That's odd. It was the exact same process as Toyota when I ordered a Lexus GX550 last month. They said they can't do a specific vehicle to customer order. I had to buy a Land Cruiser while I'm waiting to see what kind of Overtrail+ they build me.
Can a Toyota dealer ORDER A new build Tacoma?
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We ordered our 2022 4 Runner TRD Pro. We went to our dealer and chose color, options, everything. We waited 9 months for it. Ackerman Toyota in St. Louis.
We are also thinking about going to order a GX550.
We are also thinking about going to order a GX550.
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Did they get the transmission issues taken care of on the Tacos?
The dealer wants the "numbers" from moving cars that are already on their lot. That's why whenever you see incentives, the fine print reads you "must take delivery from retail stock." My toyota dealer website shows cars as being "theirs" and in stock when they're still on the truck/boat/factory floor.
The idea that you can jedi-mind-trick them into making a stripped down stick shift version... they won't do it in this market.
Ford enjoyed success a few years back with custom orders because they "hooked" customers into waiting six months... Ford needed the wait for logistics reasons, so it worked for everyone.
The idea that you can jedi-mind-trick them into making a stripped down stick shift version... they won't do it in this market.
Ford enjoyed success a few years back with custom orders because they "hooked" customers into waiting six months... Ford needed the wait for logistics reasons, so it worked for everyone.
I have not seen any new failures pop up on forums in a couple months. So, it seems that maybe the affected ones failed and got replaced already? I only have 6,000 miles on mine and it's on the TSB list so we'll see.
Toyota’s idea they will sell me a $1500 auto tranny in a Tacoma with another $8-10,000 of options I don’t want, in a color i don’t like, because it’s sitting on their lot…
won’t do for this customer. If they don’t want my $50,000 …I’ll move on.
The salespeople may have told you they "ordered" these but they didn't. Toyota "allocated" each dealer a match or a close match or the dealers found models at another dealer and did a swap. I know the GM at a local dealer and when we were looking for a Grand Highlander, he explained the whole "no ordering" and allocation system to us. They get what Toyota sends them or they look at what other dealers are receiving and call them to swap (they won't do this with Toyota dealers in the same metro area though). He said he has a customer that was waiting (at the time) for almost 24 months for a Toyota Sienna with certain options and a specific color.
Let us know how strongly they work on keeping you as a customer or try and stop you from going elsewhere !
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Exactly what option set do you want?
Sometimes models with certain options don't exist. Even if they say they do online, they don't always. If you want one option group, you must get the other group that goes with it.
Nissan is no different. Unsure about Ford or GM anymore.
You know they haven’t bothered me with phone calls, emails, nothing. That’s fine with me. Now how can I get rid of the extended warranty jerks?Let us know how strongly they work on keeping you as a customer or try and stop you from going elsewhere !
The truck I wanted is definitely build able with nothing at all unusual other than the transmission which is a small percentage of their builds.
Basically: Sport 4x4 manual, color/wind chill pearl
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I took a quick look and they don't exist. At least not now. And Toyota won't build one, again at least not now. Maybe in the future years.
Wind Chill Pearl is a Premium color. You can only get in a Limited. Possibly you get it in a TRD pro but none exist here. This is pretty common with Pearl colors - they don't put them on lower trims, because if you MUST have that color, there pretty sure you will pay. And if they put them on a lower trim, it degrades the colors value. They had a special blue on a Tundra only available on the TRD Pro, and one year they put it on a lower trim and the internet was irate. All the guys that way overpaid to get that color were very upset.
The manual is pretty rare but do exist.
It appears all TRD Sports get the Multimedia upgrade. This is also pretty common. There only putting the base infotainment in the base trims. They say its an "option" but it likely really isn't.
So your looking at $45K give or take as MSRP.
If you want a base model, no additional options, you need to buy a SR, at least for now. But it also doesn't look like your getting a manual in a SR - at least not here. Maybe next model year?
In 2003 I wanted a new Tacoma. Found that the local distributor, Gulf States Toyota, only brings in certain options, which didn't quite match what I wanted. On a Tacoma group I learned about Diane Whitmire at Carson Toyota, who, then, could order me exactly what I wanted, and did.
Per Google she is now at West Coast Toyota. I would try both her and whoever is the current internet sales person at Carson to see if this is still possible. The downside of course is you would either have to have it shipped to you, or pick it up in person. It was worthwhile to me in order to get what I wanted, and avoid what I didn't want.
Per Google she is now at West Coast Toyota. I would try both her and whoever is the current internet sales person at Carson to see if this is still possible. The downside of course is you would either have to have it shipped to you, or pick it up in person. It was worthwhile to me in order to get what I wanted, and avoid what I didn't want.
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Wind chill pearl is an “optional color” $495 on the Toyota site on the sport as are several other colors …not a special TRD Pro paint. I would be happy with a “similar” truck, but an SR or off road isn’t similar enough.
Well, I'm sure he's not alone... It may not be this year or next, but I'm sure someone in marketing knows there is a market for a barebones manual Tacoma, so when the sales to the "manual tacoma at any price" people start to dwindle, toyota may offer the simpler version.Let us know how strongly they work on keeping you as a customer or try and stop you from going elsewhere !
Maybe. The Tacoma isn't doing all that well these days.
I mean. There are options, if they don't want to deal...
22 years ago....
Toyota doesn't do "orders" anymore. 22 years ago ? Sure. Today ? No
And yet they still sell all day long and then some...
