes no sense to me because I had an impression that limited editions in general pulled out all the stops. Not so in this case.

Dealers can arrange trades with other dealers to acquire a car you want. Let a dealer search for the car you are looking for.

 

Yes, I have used Costco. Go to Costco website, select "tires & auto", select "auto services", select "Costco auto program". Pricing will lower than most of Houston Toyota dealers.
You can also go to truecar.com and select manufacturer, select prius c, input zip code, select model , and will tell you some basic information on what other purchased vehicle and dealers that may have vehicle.

 

Apparently not if you go to Longview, which (for curiosity I searched) may be the closest that trim is to you. Use 200 mile search radius.

 

I didn't notice, sorry. Then it seems like that for all intents and purposes your desired car is either a transport/drive from afar or a custom order. You miss incentives with custom orders but you would be the first driver after its road tests. You probably would not want to break it in on a long road trip so getting it shipped to you is best. Toyotas are made in this country in several plants.

 

I have the Prius c Four with moonroof and navigation but not the back up camera......I checked all the options for the Four and did not find a back up camera listed for it in Calif.....

 

Back up camera is standard for the 4, but it seems like you got the 3 with moonroof option. Do you have heated seats? If not, you have Trim 3.

 

All new cars come with back up cameras now, its a federal law. Also Prius C is built in Japan only. The only major options are heated seats, moon roof, GPS, other then that the cars are not that different.