A potential car-buying trip for a hybrid Toyota RAV4 turned into an eye-opening comparison of sticker prices.
One logical choice is to replace the RX 350 with a Toyota RAV4 prime hybrid. It’s slightly smaller than the RX but still large enough to carry stuff. It’s a plug-in hybrid. That means it has a larger battery than a regular hybrid. The extra kilowatt hours allow the car to go an advertised 42 miles on electric power alone. It can go more than 500 miles on a full tank of regular gas at 38 mpg.
It’s definitely not as glitzy as the Lexus. But we live in Texas Hill Country. Out here, ground clearance is at least as important as glitz.I told the salesperson I wanted to learn about the RAV4. I was undecided about getting a plain hybrid or a plug-in. Plug-ins were very hard to get, I was told, maybe one or two a year came in. I looked at an already-sold regular hybrid. It passed muster for size. But I decided the RAV4 plug-in would be a better choice.
Next day I received an email from the salesperson: Mysteriously, a plug-in RAV4 was about to be available. Did I want it?But a surprise was coming. The dealer price, according to the salesperson, “includes factory, distributor and dealer-installed packages and accessories.” The total?It turns out this kind of dealer pricing isn’t common, but it isn’t that unusual, either. A dealer south of Austin had a similar premium over MSRP. A
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