Went to Toyota dealer today! Toyotathon??

yes, same thing everywhere. parts shortages, production difficulties. covid has turned everything on its head.
no inventory on the lots. some claim there will be a slow down in sales next year, and manufacturers will be able to catch up. we'll see, only time will tell.
all brands are having the same problem.
and prius being new will probably take some time to get into decent production numbers to fill the pipeline.

 

Same story here. Just yesterday. 3 to 6 months out is just a guess according to the dealer I was at. The used prices make new the only answer to me. Odd days indeed.

 

"Toyotathon" is just a marketing gimmick. You went to the store, so it worked!

 

If i click on "New Car Inventory" on the website of my nearby dealership, no preference, just show me what you've got, I get this:

HMMMM.... WE COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING MATCHING EXACTLY, BUT HERE'S SOME VEHICLES YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN:

Couple with the abysmal selection Toyota Canada will bring in for Prius (just the two top levels, nothing with a spare), if and when, it's hunker time*.

* Memo to self: get Weird Al on the phone...

 

around here, cars come up on new car search, but they all say 'call for availability'

i'm no advertising guru, but they must feel they have to keep their name in front of the market.

it's like coke and pepsi

 

I've been trying to come up with a RAV4 hybrid for a couple of months. The few that do exist have dealer markups that are substantial. At this rate I'll be looking to surprise my wife on her 50th birthday (two years off).

 

So 2023 will be a skip year with no Prius and 2024 will be the first model year of gen5?

 

i think we'll see some gen5's this spring

 

Spring 2023 could be a 2024 model year

 

Anything and everything to do with computer chips is affected. It is a hard time to wait for electronics. Others in here may know more about the nuances behind producing chips. My uneducated guess is the U.S. can't compete with the output of other places. Not to mention environmental concerns and cost/profit factors.

 

toyota is calling it a 2023, but iguess they can change it if they want to:

230557_2023_Toyota_Prius_Product_Information_Final_12052022.pdf

 

my dealer says they are getting the new Prius on Jan 10th

 

Pretty sure the current event is actually called "Desperate Customerthon"

They celebrate a different way.

 

wow! are they all sold? did you put a deposit down? will you go video the unloading?

might be the first in the usa!

 

I would not want to be in the market for a new vehicle anytime soon. Economically, 2022 was the worst year since 2008 and I haven't seen any positive news for 2023. (As they say in the country, "The chickens are coming home to roost!") Gas prices are predicted to go back up to $4-5 a gallon by summer.
A co-worker of mine has been on the waiting list, for months, for a Chevy Bolt...so far, she's heard nothing.
I like to work on cars and want to buy cars on the verge of death, fix them up, and flip....but prices even for those cars is insane.

 

I would suggest if this is news to anyone they have been sleeping under a tree for a year. Toyota hybrids have a three to twelve month wait and have had since 2021. Agreeing to taking anything that comes in worked for us when we received a blizzard pearl xse rav4 hybrid in Nov. Not a fan of the color, blacked out wheels or interior choices but it was new, awd, lithium and had a responsive dual injection 2.5L hybrid at msrp.

Actually some GM and European models can be found on their lots, a major improvement over six months ago.

Most are predicting new car supplies and pricing will continue to normalize in 2023 but used car prices will remain high for several more years. This is due to a lack of new sales during covid which will impact the used market longer.

Toyota Financial is offering discounted interest rates for good credit buyers, about the only discount you can expect. Teslas are actually easier to get than Toyota, while Honda has some non-hybrids on the lot.

 

Tesla? LOL. Not even in the same market due to insane lack of quality, unbelievable lack of quality parts/engineering/workmanship and the Elon factor -- the guy is simply nutzoid. Also, used Teslas (your future if you buy one) is falling faster than a Chinese rocket booster.