New Plug in Prius debut

[FROSTYBALLS]

See http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/new-york-motor-show/94874/plug-in-toyota-prius-charges-up-for-new-york-motor-show

[MEP's Yaris GS]

I await with interest!

[Ancient Nerd]

Based on the introduction of the Gen 3 plug-in, expect another £2,500 to be added to the price.

[johalareewi]

19 hours ago, Ancient Nerd said:

Based on the introduction of the Gen 3 plug-in, expect another £2,500 to be added to the price.

Or £5K.  Gotta soak the government grant up somehow.

[Heidfirst]

iirc maximum grant now is £4500 & for that you need a zero emission range of at least 70 miles which I suspect the plug in Prius won't do. So expect it to only be eligible for £2500.

[Ancient Nerd]

13 minutes ago, johalareewi said:

Or £5K.  Gotta soak the government grant up somehow.

Sadly, that dropped to £2,500 at the start of this month. Thus reducing Toyota GB profit by £2,500 per car.

Thanks to Grumpy Cabbie for the analysis of that, long ago.

The same went for the weasel warranty. TGB claimed that the price of the Gen 3 went up in 2010 to cover the cost of extending the warranty to 5 years. But the increase just happened to reflect the change in exchange rates  GBP to YEN.

[FROSTYBALLS]

Posted and pinned the following back in December -