New Prius?????

I recently drove almost 150 miles to a Toyota dealer in another state to purchase my third Prius - a specific model and color Prius – a 2013 cherry black Persona – after arriving at the dealership I was told that the car had approximately 1,900 miles on the odometer. I asked if the car was a “used “ car and was told that it was not used that the mileage was due to a VIN mix-up and then used as a demo. and company exec. Car. I should have asked what a VIN mix-up had to do with mileage but didn’t think to do that. I later learned that the car had been used by other consumers to do a good amount of traveling. When I called the dealer and spoke to the General Manager, I was told that as long as the car had not been titled he was permitted to sell it as new and in that state it could have as many as 7,000 miles on the odometer. Any comments or advice as to what my next step, it any, should be.

 

My complaint is not the number of miles, after all I bought knowing that number. What my complaint is that the car was used by another consumer who put most of those miles on it, not the dealer or his people – and it was represented to me a s a “new” car – I feel that it should have been sold as “used” given that another consumer had either bought or borrowed the car prior to my purchase and I would have had the opportunity to negotiate based on used car value not new car MSRP or dealer invoice.