The Ship carrying the first FRS/BRZ to the USA has landed.
 

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My Doc sheet says 4/24 the RORO Ship that is carrying the FRS/BRZ for the USA has landed at Port of Los Angeles (Long Beach, CA). The release is scheduled for 4/30, where it will make it's way by ground freight to dealers.

It is also showing me that the production date of my own FRS on this boat is 3/26. My chassis number is 00348 on the VIN.

Naturally they would not be sequential for the first 86, as we chose the colors and transmission, which have certain schedules in the assembly line process. The cars can't be made in the order of our 86 first in random colors and equipment chosen, as they make them in batches.

So here it is! Our cars are in Long Beach, locked up and clearing customs and docs now! Heading to dealers soon!

Any knowledge of whether there was maybe BRZ's on that boat as well since they all come from the same plant? Also, what was the name of the boat that had them?

Thanks for the info.

Any information on East Coast deliveries of BRZ?

And congratulations.

Moto-san!!!! You're getting everyone excited!!!!!

Awesome! do you know if these are only the first 86 or just the first allocation of them?

Well looking at it from Logistical point of view, it makes no sense to park a big ship just to load 86 cars, so I am assuming it is a pretty significant shipment of FRS and BRZ.

Also, the First 86 was not built to order, but rather selected from available cars in the first batch of many many cars that happened to meet the order requirements. Hence my FRS is #348 and not inside of fist 86 sequential numbers.

That's what I gather, but I could be talking out of my butt. So stay tuned. I am finding more factual information as we speak, daily.

The information about the boat being here in Port of LA, and my car being released for delivery on 4/30. That part is a concrete fact, obtained from sources within. :)

The PR department said that the FRS launch to regular consumer availability is concurrent, so there will be no regional delays or launch phases.

This means the availability of the cars will be simultaneous, only delays in the East may be from the shipping time of logistical matter (ie vehicle transporters can get to Los Angeles from Port of LA, in 1 day, while fastest of trucks can only get to NYC in 4 days.)

Each of the dealerships have certain allocations based on many factors so closest dealers do not necessarily have more dibs. The vehicles will be spread far and wide and relatively fairly.

No idea on the Subaru side though... I don't have any information or close enough contacts there on their side of the sales/distribution plans.

Ah, well thanks regardless Moto-P.

my car was built on 4/4/12 and the boat sailed on the 24th will land in Benicia ca on 5/7/12
I am not sure how to tell what my chassis number i.
I see a vin D****683
or Model number 6253A

There is one BRZ in the uk doing the rounds of the dealerships and Toyota garage is getting their demo on 4july

Dealer told me the price of BRZ secretly yesterday
£25500 and top of the range £26500 although trade in price of my wrxd was not exciting for me

Please god let 10 of those land in Santa Monica by next week. Please!!!!!!!!!!

I hope people in customs aren't doing naughty things to these beautiful cars...

i know right lol :paddle:

Would you not if you were them?

My dealer also called me yesterday and told me my car is at the port and ask me if I want any acc installed at port. He also told me they gonna hold the car until June 1st (sale date) I guess.. But that's my info

Yes seriously...If at least 10 of them go to Santa Monica, ours will be there :)

Hold the car at the port for 4 weeks. Is that normal???

No idea if it's normal, but it seems like a pretty effective way to keep them from being released early...

True, but then why even ship it from Japan so early then?

I got an email today from somebody at Longo, saying there was going to be a release event for a first-86 individual to receive his ride on MAY 2. You?

Logistics can be tricky sometimes I guess? No idea :iono:

Temping. But how would you feel if you've waited for your car for a long time only to have some weebo take a **** pic with it. lol

Still gonn' be forever till we get our cars if we're at the tailend of our GBs/preorder lists, I reckon. Dagnabbit.

Dude, the ship stopped in Portland first and our cars were unloaded on 4/14!
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5139

No, I'm getting mine from Penske Downey.
This might be Miguel, who is a winner in Los Angeles...

The wait is sooooo painful...

The info I got from my Scion Regional Sales Rep yesterday was that First86 deliveries would be in the week of 5/14. Regular sales release would be 6/1. Cars will supposedly be on lock down at the dealers until that date. Presumably so that all the dealers can get their initial cars and then make a sales launch in unison.

I couldn't get on the First86 program cause I work for Toyota (yeah that sucks).

6/1 would be perfect for me.

I am still finalizing the sale of my V6 MR2 Spyder

VIN???
 

anyone get their VIN for a BRZ yet? I am first at my dealer and they haven't heard anything.

Same shit here.................... :mad0259::mad0259::mad0259:

same as well... so frustrating, lots of FR-S folks have confirmation that their car is on the ground, have a VIN, etc, and our BRZs are probably sitting in the next lot over, or the same lot even, and we haven't heard a PEEP. :(

I talked to my distributor, Gulf States Toyota in Houston TX, this morning. He stated all the FR-S cars will to shipped to them by rail after they are unloaded from the port in California. He anticipates that they will receive them next week and then send them out to the dealers.
He did state all First86 winners have to get their cars by May 18.

It appears they will NOT be shipped directly from Japan to Houston as was initially told to us.

I got that exclusive invitation email from Longo and I will be there. They invited the pre order people for this First 86 presentation. I'm #10 on the pre order list.

Hope mine is on that boat!!!

:mad0259::mad0259::mad0259: ugh im gonna kill my dealer, I still have no info at all, besides im #2 and the other person is getting a red FRS MT. They dont even know how many they are getting or even if they can get the one i want. :suicide:

They are tricky, especially customs. They can hold full shipments of containers for over a month because they need to inspect it and a lack of documentation. So long as Japan supplied all the necessary docs, then Customs can be cleared within a week of port arrival.

I still haven't heard from my dealer though even though I'm first in line for my BRZ pre-order. Looks like I have some questioning to do tomorrow when I bring my Legacy in for service. :paddle:

The only people who have any info so far are first 86ers and a few people in Canada with BRZ orders. Nobody in the US besides first 86ers knows their date yet.

yes but Ive heard a few dealers have a good idea as to how many they will be getting, mine hasnt said a word thats what is getting to me

Not quite true. I'm a First 86er and I haven't heard from my dealer. I called THEM and they still don't know. The best information I keep hearing is a May 18th delivery.