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SunSeeker

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21. Yes, it's still all plastic inside, with terrible body roll in corners.

Reply to TheBlackAdder (Reply #13)

Thu Nov 25, 2021, 02:51 PM

Nov 2021

What you're really paying for with the RAV4 Prime is the incredible PHEV powertrain with AWD. Its powertrain is completely different from the regular gutless RAV4. But that incredible PHEV powertrain is a little hard to justify at the $50k MSRP, let alone the jacked up $96k.

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Oakland Toyota dealership accused of 'price gouging,' reportedly asking $96K for a RAV4, double MSRP [View all] Demovictory9 Nov 2021 OP

For $96,000, it better secretly be a corvette Stingray. LiberatedUSA Nov 2021 #1

For that price you could buy a Mercedes GT63, Audi E-Tron, or a Porsche Taycan. Initech Nov 2021 #25

It's not just an ordinary RAV4. It's a RAV4 Prime, fully loaded. SunSeeker Nov 2021 #2

are Chevy dealers any beter? pstokely Nov 2021 #4

I'll never step foot in a Chevy dealership again so I don't know. But Ford dealers don't do that. SunSeeker Nov 2021 #22

The fact is the mark up was 40K, and anyone who pays that is an idiot. If someone is willing to JohnSJ Nov 2021 #5

True. nt SunSeeker Nov 2021 #24

You can polish a RAV4 and it's still a RAV4. TheBlackAdder Nov 2021 #13

Yes, it's still all plastic inside, with terrible body roll in corners. SunSeeker Nov 2021 #21

Way, way back around 1980 when there was a gas crisis, Tomconroy Nov 2021 #3

I don't see it as price gouging. Sherman A1 Nov 2021 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Nov 2021 #7

It is a bizarre sense of entitlement claiming that a luxury good should be cinematicdiversions Nov 2021 #10

I never heard of Dealer Added Markup DFW Nov 2021 #8

When Buick had the $30K GNX, dealers were marking them up to $45K. TheBlackAdder Nov 2021 #14

Never even heard of it DFW Nov 2021 #15

I worked for a division of GM and bought a fully loaded Grand National for $12.5K. TheBlackAdder Nov 2021 #16

Ever since I started spending most of my time here, I only bought locally made cars DFW Nov 2021 #18

There are many times that new Corvette's sell for way over sticker price Bengus81 Nov 2021 #9

I was checking out the prices of new Ravs since the one I have is 9 years old. Vinca Nov 2021 #11

It's a starting price for negotiation Klaralven Nov 2021 #12

Shop at the Hayward or Richmond auto malls like normal people. Sympthsical Nov 2021 #17

It's comes with a free Toyota Corolla in case the Rav 4 breaks down. brooklynite Nov 2021 #19

People sometimes get indignant when dealers charge over MSRP MichMan Nov 2021 #20

Just one example of how the dealer-franchise monopoly system rips off people pecosbob Nov 2021 #23