The new Toyota Land Cruiser 300 is proving to be so popular in Japan that a new report claims some buyers may have to wait as much as four years before they take delivery.
Japanese publications report that 21,500 orders were placed for the Land Cruiser 300 in the two weeks after its unveiling. To put that number into perspective, Toyota only planned to sell about 5,000 Land Cruiser 300 models in Japan each year and order numbers can be expected to rise in the coming weeks and months.
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Best Car Web suggests that this backlog of orders has prompted some dealerships to inform customers that they could be waiting two to three years for their vehicles to be delivered. Increasing delivery times further are chip shortages that Toyota is currently encountering, recently prompting it to cut global production by 40 percent in September, including halting production at the plant that builds the Land Cruiser for the entire month.
It is understood that wait times of four years are being reported for the ZX and GR Sport variants, which make up 90 per cent of orders in Japan.
Speaking with Cars Guide, Toyota confirmed that deliveries of the new Land Cruiser have also been delayed in Australia but not to the extent of those in Japan.
“Customer deliveries of the highly anticipated Toyota LandCruiser 300 will be delayed. As previously advised, LandCruiser production in Japan has been halted for part of August and most of September due to COVID-19 restrictions in Southeast Asia that have led to parts shortages,” a statement from Toyota Australia reads. “However, a limited number of vehicles will be in dealerships as demonstrator models nationally from early October, giving our valued customers the opportunity to experience the new LandCruiser first-hand, including through test drives as permitted.” The first customer deliveries should start in December.
