Canada Prius Prime trim level details

I'm wondering what 'my' dealer will do. this will be the 2nd Prime (also have a Rav4) I buy there.... and I've referred other people.... fingers crossed.

 

Don't wonder... ask!

Consumers aren't passive observers in the marketplace – we're literally in the driver's seat.

 

That’s a good catch. I will be sure to ask my dealer about this as well. That is likely a negotiable fee if you have a relationship with the dealer (ie purchased a vehicle before).

I also noticed that Toyota.ca doesn’t have the $5k federal rebate in the calculator (yet), so that should also be accounted for if crunching numbers. Really wish financing was better than ~7%, but that is the world we live in these days… take the shortest term you can afford if you have to finance all or part of it.

 

Not when the item you're after is in high demand. If this is anything like the Rav4 prime, you grab it while you can.

But I agree- I will ask for a proper bill of sale, now that we have the MSRP.

 

Yes, car supply is highly constrained. I don't think there will be any off-the-lot new Prime purchases this year, certainly not in Ontario. Dealers compete amongst themselves for orders and customer loyalty.

Just noticed another bit of fine print on the build price system. I don't know if it's new. "Vehicle Price" fine print says at the bottom:

Dealer may sell for less. A Toyota Dealership is free to set its own selling price for Toyota products and services.​

I had always thought Toyota Canada made dealers stick to no more than MSRP. Then we got the "dealer fee", and now this, which suggests dealers can sell for over. Be careful out there.

 

When they push that sales agreement across the table for you to sign, look it over carefully, and bear in mind: it is literally a proposal. Virtually everything there is negotiable. There's precious little in it that has to be. If any of the "standard" fees seem preposterous, you can ink them out, revise to zero, or a lower number, have them intialize the revision. Or try to...

BC dealerships (and it's likely country wide) typically have a clause that says in effect "this vehicle can have had damage repaired equivalent to 20% of it's value, and we don't have to disclose it". You could cross out "20%", amend it to "$500".

All of this hinges though, on there not being an impatient line up of buyers behind you. Solidarity, lol.

 

I recall when we concluded our mortgage; after the last instalment there was some sorta “closing” charge, $200~300. Paid it, but seemed preposterous. Not sure if all the banks do that.

 

Title change. Bank's lawyers have to change the title from their name to yours and file it with the proper government (mostly local) agencies.

 

Yikes, but not entirely surprised. Also, it seems these are mostly guesses, so it could also be a lot sooner. Just luck of the draw, really.

I put a deposit in May 2022, and I believe I am near the top of the list for my dealership, but have never been able to get a straight answer from the dealer on ‘position’ on the list… I actually messaged my sales guy today and he doesn’t have any info yet on when he will have any Primes.

The wait continues…

 

It’s curious… I keep thinking that the Prime will be far more popular in Canada because of our tax breaks… and then i have to remind myself that our market is 1/10 that of the US….So yeah, maybe we’re small potatoes. But I really did want to believe we’d see cars starting in May. ☹️

 

I figure Canada will probably sell similar or larger number of Primes due to the incentive difference and market sizes... I assume the bulk of the initial shipments will go to Quebec and BC since they have the biggest incentives, as usual.

Both Prime models (Prius and Rav4) are basically licenses to print money for Toyota - they will sell as many as they can make. Hope they can prioritize production accordingly over other models to ramp up as quickly as possible.

 

toyota has to sell plug ins in the us to get carb credits in california to offset all the land yachts they sell there.
i doubt they make much if anything on primes

 

Fwiw, as of April 6 2023 Toyota USA was still saying May for the first Primes to be at dealers.

The Time is Now for Toyota’s All-New 2023 Prius and Prius Prime - Toyota USA Newsroom

One would hope something similar for Canada. Thus far, I haven’t seen anything that they’re starting with BC and Quebec- last time around they were very clear they’d be doing it that way.