4th Gen Lead Times (UK)

12-15 weeks sounds about right, unless you're lucky like me, my dealer had the foresight to pre-order some, in differing trims unregistered and had one in stock that suited me, an Excel in Silver. I ordered mine on 18th March and got it on the 25th (I could have picked it up on the 23rd, but I was working that day). I was torn between Silver and Hypersonic red, my preference was the red but him having a silver one in stock swayed it.
It might be worth ringing round a few dealers to see if they have any stock.
I know my local Rotherham dealer, Burrows Toyota, has two Business Edition trims on site, one in the showroom and one demonstrator, he may have some more at the main branch in Doncaster.
If you want to order a specific trim and options then I'm afraid it's gonna be a factory job, 12-15 weeks.

 

You are lucky they gave you a date. So far my dealer here in Munich Germany hasn't been able to tell anything about the delivery of mine....

 

hang in there, i waited 5 months for my pip, and it was well worth it. all the best!

 

I ordered mid March & was originally quoted mid July.
Later told that It would arrive in the UK on the 5th of May
& would be ready for me by the 18th May, apparently they
go through 3 different UK centres, before arriving at the dealer for final PDI. Huh!
However, this was before all the earthquake shenanigans.

How long does the boat take from Japan? It might be still on its way.
Time for an update from the dealer. G...

 

Ordered March 21st - likely too late to have it already on a ship sailing towards Europe...

PS: I called my dealer this morning (27.04) and he informed that they have received no notification whatsoever about any delay to deliveries.
Either he was sandbagging, or any delays have been shifted to those markets that rely more on "stock sale" like the USA, rather than BTO markets like EU. Or really there are no delays at all.
Moreover, if the fabs have idled a total of 2 weeks (1 for the supplier's steel plant accident and 1 for the earthquake) I see no reason why existing orders should be delayed any more than 2-3 weeks. Also in consideration that the Prius overall production is in full ramp-up mode, and therefore they might have not gone yet to full capacity on the line for this model yet.
Nevertheless, he confirmed to me mid-July delivery "if all goes as usual" (i.e. no car like the one I want pops up for some reason in the EU allotment).

 

That's 5 months away. How could that be???

 

As of this afternoon Mr T is quoting October for some models & variants.

 

Mr T is the usual shorthand for Toyota, do not know where it came from originally.
Strange but true...

 

Is the delay in deliveries due to the earthquakes? I've heard that some suppliers' facilities were damaged.

 

Ordered my Prius last Tuesday and expected delivery is 21/11/16

Seems like a long lead time

 

It seems the standard "cover their a**es" delivery times. If that is the case it is quite successful and they have issues with fulfilling demand. Otherwise it can well be that delivery will be 1-2 months sooner.

 

Cheers, I hope so. Really wanna get out of my gas guzzler into my hybrid

 

are they still playing catchup from the factory explosion?

 

Could be... Going to call their customer services tomorrow.. Although I guess if they are having issues they won't fess up to it.