Some of the Lotus Emira buyers who gave $2500 - $3000 to dealerships have been waiting that long. I was one of them until last year. I wish them luck, since electronics reliability has been dismal in the UK.
1 stop closer. I'm similar to you, only became seriously interested once the manual was offered and have had a deposit down for +23 months now. Still no allocation for me at that dealership, but I placed a 2nd deposit at another dealer with an actual VIN# allocation.
What part of the country is your Supra getting delivered to? I'm also waiting on a Stratosphere 3.0 MT that is set to ship out in two weeks. I'm in the midwest, so wasn't sure what port they typically use for those dealers.
Idaho Dealer for me. Couldnt get one in my state CO but got one out of state. CO got the shaft on MTs so far. Like maybe 5 came through our state
Good luck man! My allocation hit port on 2/13 and was finally processed on 3/21 and put on a train to get here who knows when. I was told late February arrival, then mid March, then late March, and my latest update is early April. It will be officially be a 1 year wait on 4/15. I wish the Toyota tracker would work so I could sleep at night.
Hope your processing doesn't linger on like mine has.Surfing the Emira Forum and scheduled for a test soon here in Germany, the US models are as dreadful in some cases as the UK models. Showing the same errors and reliability issues. Software patches not working as well as thought etc. Should be no surprise the electronics/AC etc are all the same. Some cars having ground issues just like European models etc.
That doesn't surprise me at all. For certain, the electronics are not designed and tested by Toyota. The Toyota powertrain (V6 engine), and its supercharger (Edelbrock/US) should be very reliable, but what good is that assumption when electronics and software are so unreliable?
I have interest in the i4 as the Toyota sourced V6 is superb but older tech. There is a weight difference as well but either seem capable of course. The unfortunate part is the support systems, from the AC, electric bus/main harness and software seem just disjointed. I was hoping by now this would be more or less sorted, but it appears not.
Yes, look how many years it took for the Evora to be somewhat reliable. I test-drove a 2021 Evora GT, and although I was very impressed, it does not have a seat height adjustment. Some owners would make appropriate spacers to raise the seat, but that is not something I thought I'd have to do. Besides, used Evora GTs were being sold at about the same price as a new Emira.
Congrats! I have a deposit on an allocation with a St. Louis dealer supposed to arrive around the same time. I hate that the delivery window is so insanely wide
Damnā¦. that on top of Toyota being the highest pent up demand (lowest days supply) of vehicles currently, Iād just find one, buy it, then wait for that perfect one you āwantā to arrive. Just about every other brand out there are sitting on surpluses:Baltimore bridge collapse from a freight container shipā¦hope your car isnāt going to Baltimoreās port and hope the missing people are ok.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/baltimore-port-coal-cars-cruise-lines-2024-03-26/
āIt is the busiest U.S. port for car shipments, handling more than 750,000 vehicles in 2023, according to data from the Maryland Port Administration.ā
