Toyota bz4X

Good update. Very different car to the M3 and nice to hear a report from someone who has swapped over. You got a brilliant deal there.

Just went in the local Toyota for my 3rd servicing of the Bz4x (45k km) at 14 months. We'll see what the service price is from now one.... anyway... I saw this Bz4x in the showroom, and it seemed to be a higher version (cameras all around, including in the rear view mirrors and the front of the car, roof rails, infrared heating panels, etc.

I asked the man there if there is a price increase and he said no, and it's being sold with the normal price. Which in the website is around 43k, but their car finance calculator only has 48k as a sale price.

Anyone with an idea what is the actual price of the Bz4x nowadays?

Thank you.

I was of the impression that they only sold the Sport version in Ireland.

The 1st one I got in 2023 was Sport, and so was the 2nd one, I got in March 24.

I know they have another more basic edition, but as far as I knew, that wasn't sold here.

It is kinda' given when you go in with PCP, and I realized that from the get-go. On the flip side, in 2020 I got my 1st new car, a CHR SOL, which I returned 3 years later and only lost 2k from the "new"price…..amazing times, when I had a huge positive equity, which allowed me to comfortably get the 1st Bz4x.

Times are different now though, but I like risk. I bought my 1st EV in 2016, a 2014 Leaf, without trying it before, except the day I bought it. No regrets whatsoever. I have friends still deciding if they want to switch to EV, so I appreciate we are all wired differently.

home charger rates, plus my employer kinldy offers free charging at work (240km away thugh). To me personally, the car fits like a glove.

Toyota does not produce the most visually exciting cars (I am talking about the normal, average models) and I was aware if it when choosing the brand.

I find the interior very "correct", no more no less. The weekly return trip I take to Dublin ( from Galway) is extremelly comfortable, I feel no stiffness after 3 hours continuous driving.

The biggest flaw of these cars is the infotainment piece, which is still back in the 2000's. My Leaf had better options (except the display quality) than the Bz4x. But I also knew that when I bought it and managed my expectations.

If you know what you are getting into, it is an excellent purchase.

I can't compare with the rivals EV6, Ionic5 as I have never been into one, but I admit, looking through the side window, they look years ahead of the bz4x.

2025 bz seems to have cameras all around. I can spot the camera on the wing mirror going past. I heard somewhere it was an standard upgrade, probably to try keep it competitive.

Didn't know about infra red heaters too.

Thank you for the info Vimal.

I'll be sure to shop around for my next service, even though, hopefully I'll get a new bz4x by that time.

Finance deal was also great. They don't even consider the extra kilometers we run in PCP. They just consider only the resale value. In terms of resale value, I lost some money because bz4x price from that time of 52K reduced to 42K now, Two years back, I remember the original dealer in South Dublin calculated 40 cents for each extra km as per the PCP contract.