zzdcar
Home
/
Reviews
/
Culture
/
This Impossibly Clean 500,000-Mile Toyota Prius Is Probably Nicer Than Your Car
This Impossibly Clean 500,000-Mile Toyota Prius Is Probably Nicer Than Your Car-July 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:12:07

Image for article titled This Impossibly Clean 500,000-Mile Toyota Prius Is Probably Nicer Than Your Car

A used car dealership is South Carolina picked up this impossibly clean Toyota Prius with a staggering 546,896 miles on the odometer, and it couldn’t be more thrilled.

“When the owner saw this car come up he thought the milage was a typo. Then he saw how clean it was he was like ‘I don’t care if we make a dollar on this. We can use it as a runner or sell it. It’s too fun not to buy,’” Randy Kennedy, manager at Southern Motor Company in North Charleston, South Carolina told Jalopnik. “We couldn’t even originally list it on the used car sites because they don’t allow anything over 400,000 miles.”

Kennedy is pretty confident the car was used as some sort of corporate runner right there in Charleston. It’s only had one owner and no accidents, and there aren’t records of it spending any time at a dealership. It doesn’t even seem to have a scratch or dent on it. Despite that, the charging system, the battery and the hybrid set up all work perfectly. There are even newish tires on the car, but what’s really jaw dropping is there interior, which is (charmingly) narrated by Southern Motor Company employee Chad:

“It looks like no one has ever even sat in the back of this car!” he says in the video. Even the color on the leather and fabric interior looks as vibrant as it did when new.

They did manage to get the car listed on the used car sites out there by using a 0 in the milage field. The milage is clearly in the listing however, and Southern Motor Company has already received calls from folks interested in picking up the long haul Prius. The price to get you into a half-million mile vehicle? $10,989 (oh brave new world with such used car prices in it!)

But I get the distinct impression the guys at Southern Motor Company want to hold on to this one anyway. They’re completely jazzed about it and are currently working with the auction website to find out who owned the car originally and hope to update us on just what kind of A-type personality put over 91,000 miles a year on this car while keeping it in perfect condition.

These Prii are quite tough, and even the earlier models can take a beating for hundreds of thousands of miles, like this on it. The Prius may not be at the forefront of automotive technology anymore, but it. Whoever picks up this Prius could probably enjoy it for many more miles.

Comments
Welcome to zzdcar comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
Culture
2024 Kia EV9: What Do You Want To Know?
2024 Kia EV9: What Do You Want To Know?
At long last, we are about to get behind the wheel of for the first time. Sure, , and sure, , and sure , but hey — what can you do? Anyway, before we get behind the wheel of this three-row electric beast, we want to know what you...
Jul 11, 2025
Watch ABS Fail When MotorWeek Tests A 1997 Chevy S-10
Watch ABS Fail When MotorWeek Tests A 1997 Chevy S-10
MotorWeek’s is some of the on the internet. The long-running automotive news magazine has a treasure trove of tests after being on the air for over 40 years. Where else can you find detailed instrumented testing of long-forgotten cars like the or a ? MotorWeek’s recent Retro Review upload is...
Jul 11, 2025
I Entered My Lifted Miata In A Real Off-Road Race, Here's What Happened
I Entered My Lifted Miata In A Real Off-Road Race, Here's What Happened
I have two automotive loves: The first is the Miata, the second is off-road racing. For a while I raced air-cooled Volkswagens in the deserts of California and Nevada and I was lucky enough to co-drive in a class 11 stock bug in the Baja 1000 a few years...
Jul 11, 2025
Subaru Had It Right All Along
Subaru Had It Right All Along
When first came to the United States, it sold small funky cars that were decidedly un-American. As the company grew its own identity and became more established in the U.S., it became the first automaker to offer an all-wheel-drive passenger car in 1975. Subaru was also an early-adopter of...
Jul 11, 2025
I Can't Get Enough Of This YouTuber Who Builds Tiny, Fully Functional Scale-Model Cars
I Can't Get Enough Of This YouTuber Who Builds Tiny, Fully Functional Scale-Model Cars
I love tiny, of . I have a that is roughly half the size of a normal cat, and she’s perfect. I own a 2013 , which is like the miniature version of a normal-sized vehicle (at least here in Texas) — but beyond that, I also own a Hot...
Jul 11, 2025
Toyota Is Moving A Prewar 700-Ton Press Machine Halfway Around The World
Toyota Is Moving A Prewar 700-Ton Press Machine Halfway Around The World
closed its São Bernardo Plant in November 2023, marking the end of its first overseas production facility. The closure caps off a period of continuous car production in São Paolo, , lasting over 60 years. The plant was home to a Komatsu 700-ton press that predates itself. And now...
Jul 11, 2025
Copyright 2023-2025 - www.zzdcar.com All Rights Reserved