2020 Toyota GR Supra Revealed!

[Irace86.2.0]

Originally Posted by Atmo

I guess you've never seen how all Toyotas and Lexus vehicles produced in North America starting under $20K are transported from factories to POE's in the US inside enclosed transporters or rail cars? It isn't "bugs" the vertical surfaces are being protected from in the enclosed transporters, it's forms of metallic dust and industrial fallout that can etch into the topcoat that requires an extra step to remove during PDS.

I feel like I see transport trucks all the time for all types of cars including luxury brands and that includes Toyotas/Lexuses. This is California, so I’m sure states with snow or bad weather might get different treatment.

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[Atmo]

Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0

I feel like I see transport trucks all the time for all types of cars including luxury brands and that includes Toyotas/Lexuses. This is California, so I’m sure states with snow or bad weather might get different treatment.

Me too. Those are being transported from POE's to dealerships. Vehicles shipped from factories to distribution points are enclosed.



Most don't look like this after graffiti "artists" hit them.

[Atmo]

Originally Posted by chipmunk

Every single dealer I know cleans, washes and details the car right before selling. Unless you have a rock chip dinging pretty bad and deforming the metal (should be obvious before buying), there's nothing to be concerned about. I think they use such dinged up cars as loaners

All dealers are paid to do that. Repairs over a certain dollar value are disclosed to the Toyota customer. If the repair cost is excessive, they're usually donated to tech training programs.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by chipmunk

Every single dealer I know cleans, washes and details the car right before selling. Unless you have a rock chip dinging pretty bad and deforming the metal (should be obvious before buying), there's nothing to be concerned about. I think they use such dinged up cars as loaners

My brother-in-law has driven car transports for 20 years. He says that damage of any kind is almost none existent. The only cars they have serious issues with are the Hellcat. Apparently the under spoiler on the front gets caught up and ripped off on every car they deliver. FCA has to ship the completed car and they can't just leave it off so they send a replacement in the trunk of each car that the dealer can just swap out.
It is fun that people worry about a car being damaged by being hauled on an open truck where only the sides are exposed when as soon as the car hits the road on it's own it is far more vulnerable.

[Irace86.2.0]

Originally Posted by Atmo

Me too. Those are being transported from POE's to dealerships. Vehicles shipped from factories to distribution points are enclosed.

Most don't look like this after graffiti "artists" hit them.

Again, some enclosed containers may be available or desirable in some states.

They are enclosed because they are on shipping containers or trains because those efficient forms of long transport are enclosed--not because they are trying to avoid damage.

I really don't know about the logistics of transporting a car from Austria to the US, if that is where those cars are truly heading.

[Atmo]

Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0

Again, some enclosed containers may be available or desirable in some states.

They are enclosed because they are on shipping containers or trains because those efficient forms of long transport are enclosed--not because they are trying to avoid damage.

I really don't know about the logistics of transporting a car from Austria to the US, if that is where those cars are truly heading.

None of the Toyota POE/distribution yard to dealer transporters I'm aware of are enclosed in the U.S.

As said, they're enclosed to reduce transportation damage claims from environmental, theft and vandalism causes.

Toyota doesn't use shipping containers to US ports. They have a fleet of ro-ro ships sized to transit the Panama Canal.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Atmo

None of the Toyota POE/distribution yard to dealer transporters I'm aware of are enclosed in the U.S.

As said, they're enclosed to reduce transportation damage claims from environmental, theft and vandalism causes.

Toyota doesn't use shipping containers to US ports. They have a fleet of ro-ro ships sized to transit the Panama Canal.

Don't know how they are shipping from Germany though. Won't be the standard Toyota Transport ships.

[Atmo]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Don't know how they are shipping from Germany though. Won't be the standard Toyota Transport ships.

Here's how they get them from Portland to Anchorage, about the same distance from Zeebrugge to Baltimore.



Maybe they could backhaul a Maru loaded with Supras and Yaris with stops down the East Coast and the Caribbean, through the Panama Canal to West Coast ports and back to Japan loaded with Camrys with stops in Hawaii and Guam but yeah, that's a lot of ship to transport a handful of cars, so unlikely.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Atmo

Here's how they get them from Portland to Anchorage, about the same distance from Zeebrugge to Baltimore.



Maybe they could backhaul a Maru loaded with Supras and Yaris with stops down the East Coast and the Caribbean, through the Panama Canal to West Coast ports and back to Japan loaded with Camrys with stops in Hawaii and Guam but yeah, that's a lot of ship to transport a handful of cars, so unlikely.

That is a coastal barge. It would be doomed crossing the north Atlantic.

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[krayzie]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Don't know how they are shipping from Germany though. Won't be the standard Toyota Transport ships.

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[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by krayzie

Yep. And THAT is why a coastal barge would not make the north Atlantic run!

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by krayzie

Well done. Not a covered trailer to be seen.

[Atmo]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

That is a coastal barge. It would be doomed crossing the north Atlantic.

Thought it was obvious satire but of course.