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Toyota Orlando wouldn't deal and quoted me $2000 more for a Prius III with leather put on. Couldn't get deal except through this dealership. Tons of cars on other lots to test drive but Daytona Toyota had the deal and the cars with it!!! Am very pleased with their professionalism, no run arounds. Would buy with them again, anytime!
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I am looking to buy Prius II 2012, I checked pricing thru Costco Program but seems like you got better deal without on Prius 3. Only thing is that this dealership is offering life time oil change and life time tire replacement. How much was Prius II at DCH Torrance? Did you have to purchase extended warranty in order to get $23,688 (pre taxes)? Can you provide your sales person name at DCH Torrance? Thanks in adv for any info!!!
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I have a long commute (54 miles one way), and have, over the last eight years, put 266,000 miles on this great little car. The only maintenance has been to replace the catalytic converter, and some routine brake work. Otherwise, I religiously change the oil (at Jiffy Lube) every 5,000 miles, and have the tires rotated as recommended.
I routinely get 52 - 54 MPG in the Spring and Fall. Winters and summers I get ~48, depending on the outside temperature.
I had expected the mileage to go down after the 80K miles battery warranty period, but mileage has remained steady. The only reason I'm getting a new one is that one of my kids just graduated from college, and needs a car. So, my Prius will become a hand-me-down, and I'll get a new one (I'm looking at a Prius IV).
25500 OTD with 3% financing. This includes 2 yrs of maintenance and 3 yrs default warranty. Looking for better financing deal though.
I bought my Prius III for $26,200 out of the door from Toyota 101 in Redwood City, California. It had ~$120 of options (cargo net, rear decal). This was over the Memorial Day weekend. Was very happy with the customer service and the no pressure atmosphere at the dealership.
Thank you!
Can you share who was the salesman you worked with at Dublin Toyota. I am looking to buy Prius3 as well, looks like you got a great deal.
lot of paid price and gas prices are going down so prius are selling below invoice with recent offer i seen on prius chat 2012 ii for 22500 plus ttl.....
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Is there a way to lower int rate? Bought from Tustin Toyota- OC, CA
Had I chosen any other color it would've been $25,400 OTD. I paid $220+tax for the white.
Thanks.
sounds like a real god deal. I have a couple of questions for you,
Could you break the price down, ...before tax, license and fees? I live in the north part of the bay area and my tax rate is 8.375% so I might be getting it a little cheaper.
Also, what options did you get.. ie floor mats, etc..
thanks in advance for your response
What was your tax rate? I am in the north part of the bay area and it would be 8.375% for me.
maybe i can get it a little lower.
Btw, Dublin originally quoted me $25,738.00 BEFORE taxes.
Before tax $23,265.00
Doc fee $55.00
Tax $2,040.50 (I think its 8.75% but the math shows 8.77%)
DMV fee $29.00
Total Cash Price $25,389.50
License Fee $151.00
Reg/Title Fee $90.00
CA Tire Fee $8.75
Total Official Fees $249.75
TOTAL $25,639.25 (this is for Blizzard Pearl White)
I paid $239.25 for the White color thats $220 plus tax. If I didn't get white, any other color would've been $25,400.00 Out the door.
Hope this helps. It's for the Prius 3 with floor mats and no extra options.
I came to Dublin Toyota with a check book ready to make deal today. I'm in Alameda county also. The best OTD Prius 3 blizzard pearl is quoted very high at 27200 by the manager. I forwarded this post to him. He said it's bogus. Either I have to speak to a different manager or he doesn't want do any business today. I even offered at 26k but no deal.
I'm sorry I wish there was some way I can help you out more. But that's definitely the pricing I got and it's not bogus. I pulled those numbers from my Sales Contract. My transaction was done with mainly one person with a little bit of help from a secondary person. I dealt with a Fleet manager.
With my last 3 auto purchases I have never set foot on the delear's lot looking to buy a car, I have only gone there to close the deal negotiated via email/phone.
hope this helps...
I too was shopping to get closer to $25.5K OTD but no dealer could come closer to that.
It is Tustin Toyota in Orange county ,CA
Dealer matched with Penfed so now rate reduced to 1.99 same as credit union... I did this within 72 hours so they could change it...
By knowing what the price of the car is, I can get a better idea of what the cost is to me.
When I solicit offers, I always ask for their best OTD price. I let them know where I am located so they can use the correct sales tax.
In my experience with dealers, they tend to talk about car price +TTL.
We called nearly every dealership in the Bay Area asking for $31,500 OTD with accessories (lower door moldings, all weather mats, all weather cargo mat). The closest we came was with Dublin Toyota at $32,200. However, they were going to have to reach out to their sister dealership in Salinas to have the car sent over by truck. To make a long story short, we backed out of the Dublin deal because they weren't being honest with us. We found out the car was going to be driven (rather than loaded on a truck like they had said) from Salinas to Dublin (90 miles), they couldn't provide us with the initial miles on the car, and they weren't firm on the day it would arrive. They were argumentative, called us liars, and it was just a very unprofessional experience.
So... we went to Toyota Marin who was the only dealership in the Bay Area with the car we wanted. We ended up paying $32,320 OTD without accessories. After accessories the price was around $32,650.
