Moto Miwa: First batch of BRZ's and FRS left Japan for Long Beach, CA

[Spaceywilly]

I won't quote you, but the imagery on that is from 3/30/11

[Guff]

Originally Posted by Spaceywilly

I won't quote you, but the imagery on that is from 3/30/11

Shiiiiitttttttttt...

I thought this website was really up to date...


Disregard me, im an idiot...

[dwcnmv]

Originally Posted by Spaceywilly

They are for general consumption other than the ones on Seijin



There are 3 ships he mentions
Dionysos Leader - Customer cars - left Vancouver, heading towards Tacoma, WA - ETA 4/27 1100
Seijin - Press/Dealer cars - left Yokohama, destination: US RIC (can't find anything about this) - ETA 5/8 1900
Polaris Ace - Unknown cars, probably customer cars - left Yokohama, headed for Canada (VIC.PS unknown port) - ETA 5/6 1100

Please have a WRB Limited on Dionysos. Maybe one for me! After all I live in Tacoma. I might have to drive by the port to see if I can spot anything after work tomorrow.

[Dave-ROR]

yeah the Richmond port is for Richmond, CA..

so only one likely candidate near RI currently

[Spaceywilly]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

Apollon Leader was just in Baltimore, so it's in the area....
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shi...00&header=true

Couple of auto carriers around Richmond (sorta) but none of NYKs.. a few seem to be going to/coming from NC so probably shipping BMWs from the Greer plant.

Actually I think Richmond's port is dead anyways.. found references to Subaru there but can't ID a auto port there.. :shrug: maybe it was for Richmond, CA? dunno.

The next destination for that one is Davisville (RI)

Also I finally found a list of the port codes. US RIC (destination of Seijin) is Richmond.

http://www.photius.com/seaports/

[MmmHamSandwich]

Originally Posted by Spaceywilly

The next destination for that one is Davisville (RI)

Also I finally found a list of the port codes. US RIC (destination of Seijin) is Richmond.

http://www.photius.com/seaports/

The Seijin is likely headed to Richmond in Canada.

I can assure you they aren't coming to Richmond, VA.

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by Spaceywilly

The next destination for that one is Davisville (RI)

Also I finally found a list of the port codes. US RIC (destination of Seijin) is Richmond.

http://www.photius.com/seaports/

Nice! Davisville = Quonset Point!!

Looks like we might have found the actual first BRZs for the EC

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by MmmHamSandwich

The Seijin is likely headed to Richmond in Canada.

I can assure you they aren't coming to Richmond, VA.

Richmond, CA might be a Subaru port also.. it was in 2011 according to a news release I read.

http://richmondconfidential.org/2011...ichmond-debut/

[MmmHamSandwich]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

Richmond, CA might be a Subaru port also.. it was in 2011 according to a news release I read.

http://richmondconfidential.org/2011...ichmond-debut/

Possibly. Didn't realise that was separate from San Fran's port.

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

Nice! Davisville = Quonset Point!!

Looks like we might have found the actual first BRZs for the EC

Oh and they arrive tomorrow.. so if spacey swings by tomorrow we might have confirmation

Starting to doubt it a bit though. Apollon Leader has been to Balt and Jax. Both VW ports IIRC.. Davisville is also a VW port.. too bad we can't see more history to see where it started at.

[Enemies]

Nevermind. This thread grew 2 pages since I last checked it. :P

[Longhorn248]

[neutron256]

Originally Posted by Spaceywilly

Enemies just confirmed that Dionysos Leader has BRZs on it

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5428

Nailed it!

[Enemies]

Originally Posted by Spaceywilly

Also it seems like there aren't a ton of cars on these boats according to Enemies, 11 on one, 27 on the other.

Just want to clear up some possible misinformation.

11 on the Polaris Ace, 27 on the Seijin, an unknown quantity (only 1 that matters ) for the Dionysos Leader. These are the Canadian numbers though. There could be dozens or hundreds of BRZ's / FR-S' allotted for Americans.

And as I stated, I'm unsure as to whether their are even Canadian BRZ's on the Dionysos Leader currently. It is just the ship that is attached to my VIN. If anybody is able to tell me if that means my car is on it now or if that is the ship it is scheduled to be on it would be greatly appreciated.

Also, I don't think my dealer has the foggiest information how many total BRZ's are on the 3 ships. Just how many ones that are destined for Canada. So, please don't get discouraged by the seemingly low numbers.

Last but not least, the 11 from the Polaris Ace (arriving on the 6th-7th of May) do not seem to be for customers at all. To my understanding they are allocated for dealers out East so that the dealers there will get them at around time the same time the dealers get the 26 cars that are on the Seijin (arriving on the 8th-13th).

The Seijin was originally supposed to get to port 6 days after the Polaris Ace. Now it's going to arrive only about 2 days after. Smooth sailing I suppose.