GR Yaris (Gen 2) GR Yaris Mk2 (MY2024->)
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sessantanove
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markku
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Hello, @sessantanove, say hello to Switzerland on my behalf, I'm currently working hard to move back to your country soon.
The ship Galveston Highway left the Nagoya Port an hour ago, destination Singapore (as usual for Toyota transports).
I'm expecting a message from Toyota tomorrow or on Sunday, hoping that the notification system works even on weekends.
You can follow my updates on the shipments thread:
https://www.gr-zoo.com/threads/ships-in-transit.11/
I liked your optimism. Getting very close to the end of the month now hopefully something is imminent. Can’t quite believe I’m counting down the days to probably be told I won’t be getting one
certainly know how to keep you on the edge of your seat ay!? I think I’ve come to the conclusion if I don’t get one of the first batch I’d rather save the extra cash and have a very low mileage mk 1 seeing as the prices seem to be lowering slowly. Albeit I suspect once Toyota announce how many will be available in the first batch the prices of the second hand ones will go up again.
Anyone else have any further thoughts?
Remember we are not waiting to enter the ballot in May but to find out the ballot process.I liked your optimism. Getting very close to the end of the month now hopefully something is imminent. Can’t quite believe I’m counting down the days to probably be told I won’t be getting one
I think I’ve come to the conclusion if I don’t get one of the first batch I’d rather save the extra cash and have a very low mileage mk 1 seeing as the prices seem to be lowering slowly. Albeit I suspect once Toyota announce how many will be available in the first batch the prices of the second hand ones will go up again.
Anyone else have any further thoughts?
bencollins4
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If you look at the number of cars for sale, it’s gone from almost 200 on Autotrader to around 120 in the 6 weeks since the price was announced. I expect there will be some more demand for late MK1’s when it become obvious that most people after the new cars have a serious wait on their hands. I would expect this to ‘firm’ the prices of MK1’s for a while, possibly for a long time if demand so heavily out-strips demand for a brand new car. It’s still a car which takes a long time to produce so they can’t just suddenly increase production to meet demand.I liked your optimism. Getting very close to the end of the month now hopefully something is imminent. Can’t quite believe I’m counting down the days to probably be told I won’t be getting one
I think I’ve come to the conclusion if I don’t get one of the first batch I’d rather save the extra cash and have a very low mileage mk 1 seeing as the prices seem to be lowering slowly. Albeit I suspect once Toyota announce how many will be available in the first batch the prices of the second hand ones will go up again.
Anyone else have any further thoughts?
good point
probably stupidly considering production for the UK should have already started I expected once they’d announced the process they’d want to get it underway quickly to take orders. Considering the long production time and shipping time as they’re expecting them to arrive September/October they’ll need orders pretty sharpish surely?
Here’s the email wording:
“The purchasing ballot will be opening soon, if successful you'll have the chance to be one of the first to purchase New GR Yaris, with deliveries starting later this year. Further details on how to enter will be shared in May.”
With very few options I wouldn’t be surprised if they have ordered a range of colours and gearboxes with the ballot being something like 200 of each colour split 50/50 in gearboxes.
3 days and we might have more news…..
markku
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Given that the car manufacturers have to stay within total emission limits that will become more and more strict year after year, I guess that the Mk2 yearly batches will tend to shrink more and more in the future, at least until it will have a 100% ICE.
About the UK, I'm guessing the numbers should be a bit higher than 200, because the UK has been a very welcoming market for the GR, or maybe the best one, and there still is a huge waitlist inherited from the Mk1 orders list.
In Italy there was no waitlist left for the Mk1, as far as I know, and we got 500 Mk2, so I think UK should get more than this.
About the used Mk1 prices, I see that by now they are quite resilient here in Italy, hovering around 38-45k Euros in average, and not going down by now.
Unfortunately, Italians are masters with making undesired damages, and after the Mk2 2024 batch went sold out, many dealers flooded the market with used Mk1s imported from other EU countries (mostly Germany).
This way the stock of used Mk1s on sale in Italy (source: autoscout24.it) doubled from around 110 ads to around 220 right now, making things more complicated for anyone who was trying and selling their car privately (and prices risk to fall if the total number of advertised cars doesn't go down some way soon).
Michael Knight
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Only three Kalle editions to Finland so very very difficult to get item (they say they will run a lottery but I have my doubts)
I wrote “of each colour” so that would be 1,000 cars. But it’s all guessing.
Sam
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For all we know they’ve already
That would be my guess.
Small allocation, oversubscribed ballot. Just make them, ship them then deal with the ordering process closer to the launch.
That would be my guess.
Small allocation, oversubscribed ballot. Just make them, ship them then deal with the ordering process closer to the launch.
Finland has half the population of Belgium, Belgium gets 1 Kalle edition
And zero Thierry Neuville editionsFinland has half the population of Belgium, Belgium gets 1 Kalle edition
I mean, Kalle is a Finnish national treasure, can't compare like that Oh, but we got 30 Thierry Neuville editions of the i30NAnd zero Thierry Neuville editions
markku
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Sorry, I misread it... 1,000 is exactly my guess as well for the UK
So….. I’m not sure how long the Toyota website has been updated for but I’ve just noticed they’re now listing specs/prices etc. couple things I’ve noticed ….. in the email to say there will be a ballot etc and there’s a picture of the GRY clearly in grey and it says in the small print model shown including optional metallic paint at £640 now on the website it states grey is a premium option as is pearl white and red at £920. With only black being a metallic £640 option.
Also as a side note I didn’t realise the SE’s were coming with premium sound system, heated steering wheel, blind spot monitor, and a bunch of other safety features but the standard one isn’t!? (which I’m sure some on here will be pleased about)
Toyota seems to be making it up as they go along again.
Also as a side note I didn’t realise the SE’s were coming with premium sound system, heated steering wheel, blind spot monitor, and a bunch of other safety features but the standard one isn’t!? (which I’m sure some on here will be pleased about)
Toyota seems to be making it up as they go along again.
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Posted here earlier.
2024 GR Yaris - Process for purchase
What would you say would be the minimum delivery time, in the best of cases, expressed in months? no clue but from manuf start I'd say roughly 3months is good average. depending of course on various reasons such as logistics, dealer process btw the harbour and their own shop etc.
www.gr-zoo.com
Yogi896
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That's me entered for UK ballot.
