New vehicle delivery times ?

[borgy Member Find all posts View Profile Close borgy]

Hi

Yes I ordered my silver one on the SAME day (4/4) as you... Had been expecting mid-late May delivery (I assumed 31/5!)...

Checked "Order tracking" and it shows
Status
Information current at: 3/05/2007 7:50PM AEST
Current status of your order: On Order

Planned production month: Still to be confirmed

Dealer advised that their records now show mid-late june! [What is ECD?].

Cheers
Borgy

[Pedro Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Pedro]

Borgy,
ECD = Estimated commencment date

Where was order placed?

Pedro

[borgy Member Find all posts View Profile Close borgy]

Order was placed in Sydney (western suburbs)

[Pedro Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Pedro]

Thanks mine was placed in Brisbane and is a GXL.

Will be interested to see if the VX arrives before the GXL.

Someone mentioned to me that the delay is due to shortage of engines, which are being used in other vehicles as well as the Prado.

Either way its a bit disappointing.

Pedro

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The advice I received back in January is that if you place your order before the 10th of a month then the vehicle will be manufactured the next month and delivered late the following month. Miss the 10th and the order will slip a month.

I ordered my VX D4D on 9 February and I picked it up two weeks ago on 20 April. It has a March 2007 manufacture date.

From that advice an order placed 4 April would be scheduled for delivery in late June.

[Pedro Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Pedro]

Michaelp,
First off welcome to the forum.
The time frame you mention fits into what I was told - start 15/5/07 delivery 6 weeks (26/6/07) approx).

This would have been good to know when placing order and negotiating price, with various dealers.

Anyway new buyers, who read this thread, will have a bit of ammo in the future.

Pedro

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If you were going to buy at the end of any year i would wait for a 2008 build date as the vehicle is going to hold value longer even it was built in jan.

Is it law in new zealand not to have spares mounted on tail gates. If so where do they mount the spares on ravs,gu's and mitsoshity's.
Cheers Phil.

In Australia, if its built in November 2007 and arrives in Aus in January 2008, its officially a 2008 vehicle Australian Compliance vehicle.
When you go and sell it, its a 2008

[Drew Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Drew]

In Australia, if its built in November 2007 and arrives in Aus in January 2008, its officially a 2008 vehicle Australian Compliance vehicle.
When you go and sell it, its a 2008

My 120 was built in October 2005 and I purchased it new in January 2006 - but it's compliance plate shows October 2005.

I guess that means my 120 was fast coming from Japan to Australia, but it took Toyota over 2 months to sell it.

I heard somewhere that the dealers fit the compliance plate - if this is the case why doesn't my compliance plate show January 2006?

Drew.

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Someone mentioned to me that the delay is due to shortage of engines, which are being used in other vehicles as well as the Prado.

What vehicle is getting these?

[Pedro Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Pedro]

Team Piggy,
HiAce vans
Hilux
Coaster buses

Just a rumour though.

Pedro

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I think whilst they are a D4D they are a different spec to the prado (less power/torque).

I have been looking at the Hiace vans to buy recently and they have different engine specs.

[DarkHorse Member Find all posts View Profile Close DarkHorse]

Today was the big day, finally got our new GXL D4D. Had the usual 12 km on the clock and 90l in the tank.

Filled it up, 90.3l cost $107.00.................

What can I say it is wonderful, very smooth, quiet and gutsy. It is stock standard except for the usual accessories and will probably remain that way for a while (bank balance has taken a hit).

We plan to take it to Fraser Island next weekend though!

All in all very happy. Ordered it on the 05/04/07 and got it today.......... only because someone else ordered it and it fell through....

Regards,


Rob

[fr0gster Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close fr0gster]

Hey Guys

I am another eager "to be" owner of a Prado, this is what the sales guy emailed me after placing the order for a VX D4D in Perth on Wed 16/5:

"At this stage, the expected delivery date of your Prado is still end of August 2007. However, due to delays with turbo diesel Prado's, I am not very confident of late August 2007 delivery."

Hopefully that was just the salesman covering his bases... however I normally expect longer for any times I am quoted.

And this is what he said when I mentioned the Order Tracking System that I had read here:

"There is no order tracking system that I am aware of. All I can do is when you check with me every couple of weeks, I shall speak to our Stock Controller, and she will inform me if there is confirmation that your Prado will be built in July and arrive in August."

Thanks
fr0gster

[McBAIN Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close McBAIN]

Wow! i had no idea delivery waits were so long!

that said i've never bought a new car though! only Demo or second hand so normally picked up withina couple of days!

[Chippy Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close Chippy]

I'm with you on that McBain. See it, buy it, drive it home.

No waiting, no checking delivery times, no mass of tears when it gets scratched.

Cheers
Chippy