GR86 The GR86 “The Orders / Owners List / GR86 Register”

I'm another one feeling pretty flat after the buzz of last weekend. As someone else posted, buying a new car should be pleasurable, that hasn't been the case so far. Hopefully we all get our orders in on Wednesday before the inevitable website crash. The way things are going the boat bringing all the cars to the UK will sink anyway!
 
Those who ordered a GRY and did the boat following thing during lockdown would tell you that was the best part of the whole process!!
 
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Evening all.

I took the morning off cyber-stalking the GR86 to wander a deserted shopping centre. Literally nobody in a huge Nando's at lunchtime, just two staff chatting across dozens of empty tables.

"Please wait to be served".

The girl at the Chinese medicine shop, playing with her 'phone. The fluff machine at Build-a-Bear, sending stuffing around and around and around. But nobody wanted a bear. Nobody wanted anything. There was nobody there.

"Please remain socially distanced".

Came home, eventually. There was a lorry fire on the bypass; traffic stopped in both directions. Gridlock. Twenty minutes took two hours. Sandwich.

Turns out there was some news on the car. What did I miss? An e-mail at last! First time for everything. Oh, next week.

Called Toyota. No news. Online only. No decision on online orders. Realistically not today. Maybe next week. Okay.

Called dealership. Salesman off 'til next week. Everyone else in meetings. Will call back. Okay.

Called back! First time for everything. Online only. Okay. Will send message to Relevant Department to action refund of deposit. Might host a little event next week for customers to place orders at the dealership. Fair enough. Thank you bye.

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It's been a funny couple of years, hasn't it? Eighteen months ago, if I had known my biggest problem today would be confirming an order for a sports car, I would have thought life had turned out better than expected. So I suppose it has.

I'm going to try and remember what I told myself all through the lockdowns and family separations and occasional grief over the last two years: none of this matters.

I hope we all get a car. I hope we get the colours that we like the best. And I hope one day soon, you will be out - on your own, or with someone you love - pootling along down some quiet country road in your new GR86, with all of this long forgotten.

I will make the calls, I will pay my deposit, and I will wait my turn. If it never comes, so be it. I will not let this become a misery. There's been enough of that already.

Good luck, everyone. And a Happy Easter.
 
I had a long conversation with the service manager at my local dealership earlier when I collected my deposit. I actually felt quite sorry for him because the communication between Toyota UK and the dealers has been woeful. Reading between the lines, there is a suspicion that because dealers were buying the GR Yaris themselves then sticking them on the forecourt as second hand with delivery miles at hugely inflated prices, Toyota have moved to try and stop this happening again with the 86.
 
Smiffy said:
I had a long conversation with the service manager at my local dealership earlier when I collected my deposit. I actually felt quite sorry for him because the communication between Toyota UK and the dealers has been woeful. Reading between the lines, there is a suspicion that because dealers were buying the GR Yaris themselves then sticking them on the forecourt as second hand with delivery miles at hugely inflated prices, Toyota have moved to try and stop this happening again with the 86.
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Probably for the best, I’ve arranged to be off shift next Wednesday now so I’ll be on the website in plenty of time. If I don’t get one then there’s a reason for everything and I’ll try for a new CTR.
 
Can confirm Toyota have offered little information on the car until last week, and even then it was just the pricing and PCP deal info the public got a few days later.

We knew as much as you up until that point.
 
PB66 said:
I feel deflated after feeling so positive about purchasing a new car. Do Toyota UK realise how they have made enthusiasts like us feel? Do they even care? It’s probably been pats on the back all round at HQ over how they have recovered from accidentally making the website live early.
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It’s not Toyota UK that have made you feel like that it’s optimistic dealers.
 
Smiffy said:
I had a long conversation with the service manager at my local dealership earlier when I collected my deposit. I actually felt quite sorry for him because the communication between Toyota UK and the dealers has been woeful. Reading between the lines, there is a suspicion that because dealers were buying the GR Yaris themselves then sticking them on the forecourt as second hand with delivery miles at hugely inflated prices, Toyota have moved to try and stop this happening again with the 86.
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I suspect that’s exactly the reason. I believe dealers were informed that the process would be different for the 86 but many chose to interpret that for something quite different to what we’ve seen today.
 
