Scheduled 2010 Toyota Prius product training today for all of the sales reps and sales management in the store. We will be attending Prius training sessions for the Boston Region during the week of June 8th-11th. It’s exciting to know this car is getting close and we will have a staff capable of handling the already growing list of 2010 Toyota Prius customers we look forward to sharing this knowledge with.
Archive for May, 2009
Toyota Camry Hybrid….NASCAR…..Really?
I heard about this a few weeks back and waited to comment….mostly because I don’t know how “hybrid” it is to race cars, but I guess I should be happy that NASCAR has decided to have a Toyota Camry Hybrid as the pace car for the 50th running of the Coca Cola 500.
Here is the official info from Toyota pit pass…..
TORRANCE, Calif. (April 21, 2009) — When a Toyota Camry Hybrid leads the 43-car starting field to the green flag for the 50th running of the Coca-Cola 600 (Fox, 5:00 p.m., ET) at Lowe’s Motor Speedway (LMS), it will mark the first time in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) history a hybrid vehicle will serve as the ‘official’ pace car for an entire race.
Before being approved to serve as the pace car for the upcoming May race the Camry Hybrid had to pass a NASCAR-mandated performance test. In order to qualify as a pace car for the race at LMS, a vehicle is required to reach speeds close to 100 miles per hour from a stand-by position near the exit of pit road to the time it reaches the exit of turn two, a distance of approximately one-quarter-mile.
So there it is folks, love it or think it’s a venue that is an odd combination….NASCAR and Camry Hybrid, what’s next? I guess we wait and see.
My sister just got a 2009 Prius!
So I’m very excited for my little sister, last night she made the drive down from the Greater Portland area of Maine to pick up her new Prius that she leased from us here at Acton Toyota Scion of Littleton Ma. She has owned quite a few Hondas I must admit…. but I now have done my job as a brother of selling her a Toyota. The best part is although I’m a huge fan of the Toyota Prius I wasn’t the “salesperson” of the idea. She was originally looking to purchase a used Honda Ridgeline, so we found one for her.
After weighing options between the Honda Ridgeline, Honda CRV lease or a new Rav4 lease she asked “what about a Toyota Prius?” Now I got excited for her, this is an amazing car and an easy vehicle for me to “sell.” We looked over some attractive lease figures with the lease programs available and decided a completely equipped gray Prius would be the choice to test drive. I showed her a few features, let her take it out for a ride and upon returning you could tell by the big smile on her face that this was her new car. A couple of questions and some brotherly “you need to buy snow tires” advice from me and she confirmed, “ This is my new car!”
With the 2010 Prius pre-order rush on the 2009 inventory, specials, programs and promotions are looking great. The 2009 Prius are going to sell out quickly. I’m sure we will end up in an inventory position similar to $4.00 gas prices and 6 month waiting periods of not so long ago. I’m glad she took advantage of getting a Prius now and am happy for her.
Craig
