2023 Prius Prime - official prices paid thread

I did this same lease with 4500 rebate deal in July on a Prime XSE Premium. Per this post (Thanks Bozi), I registered and logged into the TFS site just a few days after the lease contract was signed and was able to get the expected payoff amount. And I also got my credit union payoff check soon after and sent it off to TFS. Toyota received my payoff check on 8/14 but it still hasn't processed as they are currently having payoff delays as their site has this posted at the top of the page when you sign into your account.

"Lease Purchase Transaction Processing Delay
We are currently experiencing delays in processing lease purchase transactions. Our team is working diligently to expedite the process."

My 2nd lease payment is due on 9/1 and as of today, per a call to TFS, and since they have not been able to process my lease payoff check yet, my lease is still technically "open". So, per the call and a review of my contract, if I don't get notification that my lease payoff has processed by 9/9, I'll probably make that 2nd lease payment (which will eventually be reimbursed after the lease payoff is processed) in order to avoid any possible impacts/alerts/etc. Per my contract, I have until 9/10 before any late fees/alerts assessed. Per the TFS call, the delays are due to some new system they are implementing. The TFS rep said they usually turn those payoff checks around in 4 days but for now they're taking around 20 days due to that ongoing system upgrade.

 

Prime was 48000 in Europe with a 8000 grant , so 40k.

 

I'm not in calif, but if one plans an immediate lease buy out, is there any advantage (tax wise) to put as much down as possible when getting the car?

 

I believe so b/c you are only paying sales tax on the buyout value/ I had put down $ 9000 pls the $4500 from Toyota, so I only paid the 7.5% CA sales tax on about 20K.

 

Thanks. Any idea what is typically the max amount one can put down on a toyota lease for a priusP ?

 

What kind of discounts are you seeing? The best I can get is 32.5k on a Prime SE.

 

SE is very hard to find; so, you won’t get much discount. XSE Premium is way overstocked, and you could get a several-thousand-dollar dealer discount.

 

Where are you seeing this? I am not seeing any discounts. Do you know the name of any dealer taking a few thousand off of an XSE. They won't budge around here.

 

$32.5k on an SE is a great deal. I got mine for slightly less. Based on my own research and some data from couple of car brokers, a good discount seems to be within the $1500 - $2500 range for the Prius Prime SE. Now the time to buy IMO. There's decent inventory levels and who knows what will happen to the EV tax credit, let alone the loophole that allows us to get $4500 off.

 

Not in my experience. In my prius prime SE hunting of nov/dec of 2024 (i.e., very recently), I found many prius prime SEs available in the eastern part of the US. And I found at least two dealers (one in NY and the other in WV) willing to go $2,200 below msrp on their prius prime SE (and that was over and above the $4,500 TFS lease credit).

 

How much are you all ending up with after buying out your lease?

 

I paid sticker price-with no dealer markup $35899 before taxes and fees. January 2024 in Kansas

 

$37,000 for a 3,000mi Certified Prime XSE Premium +taxes and fees near Reading, PA. A similar car with 5,000mi, a bit closer, is showing an asking price of $43,997. I showed them the other dealer's asking price of $38,000 and they said if they're asking $38k, they'd buy it of $42k. Sales Manager told me they'd had it on the lot for 69 days and only wanted to get out of it what he had in it. Not sure why it hadn't moved in that long but it's in my driveway now.

 

I leased a 2024 Prius Prime SE in Upstate NY at the end of December.
MSRP: $34,878
Discount: $2,395
Selling Price: $32,483
Doc / DMV / Gov Fees: $900ish
Sales Tax: $2,211.62 (6.625% NJ)

Toyota finalized my lease buyout today, so my final OTD price with the $4,500 lease credit is: $31,960.07.

I ended up saving roughly $36xx.xx by leasing/immediate buyout vs. financing.

 

Sad to say, but after a quarter century, I'm moving on from the Prius, which I've been driving since the original North American 2001 launch model. I don't understand what's up with Prius pricing up here in Canada. It's actually slightly more than the fully loaded and much more powerful Camry XSE, so I'm getting a Camry.

CA$39289.58 (US$28367) - 2025 Corolla XSE AWD Standard Package*
CA$47314.58 (US$34161) - 2025 Prius Limited AWD Standard Package*
CA$47289.08 (US$34143) - 2025 Camry XSE AWD Standard Package*

*These "Standard Package" trims for these Hybrid models are actually fully loaded. There are no other trims available in these tiers. The Camry XSE Standard in Canada is the same as the XSE Hybrid AWD with Premium Plus Package in the US.

 

I get that the Canadian prices are really high and it’s not fair that you don’t have the same options.

For a fair comparison I do think the actual price for the US Prius Limited AWD is higher than what you are quoting. I would have picked a Limited AWD if it was $34,000. Without add ons I was looking at $37,900.

The Camry is a better choice especially if you don’t need a hatchback.

 

Actually, I think for the most part the prices are cheaper up here, especially if you want the higher end trims, but it was specifically the Prius Limited that was out of whack here. In the past it made sense that the Prius had a price premium over those sedans since it was a hybrid and had the AWD option, but these days both the Corolla and the Camry also have Hybrid AWD.

The Prius XLE trim overall is reasonably priced, but it doesn't include a wireless charger for some strange reason. To get a wireless charger means spending over CA$6000 more to get the Limited trim. For the Camry it comes stock on all trim levels (even the base SE), and for the Corolla LE you can get it as an option with the LE Upgrade. (There is no Camry LE in Canada.)

 

The charger in the Prius is basically useless anyway if you use Android Auto or Apple Car Play. The phone just gets too hot if it's trying to wirelessly charge in that confined space while the CPU is also generating heat doing the streaming. The wireless chargers in the Corolla and Camry are a much better practical design even if they take up more center console space.