Extract from comms to dealers

All New GR86 Order Process and Margin Structure Following the Centre Letter(1st April 2022) providing a full overview of the All New GR86 line up, pricing, consumer offer and launch timeline, the purpose of this letter is to provide an overview of the ordering process.

Ordering Process As communicated in the Omnichannel Sales Centre Letter (4th April 2022)
 
Hi, I'm new here and VERY confused.
I've been checking up the GR86 page on toyota.co.uk for the past year now, almost daily.
There was never (and still isn't) any option to pre-order. While this forum implies one can/could pre-order online.
Can someone shed the light pls into this Toyota mess!? How to pre-order? Much appreciated!
 
The site went live for a short time last weekend when it shouldn't have. You now have to wait until Wednesday for it to officially launch. There is no pre-order.
 
Stewieyan said:
Hi, I'm new here and VERY confused.
I've been checking up the GR86 page on toyota.co.uk for the past year now, almost daily.
There was never (and still isn't) any option to pre-order. While this forum implies one can/could pre-order online.
Can someone shed the light pls into this Toyota mess!? How to pre-order? Much appreciated!
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For the full picture start the thread at the beginning! Short version is it looks like those who believed they had pre-ordered haven’t and now it’s a free for all from 10am on Wednesday.
 
bencollins4 said:
For the full picture start the thread at the beginning! Short version is it looks like those who believed they had pre-ordered haven’t and now it’s a free for all from 10am on Wednesday.
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In other news, do we think the red is also a ‘premium’ colour, ie the most expensive? Torn between that and the electric blue.
 
Hi, I'm new here as well. I did actually manage to get an order in yesterday when the site went live for a couple of hours. I've no idea if it is an actual order though (the order summary has some of the cost breakdown in Euros!)

One of my mates dad works in the Wigan Toyota dealership, he told me last week that it was going to be online only and dealers were not getting an allocation. Maybe it's a case that some dealers haven't been reading the earlier memos from Toyota regarding the ordering process?
 
Newbies to this thread, appreciate there is a lot of waffle in this thread but this has all been covered over the past few pages.
 
Ecsrobin said:
It’s not Toyota UK that have made you feel like that it’s optimistic dealers.
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If the dealers were told well in advance that this model was going to be online only then I agree with you. However as so many dealers around the country took deposits in the expectation they would get an allocation of cars, it does seem like they were blindsided by Toyota UK at the last minute.
 
While it must be frustrating, is it really that bad? Come Wednesday you can all order online, job done.
 
PB66 said:
If the dealers were told well in advance that this model was going to be online only then I agree with you. However as so many dealers around the country took deposits in the expectation they would get an allocation of cars, it does seem like they were blindsided by Toyota UK at the last minute.
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When I was placing an order at the dealership earlier this week, the salesperson said they had as much information as I did and that they would take all my details, agree the sale/part-ex, finance etc. but that they didn't know when they would be able to order, they would forward the order confirmation and docs when they had them. I'm not sure if they knew it'd be online ordering only, or whether they assumed they'd be able to order on their usual system.
 
As the 1k is a reservation fee not a deposit whats to stop every member of staff at a dealer logging on at 10 wednesday and buying themselves a couple then cancelling the order once its there?
 
JIMIYO said:
Hi, I'm new here as well. I did actually manage to get an order in yesterday when the site went live for a couple of hours. I've no idea if it is an actual order though (the order summary has some of the cost breakdown in Euros!)

One of my mates dad works in the Wigan Toyota dealership, he told me last week that it was going to be online only and dealers were not getting an allocation. Maybe it's a case that some dealers haven't been reading the earlier memos from Toyota regarding the ordering process?
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Now we have a car company who can’t even do a launch.

Edited - the relevant car content remains. This forum can't fix other issues I'm afraid but I feel your frustration.
 
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