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No more Prius's....

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by ImeanGreen, Apr 10, 2012.

  1. ImeanGreen

    ImeanGreen Prius v Five BP Brigade #236

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    Could not find a single prius at my local dealership and no wonder. Toyota sold over 27K(other data says over 28K) Prius's for the month of March alone. This means that the price for a prius can go up or sold at sticker price. Honda sold around 2K of the Insight even with the Insight sold at a lower price.
    http://hybridcars.com/news/march-2012-dashboard-44059.html
     
  2. ChipL

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    Just back from a trip to mid-state Pa, and heard that from family up that way when they saw my Prius.

    A quick check of cars.com in my area is showing little or no discount in the DC area right now. Surprising how 30 to 45 days changes things. VERY happy that I bought mine back in late February... :cheer2:
     
  3. dustoff003

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    Find a Prius, I could not find your local dealer, Somewhere out there Toyota or Toyota of Somewhere out there brought no search results.:p
     
  4. ImeanGreen

    ImeanGreen Prius v Five BP Brigade #236

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    lol. Have you checked your local dealer lately? Here is where the other 10K units went for the month of march. :)
    Toyota Prius sales surge 54% from a year earlier to monthly record
     
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    I thought that might happen, that's why I bought mine in late February, sooner than I planned. Now it seems I got a great deal. :D
     
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    :) As I mentioned, I know that feeling....
     
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    Wish I knew that feeling :/...maybe with gas prices dropping towards the end of this month a used 2010 might drop to below 18k here in Texas. Dealers aren't negotiating much with the current price if gas
     
  8. markrivers

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    Here in SoCal, there are a lot of Prii at the dealer's lot.
    You won't get any incentives though.. you'll be paying sticker price.

    As for going with the "USED" route.. i don't recommend it.
    You'll still be paying more and most Prii owners that i know tend to keep their cars for a long time, hence the low supply for a Used one.
     
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    They're available here, for an arm and two legs! Hard to find even a liftback II for under 27k!
     
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    Touché...there are some new 2011 Prius listing for 22.5...gotta go new for the slight price increase
     
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    We still have some on the lots but not that many they are selling well. I have been seeing more v's around the island, still have not noticed a c yet. Driving home from work yesterday I had a real Prius nerd moment I saw a Gen. I ahead of me I passed him and there was a Gen. II in front of him so there was the Gen II, me in my Gen III and the Gen I caboose all in a line going down the freeway.



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    problem with that quote is that stat is 1 year old, March 2012 they sold 27800 units and 1032 insights. so more PRI and even less insights.

    March 2012 Dashboard | Hybrid Cars

     
  14. ImeanGreen

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    Thanks for the correction MattPersman. BTW, I also added an update in post # 4.
     
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    A local dealer here has 29! I didn't know there was a shortage
     
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    The real shortage is with the Fives. Especially around here. Gulf State Toyota is not bring hardly any to this whole region. Just a few a month. I know someone that works there and saw the list of incoming cars. I finally said screw this and I'm buying out of California. If I'm gonna pay this kind of dough for a prius, I'm getting exactly what I want. Even with shipping to southeast texas, it's still saving me $. We bought TWO! :whoo:
     
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    People are like sheep. Last Jan Toyota couldn't give away a Prius because of the bad press. Now with gas prices rising, everybody and their cousins suddenly want to get behind the wheel of one.
     
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    Bought my '12 model 4 with solar package a month ago. Paid $200 under invoice at DCH Simi Valley, CA. A friend bought a model 3 with sunroof there two weeks ago for $100 over invoice. There are plenty in SoCal and there's lots of price competition if you know how to play the game; i.e., internet contacts and the ability to wait, or buy right away.
     
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    When we got our Prius 2 weeks ago there were all models available and negotiating prices down was not a problem.
     
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    I bought mine 2 week's ago and didn't feel there was any shortage either. It probably depends on where you are.