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Originally Posted by Quentin
Considering how little work is put into selling Scions...
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It's trickle down from TMS's decision last year to allow Scion dealers to voluntarily terminate the franchise with no hard feelings. That, combined with skinny gross profit margins and a lack of incentives compared to the Toyota side doesn't inspire dealers, managers or sales staff.
The result is that the remaining dealers got the message and focused more on the bread and butter Toyota vehicles while Scion sales slid from their peak of 173,034 to 68,321 last year and would've been far less without FR-S.
TMS hasn't completely abandoned the brand what with three major changes supposedly coming soon, but they've consolidated regional operations, reassigned field staff to the Toyota side and instead are looking to Europe for growth.
At least we'll be getting FR-S v.2.0 around April 2016 if the rumor mill is accurate, that's encouraging.
To the OP, Pure Pricing is a myth in the Portland Region. Unless the dealership is in a captive metro like Anchorage with the next dealership hours away on hazardous roads, this is a good time to negotiate. Few incentives outside of APR and deferred payments, but you have time on your side until tomorrow night. Good luck!