So... anyone else annoyed at the way Lexus Canada priced (and packaged) the HS250h?

For starters, heated seats isn't standard (but leather is) and it starts at $39,900.

Secondly, the Ultra Premium Package gets LED headlights and automatic high beam function. No IPA, DRCC, PCS or LKA and it costs $49k.

By comparison, a loaded Camry Hybrid with nav/leather/moonroof etc is $35k and a loaded Prius (solar roof, DRCC, PCS, IPA, nav, heated seats) is $36.5k

 

Yalls pricing is odd a lot of times. I am assuming you are saying the price is rather high there?

 

so what does a fully loaded HS cost?

 

About $49k plus up to 13% depending on what provice as well as about $1250 delivery. Looking at about 60K out the door.

 

$53 666.55 here in Alberta.....everything in....taxes, delivery, freight, etc.

 

Better stick with a Prius. Save money and get better mileage. Thats just me.

 

The Ford Fusion Hybrid, IMO (if it is available in Canada), is a better choice than either a Prius or HS. The Prius has a superb hybrid drivetrain, but the new 3Gen model has geeky styling and flimsy sheet metal/interior materials....much worse than the 2Gen model. The HS250 has a much more solid body, a more conventional interior, and better-quality interior materials than the Prius, but its drivetrain is not well done, and cannot match either the Prius or the Fusion hybrid in that regard. The Fusion Hybrid seems to have the best of both worlds....good reliability, solid build quality inside and out, and a well-done hybrid drivetrain to boot.

 

I'm not concerned about the pricing moreso the way it's packaged and what we're getting for the price we're paying. Why are people forced to take the Premium Sport just to get heated seats (and have to pay for upgraded suspension and wheels)?? That wouldn't be a problem with the younger crowd but the older one might not like the stiffer suspension.

see above. For other provinces, add PST to CDNRockies' final price.

That's a little light. I think the PDI is closer to $2k

The FFH is available here, yes. It's only advertised in certain provinces. Other provinces have the same commercial but replace the Fusion and Taurus with the F-150 and its various forms lol. Ford's hybrid system has always impressed me esp. since they're the only American manufacturer to have a competitive hybrid powertrain (yes, yes, bounty to Toyota notwithstanding). I've driven both FEHs ('05 and '08) and while the truck itself doesn't impress me, the hybrid system and the way it performs as a hybrid does. I haven't test driven the FFH but I have high hopes for it.

 

http://www.canadiandriver.com/buyers...xus/hs250h.php

 

no matter how you look at it, this car is not worth what they are charging. This is a trendy car for yuppies in big cities, and retirees that have summer homes and hit the golf course 4 times a week