Traded my Prius for a CT!

Congrats, from the title, I thought you bought a Cadillac.

 

Evidently The Prius didn't match your priorities in vehicle ownership.
If you're happy? Then I'm happy for you.
For me, if I'm committing to hybrid purchase and ownership, then efficiency is a huge aspect. The loss in MPG would keep me from making this move.
But if interior refinement and "sports" handling balance out that loss for you? Then Congratulations.

Out of morbid curiosity did you ever consider the new Gen 4 Prius?

 

I was going to purchase another Prius five and ended up buying a CT.. I did not know Lexus made the car. I had another car in the shop and I noticed it . We have a lightly optioned car. We still have the Prius in the mix ... and we don;t often need the back seat or the trunk .. so the CT works for us.

The seats are nicer ... it's an all around nicer interior over the Prius. It must be remembered that the Prius is all about about efficiencies - The CT is nice compromise for us. I get around 46mpg vs 55 with the Prius on a particular loop.

 

gorgeous! congrats, all the best. can you give us a console pic?

 

I got to agree on your observation of the 2017 Prius's interior, I like the looks of the Gen 3 much more. The glossy white bathtub style center console is rediculous. It looks like it doesn't belong there....what were they thinking?

 

Why not swap out the wheels on the CT for something lighter? Not gonna be cheap (per the saying: light, strong, cheap - pick two)

 

CT200h is a nice car inside, if not a tad tight in there, buy really one of the best driver oriented interiors in the normal Lexus line. I liked it. Newer nose job better too. Otherwise, it's too close to it's Matrix/Vibe lineage to justify the price of the thing. Lexus does a nice job of isolation on cars. I drove a CT200h in Florida while waiting for service to be completed on my father in law's Lexus last Summer. We also tried out a new ES, which is really just a very fluffed up Camry, to compare to their LS. Both cars drove well, but there was little indication about anything that was going on outside. I guess that's what they try to achieve, so in that regard they were spot on.

Besides being a slightly portly car for its size, the CT200h is set back by not having the greatest aerodynamics in the world, but it seems to work pretty well as a hybrid. You should be able to get a few MPG above the rated EPA numbers in the city with only a small amount of driving care. With all the years of hybrid driving experience, I was able to get pretty good numbers from the quick 17 mile drive I took, mostly in urban conditions with a short squirt on the I-4. The car was a demo and had about 500 miles on the ODO. There was no F-Sport there, so didn't drive that.

 

Thats one car that I haven't looked at yet seen on pictures and on eBay but not sat in one is the boot much smaller than a prius they seem to be on the same price as the prius gen 3 which the lexus just seems to be a lot more for the money are there any cons to the lexus over the prius etc

Thank you

 

No picture was posted, so here are some for you. It's a very nice interior, way more luxury than Prius. Really too bad they didn't carry the theme over to Prius. Would have been nice. The new 4th Gen Prius is not nearly a driver's interior, and even less so than 3 Gen. Using the ct200h dash would have helped the new version quite a lot.

 

A dirty job, someone has to do it. <GRINS>

Seriously, I'm glad for you. A Prius is not for everyone but for those who like 'em. You've got the ride you want and that is all that matters.

Bob Wilson

 

The CT is working out well for us - 5 months 8k. We still have our 2011 Prius. The CT replaced another larger car. Even lightly optioned as our CT is, it priced out a bit above a base Prius five w/o technology package ... 30k. The highly optioned CT's are pushing 40k ... even heavily discounted they are expensive against the competition.

With fuel low in price, I'm sure all hybrids are more difficult to sell. The Prius was such a surprise -- it's the perfect extra car for our family. We have two weekend houses out of the city -- so we are always going back and forth. The trips are all about 1.5 hours -- 60-70 or so miles. The CT was another experiment .... I'm enjoying the nicer seats. This summer will be a good test regarding the CT's smaller cargo capacity.

Our sales person indicated that they sell a lot of CT's to people who already have another Lexus -- they want a second (or third) car with no worries attached. The Prius makes more economic sense ... but I understand the Lexus ownership experience (we have purchased a few). We keep our cars a long time ... if I get the 150k of worry free and inexpensive miles out of the CT as I have from the Prius ...will be happy.