Canadian Stock Allocations

[Sport-Tech]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

I had a written agreement that said the deposit was refundable if they did not have a firm order with a VIN within 3 months.

"The times they are a changing".... That dealer would be insisting on an 8 month term in the current environment.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Sport-Tech

"The times they are a changing".... That dealer would be insisting on an 8 month term in the current environment.

Exactly.
The 90 day stipulation was what I insisted on since the cars were at the end of their production run and if they could not get me the Hakone within that period I was going to go with a BRZ PP. The clock was ticking and there was no time to mess around. Of course when I started the process COVID was just a treat on the other side of the planet and barely made the news.

When we ordered my wife's Ascent this February they said it would probably be 6 to 8 weeks but we drew up the order with the deposit being refundable after 6 months. Again the condition applied that if a VIN was received within that period it would become nonrefundable at that point. The car actually took 8 months but we were fine with that and did not cancel since I understood the circumstances.

When shopping for her we were considering a Highlander or the Ascent and an interesting point was how each dealer was willing to address the trade in value of her Outback. Used cars were at the very top price in February but the bottom could drop out of the market at any time so I wanted a commitment from the dealer as to the trade in value when the Ascent finally arrived. Subaru did their appraisal and offered us just under what we had originally paid for it. They were willing to document that the trade in value would remain the same until the new car arrived no matter how long that was. The only conditions that they put on it was that any new damage would affect the offer and we had to keep the mileage within 10,000 Kms of what it was when appraised. Toyota on the other hand looked and me and laughed when I said I wanted a commitment to a trade in value. Their response was simply "we will determine that when the new car comes in". Knowing that a Highlander would be at least 6 months away and the used car market could tank at any time we said thanks and headed back to Subaru. We traded in the Outback with an additional 9,832 miles and Subaru completely honoured the deal.

[Rustyoid]

Originally Posted by Sport-Tech

1 new allocation for the entire country in what? A month? Great job, Toyota!

Notes TCI sent with the stock allocation,

"Only Premium MT Available"

So sounds like only Premium MT is being built for Canada market in this current production run. They are trying! (PS subaru "builds" them so thanks subaru! :P)

[Rustyoid]

Originally Posted by Eg86

Thank you for all the time spent doing this Rustyoid. I've been waiting since ordering 6+ months with no allocation still and you helped me get an allocation today at MSRP.

AWW YEA LOVE TO HEAR THAT!! ENJOY MY FRIEND!!!

[Snoozy]

I ordered a premium auto in June. Does this mean I won’t be getting my car this year???

[Ghost of Akina]

ooh maybe my Premium MT will be in sooner that I thought!

[Rustyoid]

Originally Posted by Ghost of Akina

ooh maybe my Premium MT will be in sooner that I thought!

sold order fulfillment is "today" (its always a few days late) so any filled "factory orders" should be visible to the individual dealers anywhere from 30 seconds-7 days.. just remember i cant see other dealers orders, only allocated stock. there will definitely be orders filled if only one build was allocated as stock

[Snoozy]

Originally Posted by Rustyoid

sold order fulfillment is "today" (its always a few days late) so any filled "factory orders" should be visible to the individual dealers anywhere from 30 seconds-7 days.. just remember i cant see other dealers orders, only allocated stock. there will definitely be orders filled if only one build was allocated as stock

Does this mean my premium auto order in June will potential by fulfilled? Currently in “pending fulfilment” stage

[Rustyoid]

Originally Posted by Snoozy

Does this mean my premium auto order in June will potential by fulfilled? Currently in “pending fulfilment” stage

possibly, but unlikely this month. Just based on the notes from the stock allocation "only premium MT available" sounds like they are only building premium MT this cycle for Canada. Its still possible a few autos/base mt are being built and used for orders. But there were none "leftover" to allocate as stock, when typically there always has been a few autos sent out as stock.

So they are either building no autos for Canada in this current cycle, or very very few and every build will be used for an order.

[fatboydean]

Originally Posted by Rustyoid

possibly, but unlikely this month. Just based on the notes from the stock allocation "only premium MT available" sounds like they are only building premium MT this cycle for Canada. Its still possible a few autos/base mt are being built and used for orders. But there were none "leftover" to allocate as stock, when typically there always has been a few autos sent out as stock.

So they are either building no autos for Canada in this current cycle, or very very few and every build will be used for an order.

So I guess my premium MT ordered back in Apr should be 'fulfilled' soon?

[Rustyoid]

Originally Posted by fatboydean

So I guess my premium MT ordered back in Apr should be 'fulfilled' soon?

fingers crossed for you!

[Snoozy]

Originally Posted by Rustyoid

possibly, but unlikely this month. Just based on the notes from the stock allocation "only premium MT available" sounds like they are only building premium MT this cycle for Canada. Its still possible a few autos/base mt are being built and used for orders. But there were none "leftover" to allocate as stock, when typically there always has been a few autos sent out as stock.

So they are either building no autos for Canada in this current cycle, or very very few and every build will be used for an order.

ahh gotcha! typically how many cycles does Toyota/Subaru have in a given year? pretty much gave up hope on getting my car this year.

[Rustyoid]

Originally Posted by Snoozy

ahh gotcha! typically how many cycles does Toyota/Subaru have in a given year? pretty much gave up hope on getting my car this year.

Well the allocations go out to dealers month to month, but the factories have their own schedules. Toyota Canada receives planned build lists from the factories and then divides that up to the dealers. These days the factories are always behind and needs to catch up from the previous month so its very inconsistent. But ideally they are consistently building and sending out a list every month

[Razorwing]

Originally Posted by fatboydean

So I guess my premium MT ordered back in Apr should be 'fulfilled' soon?

So I should be in the same batch.. ordered in early May. lol.