Rav4 Estimated Delivery, etc

[McPrius]

5 hours ago, Coder_ said:

After 11 days MyT status has changed for me from 'Building in progress' to 'Left the factory' . And the other good news is that estimated delivery is also changed from 13.10.22 to 23.09.22 . For whom is also changed status, maybe our car is in same ship?

 

Coder,

I got the same message today, mine must be on the same ship!

[srt]

On 7/20/2022 at 1:12 PM, Pashley said:

Same! I don’t understand why they couldn’t have upgraded the infotainment on the MY22 model! It looks so nice inside now. But they are charging an extra £5k from what I payed to now 🤔 

At £5k for a better infotainment system, I'm now hoping my order (Feb 2022 - still  at order placed stage) isn't delayed too long and stays as a MY22 Rav4 PHEV 

[Mash781]

Mine is still in being built stage after 3 weeks?! So frustrating that it hasn’t been loaded onto a ship yet and feeling very grumpy about it

[philip42h]

53 minutes ago, Mash781 said:

Mine is still in being built stage after 3 weeks?! So frustrating that it hasn’t been loaded onto a ship yet and feeling very grumpy about it

As mentioned a little earlier in this thread, production of the RAV4 hybrid at the Takaoka Plant has been suspended since the 1st July and is due to resume on Monday 25th July - this could explain a bit of a hiatus if you happen to have been "next in the queue" on 1st July ...

[Jeffrey Loh]

On 7/23/2022 at 1:02 PM, Mash781 said:

Mine is still in being built stage after 3 weeks?! So frustrating that it hasn’t been loaded onto a ship yet and feeling very grumpy about it

Hope you will see your RAV 4 in Sept 2022. 

[Mash781]

3 hours ago, Jeffrey Loh said:

Hope you will see your RAV 4 in Sept 2022. 

Thank you, me too!

[Iain_M]

Got told today that my order has been allocated a stock number and the eta is 29/09/22. 
So from ordering on 06/01/22 to today there was no indication by Big Toyota that my order was being dealt with so at least something has changed. I don’t actually know what allocated a stock number means but it’s got to be a move forward hasn’t it?

Now trying to find out if it will be the 2023 update version or a 2022!

Edited July 26, 2022 by Iain_M
Update

[Roger_N]

18 minutes ago, Iain_M said:

Got told today that my order has been allocated a stock number and the eta is 29/09/22. 
So from ordering on 06/01/22 to today there was no indication by Big Toyota that my order was being dealt with so at least something has changed. I don’t actually know what allocated a stock number means but it’s got to be a move forward hasn’t it?

It looks like the ordered has been move on for them to get  a notification of delivery.

[Iain Stewart]

Well finally after 9 months of waiting my Rav4 Dynamic HEV with panoramic sunroof will be with me next Monday, the anticipation that had dwindled has finally returned......

[Coder_]

18 hours ago, Iain_M said:

Got told today that my order has been allocated a stock number and the eta is 29/09/22. 
So from ordering on 06/01/22 to today there was no indication by Big Toyota that my order was being dealt with so at least something has changed. I don’t actually know what allocated a stock number means but it’s got to be a move forward hasn’t it?

Now trying to find out if it will be the 2023 update version or a 2022!

Please let us now what you have find. I am still sure that it will be 2022 as they will probably try finish backlog and then start 2023, also in my case in January when I ordered, that price is much more less than current price in dealers. 

[Ex RO]

Finally - picked it up yesterday and had a great 150 mile drive home. Currently having it's first full charge. Couldn't be happier with it.

 

 

[ernieb]

34 minutes ago, Coder_ said:

Please let us now what you have find. I am still sure that it will be 2022 as they will probably try finish backlog and then start 2023, also in my case in January when I ordered, that price is much more less than current price in dealers. 

This is probably no relevant to the current situation but when I bought my PHEV way back in Feb ‘21 it was mostly done over the phone. As the dealer had mentioned the possibility of a ‘22 model being released on or about the time mine might have been built and delivered I asked what model would I get and what would happen to the price. The dealer said I’d get the ‘22 model and my price was fixed. As I say maybe different situation as things have got much worse and the forecast improvements in the supply of parts  and semiconductors back in ‘21 never happened.

[Coder_]

9 minutes ago, ernieb said:

This is probably no relevant to the current situation but when I bought my PHEV way back in Feb ‘21 it was mostly done over the phone. As the dealer had mentioned the possibility of a ‘22 model being released on or about the time mine might have been built and delivered I asked what model would I get and what would happen to the price. The dealer said I’d get the ‘22 model and my price was fixed. As I say maybe different situation as things have got much worse and the forecast improvements in the supply of parts  and semiconductors back in ‘21 never happened.

So there are still possibility to receive 2023. lets see. it'd be good if it's 2023 as current entertainment system is so bad. 

[philip42h]

14 minutes ago, ernieb said:

The dealer said I’d get the ‘22 model and my price was fixed.

... but there never was a MY22 PHEV - Toyota went straight from MY21 to MY23 ... 😉

[ernieb]

@philip42h, agree but in Feb ‘21 there was an expectation that there would be a ‘22 model.

[Pashley]

Just found out from my dealer they are not going to start manufacturing MY23 models till mid next as there is a wait on new orders now for 12-16 months. So any past orders this year will be MY22.

