Magazine article

Speedracer · 07-11-2004, 08:06 AM

So, I was reading Japanese car magnazine yesterday, and article about Prius Production...
Its says
It uses to be 15,000 car has been back order for US market but now do to heigh gas price which equal to high demand. Now just about 20,000 car has been back order. Prius production has been increased but not enought to meet demand.
So, Japanese market Prius uses to be 4 month wait but not only 2month or less like my case month and half.

Tempus · 07-11-2004, 08:18 AM

Yes, apparently the wait in Japan has decreased. They were devoting a pretty large percentage of production to the home market.

It seems that Japanese Consumers like to get their leading edge tech very quickly. They say that sales for new models falls off very steeply in Japan so it's important to get the cars there first.

However, now that the wait there seems to be manageable, they're talking about diverting some fo the allocations to the US.

Last I saw they hadn't made a decision on it yet though. They were going to announce some time this month if they were going to send more over here.

07-11-2004, 08:06 AM	#1
Speedracer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Nagoya, Shanghai Posts: 332 My Car: 2004 Prius Model: Package: G Touring Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Friends: 0	Magazine article So, I was reading Japanese car magnazine yesterday, and article about Prius Production... Its says It uses to be 15,000 car has been back order for US market but now do to heigh gas price which equal to high demand. Now just about 20,000 car has been back order. Prius production has been increased but not enought to meet demand. So, Japanese market Prius uses to be 4 month wait but not only 2month or less like my case month and half.

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07-11-2004, 08:18 AM	#2
Tempus Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Washington DC Posts: 1,693 My Car: 2004 Prius Model: Package: #9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	Yes, apparently the wait in Japan has decreased. They were devoting a pretty large percentage of production to the home market. It seems that Japanese Consumers like to get their leading edge tech very quickly. They say that sales for new models falls off very steeply in Japan so it's important to get the cars there first. However, now that the wait there seems to be manageable, they're talking about diverting some fo the allocations to the US. Last I saw they hadn't made a decision on it yet though. They were going to announce some time this month if they were going to send more over here.