If you're in the Bay Area and looking for a Toyota definitely check out Marin. Customer service was top notch (we felt like we were at a Lexus dealership), they're quick to get back to you, and they don't play games. What more can you ask for??
I want to buy a 2012 Prius III/2 with standard colors and no options. The absolute bottom of the line.
TrueCar.com says:
$24,760=Msrp, $24,317=MarketAverage, $23,741=FactoryInvoice, $23,261=DealerCost
Kelly Blue Book website says:
$24,760=Msrp, $23,881=FairPurchasePrice, $23,320=DealerInvoice
Assuming I don't need financing from the dealer, and assuming the prices above are all-inclusive except tax, license, & doc: what figure should I target in negotiations? To me, $23,000 sounds like an agressive starting point, with $24,000 as a upper bound.
Thanks...Lyle
I live in New Hampshire and we are just about (in a few days) to go to our local dealership to start negotiations on a new Prius 4.
My questions:
1) I know I can get the invoice price here on Edmunds. What are people's experience regarding purchase price? Since I see that the local Prius inventory at 4 local dealerships totals over 100 cars, plus the price of gas has been coming down, it seems that I should be in the driver's seat for negotiations. Can I expect to pay invoice, close to it, above/below?
2) Are dealers typically adding on certain "options"? For example, my local dealership automatically adds floor mats (which is ok), but they also add those wheel locks for approx. $65. Are people seeing this "automatic" add-ons?
Thanks in advance,
Steve
After digging a little bit, I found a manager that's able to give best price 23765 for prius 3 blizzard pearl. OTD come out to ~26110. Overall the experience with Dublin Toyota is great. I got the car last week . They are restocking more blizzard pearl prius 3 now. Look like everyone like that color.
I was looking for 2012 Prius II, Blizzard Pearl, with dark gray interior. I saw an advertisement on OC Register for $21995, thought it was a great deal so I gave them a call. Spoke to Edward E. Reyes (aka Eddie). I asked if they would honor the advertisement and he said yes. Asked for an out the door price for the color and interior that I wanted and he gave me a price for under $24000. That was a great price so I gave him a visit.
When we sat down Eddie then gave me an out the door price of $25103. Still a good price but I asked him why the big difference in price compared to the price he gave me over the phone? He stated that he calculated tax, title, and registration incorrectly. This is a guy that has worked there for over 14 years; with that many years of experience you don't make these type of mistakes. He also stated that the color I wanted, blizzard pearl, is actually $22995 since it was in high demand and that I can get any other color for $21995; funny thing is that http://toyota.com states that it's only a $220 premium over any other color. I then asked if I can purchase one in black and without checking his inventory he stated that they did not have any in black. This is after him saying that they have the largest inventory of Prius of all of California.
I commented to Eddie that I felt I was getting the 'bait and switch' treatment and he went nuts. He catapulted out of his chair and started yelling at us. Saying something along the lines of "that is insulting, I never do that... I take that very personal." He even said "our business is done here... I think you should leave!" He was so loud I think people across the street heard him. Worst part is that he ran to the receptionist area ranting to all his colleagues like we committed some type of crime. Who yells at their customers, kicks them out, and accuses the customer of doing anything wrong? WTF!
Pissed that I just got verbally rapped by the salesman, I got up and left to Miller Toyota in Anaheim. Wow, what a difference in customer service. Dean and John were very nice and helpful. Without any haggling I got the same car for $40 dollars more. Not as good a deal but worth it.
Thanks Toyota of Orange for helping me staying away from your dealership forever!
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Carsdirect = $23870 (probably includes $760 destination)
KBB = $23,515 (not sure if this includes $760 destination)
Edmunds = $22,560 (does not seem to add the $175 for special paint. Does not include $760 destination)
Truecar = $22,560 (does not include $760 destination)
One possible reason the invoice prices are so different could be the ad fee being added in to the invoice price (around $550). Does anyone know what the actual invoice price is for the 2012 two without the destination or ad fees (with or without the special paint)?
There must be some incentives out there since John Elway is selling the two for $21388.
I am pretty sure there is some greater than normal pressure on moving these, but I am not sure how dealers are selling these below invoice. Except that the "invoice" they show is not their real invoice anyway so I am guessing that the price paid is really below $22560 anyway. I also looked at the sales data from Toyota and found that the Prius sales have fallen about 1/3rd since March (to June) while gas prices are down about 10% since then.
My opinion is that the Prius is a pretty unexciting car that gets sexier as gas prices go up, and the opposite is also true The same could be said for many of the Toyota line up though. I could care less about those things though, the Prius seems to be a good fit for me.
Yes, the $20,999 was the total price. There were no additional fees. I was shocked because the lowest quote that I could find (before Maguire Toyota) was this: $21,899 plus $389 dealer fee plus $750 destination fee. AND that dealer told me that there was no way that I could get a 2012 Prius Two for $20,999. I did end up spending a little over $200 in my transportation costs (plus 4.5 hours driving each way). But I'm also going to save about $150 on taxes in my state registration (I'm registering it tomorrow). Ithaca seemed like a cool college town, not that I was there long. I have no idea about sales numbers, I really bought the Prius for the MPGs, but now, I think the car is pretty exciting. Even the base model has outstanding features.