[nlee]

I wouldn't want to "dampen" anyone's bonfire but I'd expect it highly unlikely that when ordering a MY22 model you would get a MY23, regardless of when it gets built. Car manufacturers are fairly good at managing the end to end process (and Toyota have the reputation of one of the best) and they will usually have an allocation of orders for a particular model year. When that allocation is full, you usually see a brief break in accepting orders before they start taking order for the new spec. However, it's not unknown to see both on sale together with good discounts to clear the old spec but in that case it's clear what you will be getting. Usually,.if the manufacturer can't fulfill your order, they will simply cancel it, but maybe offer a bit of a discount on the new order at the new price. After all it should be your choice. There may be downgrades, or things you don't like about the new spec and nobody would be happy if that turned up unexpectedly.

It's not unusual to see end of run models get a bit of leakage of some newer minor components as the old supply runs down but wouldn't expect major changes. 

As Ernie says, it's unchartered territory on order times and backlogs so who knows what applies these days but I'd be 99% expecting a MY22 spec and if there was some feature of the MY23 I wished for, it would be a lovely surprise.

If the new spec is important, you could always cancel the order and reorder the new spec but that comes at a higher price and back of the queue unfortunately.

[Roger_N]

7 minutes ago, nlee said:

I wouldn't want to "dampen" anyone's bonfire but I'd expect it highly unlikely that when ordering a MY22 model you would get a MY23, regardless of when it gets built. Car manufacturers are fairly good at managing the end to end process (and Toyota have the reputation of one of the best) and they will usually have an allocation of orders for a particular model year. When that allocation is full, you usually see a brief break in accepting orders before they start taking order for the new spec. However, it's not unknown to see both on sale together with good discounts to clear the old spec but in that case it's clear what you will be getting. Usually,.if the manufacturer can't fulfill your order, they will simply cancel it, but maybe offer a bit of a discount on the new order at the new price. After all it should be your choice. There may be downgrades, or things you don't like about the new spec and nobody would be happy if that turned up unexpectedly.

It's not unusual to see end of run models get a bit of leakage of some newer minor components as the old supply runs down but wouldn't expect major changes. 

As Ernie says, it's unchartered territory on order times and backlogs so who knows what applies these days but I'd be 99% expecting a MY22 spec and if there was some feature of the MY23 I wished for, it would be a lovely surprise.

If the new spec is important, you could always cancel the order and reorder the new spec but that comes at a higher price and back of the queue unfortunately.

When I ordered my Rav4 Excel I ordered a 2021 model and got the 2022 and Toyota kept the price the same, so it's not impossible but things are changing all the time in the current climate. 

[sonosp]

Urgh. I'm itching to see my order switch over from "processing order"

 

7 months and 3 days so far since ordering it. Any day now it should start build. Mine was a HEV Dynamic, sunroof and JBL. 

[srt]

10 hours ago, nlee said:

I wouldn't want to "dampen" anyone's bonfire but I'd expect it highly unlikely that when ordering a MY22 model you would get a MY23, regardless of when it gets built. Car manufacturers are fairly good at managing the end to end process (and Toyota have the reputation of one of the best) and they will usually have an allocation of orders for a particular model year. When that allocation is full, you usually see a brief break in accepting orders before they start taking order for the new spec. However, it's not unknown to see both on sale together with good discounts to clear the old spec but in that case it's clear what you will be getting. Usually,.if the manufacturer can't fulfill your order, they will simply cancel it, but maybe offer a bit of a discount on the new order at the new price. After all it should be your choice. There may be downgrades, or things you don't like about the new spec and nobody would be happy if that turned up unexpectedly.

It's not unusual to see end of run models get a bit of leakage of some newer minor components as the old supply runs down but wouldn't expect major changes. 

As Ernie says, it's unchartered territory on order times and backlogs so who knows what applies these days but I'd be 99% expecting a MY22 spec and if there was some feature of the MY23 I wished for, it would be a lovely surprise.

If the new spec is important, you could always cancel the order and reorder the new spec but that comes at a higher price and back of the queue unfortunately.

Thanks, I think that maybe accounts why, approx 2 months ago, Toyota were not taking UK orders for the Premium version of the Rav4 PHEV Dynamic, which suggests the allocations for the UK were full. I think its only recently that the notification that Design and Dynamic MY2022 models, subject to production delays, may be built to MY2023, been posted. Suggesting that MY2022 allocations to UK for Design and Dynamic are also running out. Would this be a reasonable assumption?

[FROSTYBALLS]

Speculation really. At the end of the day people will get what they get, whether that is a MY2022 or MY2023. Some may be disappointed, some surprised.

[nlee]

Although an Australian website, I presume this is the same production lines as the UK RAV4. Whatever next, leaves on the line?

https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/toyota-rav4-production-cut-again-this-time-by-bad-weather

 

[srt]

1 hour ago, nlee said:

Although an Australian website, I presume this is the same production lines as the UK RAV4. Whatever next, leaves on the line?

https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/toyota-rav4-production-cut-again-this-time-by-bad-weather

 

The Aichi prefecture is listed and where my Rav4 PHEV is scheduled for build. The only (small) consolation is that some countries, notably Australia and New Zealand don't have the PHEV...yet.

[ernieb]

My early '21 PHEV was made in the Aichi Prefecture and as far as I know that's where they are all manufactured.

[nlee]

Correct Ernie. Prefectures are areas in Japan, I think there are something like 47, so similar to counties in the UK. Both factories that produce the HEV or the PHEV are in Aichi Prefecture. The PHEV is produced in the Nagakusa plant which is slightly confusing because it's not in Nagakusa!