If you are waiting on delivery of a 2020 Prius Prime from Japan.......

We are waiting on delivery of a 2020 Prius Prime XLE from Japan and was wondering how many others are also waiting.

If you are waiting on delivery of a 2020 Prius Prime from Japan I'd be interested in knowing when you ordered and how long did your dealership tell you it might take.

We ordered a 2020 Prius Prime XLE in Blue Magnetism with black interior on Friday January 24, 2020 and later the salesman said our order was sent to the regional office the following Monday and they would in turn send the order to the factory in Japan.

Our salesman said the estimated time it might take for us to receive delivery of our Prime could be from 90-120 days.

Thanks !

 

Unfortunately there are some of us in areas that do not usually carry Primes in stock (and we are not in a position to travel out of state) and ordering the Prime we want is the only option that works for us.

We're in South Carolina (southeast Toyota region) and the ONLY 2020 Prime available in the entire region at the time was pearl white and I wanted magnetism blue.

Some regions obviously have some "carb" states and other regions do not, and unfortunately it seems each regional Toyota corporation do not deal with other regions, only with dealerships within their own region.

 

Thanks for the idea it is appreciated but when the dealership checked back in January there was only one 2020 Prime in the entire southeast region and it was in pearl white and we wanted magnetism blue.

I just checked CarGurus (300 mile range) for the model we wanted - a 2020 Prime XLE - shows 2 XLEs now, a pearl white and a red, so even if we waited till now we still would have had to order to get the magnetism blue 2020 XLE.

 

Unfortunately our dealership said they could not deal with other regions to get the specific car we wanted.

Someone posted a while back (either this forum or elsewhere) a map showing the Toyota regions in the U.S., here is what they posted:

 

Interesting, thanks for sharing that, I just wished that somehow the different regions where able to work together

 

Well, I simply went by what the dealership said when I asked if they could get the car we wanted from elsewhere and they gave the distinct impression they did not work with other regions, whether that was a distinct policy or just their preference not to do so I didn't know.

Our situation was such that we were not in a position to travel out of state right then or even now so we went ahead and ordered one back in January to be delivered from the factory in Japan.

Wow, neat (and congrats !!!!) …...did your car actually get delivered direct from the factory in Japan or did your dealership somehow find one available already here in the U.S. ?

 

Yep, seems to be a trait/policy/preference/whatever some regions have