Enjoy the Lexus RX400h preview by Joseph Cabadas of the Canadian Auto Press:
http://www.auto123.com/en/info/news/previe...rtid=23355&pg=1

 

Hi Jason:

___Thanks for the RX400h link … Those Canadian’s always get the goods, don’t they

___Good Luck

___Wayne R. Gerdes
___Hunt Club Farms Landscaping Ltd.
___Waynegerdes@earthlink.net

 

This is great competition for those H2's

 

$54,000! Man, I hope there are a lot of rich people out there that want hybrids. That must mean the Highlander will come in over $40K. That's a lot for new technology.

 

Hi AZMerf:

___At today’s exchange, that comes to be about $39.5 K USD for the RXh here in the US which is still a bunch. $39.5 K is not really outrageous for a Lexus RX so the RXh sounds relatively inexpensive by comparison. Then again, the MDX’s are less costly to procure in Canada so there is a possible currency play not evident in the exchange rates. We shall see soon enough.

___Thanks for the link.

___Good Luck

___Wayne R. Gerdes
___Hunt Club Farms Landscaping Ltd.
___Waynegerdes@earthlink.net

 

Thanks Wayne. I thought that was a little high and I agree $40K is a little more manageable which means the Highlander will not be in the stratosphere.

 

the stick up will be around 4-6K is my guesstimate (USD of course)

 

Is the "Stick Up" the premium over and above the MSRP (or just over the non-hybrid version).

I was a local Toyota dealer here in Phoenix asking about the Highlander about 6 weeks ago. Wouldn't even talk to me. First, there was a "very long waiting list" and then there is the $5K premium, "you know." Huge turn off. I called Toyota Motor Corp and complained.

 

over the MSRP of a comparable non-hybrid

 

so that makes prius... 15k over an imaginary non-hybrid car

rah.