Vancouver BC Prius C

If anyone has any tips about availability, dealers to trust/avoid, price, etc for buying a Prius C in the Vancouver BC area, please let me know. I'm looking at the base model (USA calls this the Prius C Two).

 

Yep, and the Three and Four are called Prius C Technology Standard Package and Prius C Technology Premium Package. To confuse matters further, dealerships refer to those two as the "B Package" and "C Package".

 

Downtown says they have no base models on the lot and that most dealerships are waiting for them to come in by boat. Destination Toyota in Burnaby has a few Technology but no base. One dealership I called has the base model in orange and black, two units only. The orange is a bit garish and black is hard to keep clean... but since I haven't ruled it out, I am not naming them (you can find out easily enough)

Did you pay precisely MSRP, or did you get any significant amount shaved off?

 

I have located one suburban dealership with a Magnetic Grey base model, and they've agreed to hold it with a $500 authorization on my card until I visit tomorrow morning. The price quoted over the phone was exactly MSRP plus dealer fees (plus HST). I doubt I'll be able to get much better than that, but I'll make some effort and I'll bring a friend for moral support. As long as they aren't jacka$$es, there's a good chance I could seal the deal tomorrow.

Galaxy Nexus ? 2

 

Bought it.

Exhausted. I hate hate hate salesmen. Glad I brought a buddy for moral support.

Galaxy Nexus ? 2

 

Well lookie here... in the glove box I found a purchase agreement where the dealership I bought it from purchased it from another location in town.

The original dealership had a pre-delivery sheet that said March 14th, 2012. The purchase agreement for the transfer is dated April 9th, 2012. I bought it a full two months later. I wonder how it lasted so long on the lot?

Here are the details on the internal purchase agreement:

Price of vehicle: $19803.00
AC excise recovery: $100.00
PDI & freight: $1250.00
Total vehicle price / Subtotal: $21153.00

HST: $2538.36
Subtotal: $23691.36

In comparison, my purchase agreement was for $20800.00, freight $1565.00, A/C $100.00, subtotal $22490.00, total $25188.80. So their total pre-tax profit on price was $1337.00.

I guess they gotta make their money somehow.

 

I don't know, but when I requested an invoice price report from carsaver.ca, it gave the same invoice price $19,803 but freight $1,565. So maybe the lower freight amount is for internal transactions.

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