Toyota GR Yaris - Official! (Vol 2)
Discussion
Ken_Code said:
I’ve been despatched North today to bring our Range Rover back to London as my wife’s (rightly) decided that trying to use the Yaris as the family car isn’t working.
I think we could all have said it’s impractical as a family car even more so if it’s a young family as it’s awkward getting in the back and no boot space. tyrrell said:
Who’s going to be lucky tomorrow in the ballot results ?
Not me. I really think it's ridiculous that previous purchasers were included in the ballot. I've been in the queue for one since they opened it yet no luck apart from being offered an already registered returned one in white that was sitting in Birmingham (I think it was). I do wonder how close to the front I was if they'd just done the same as previous years and offered to the next on the list in order.MikeDB1 said:
Not me. I really think it's ridiculous that previous purchasers were included in the ballot. I've been in the queue for one since they opened it yet no luck apart from being offered an already registered returned one in white that was sitting in Birmingham (I think it was). I do wonder how close to the front I was if they'd just done the same as previous years and offered to the next on the list in order.
The first 1,000 people on the waiting list were informed of their place back in 2022, higher than 1,000 were just told they were on the list. I think it was ridiculous that the waiting list were invited instead of the loyal customers who previously ordered a car. You can’t win with how they’ve done it as there will always be some that are frustrated by the process but there’s not really any other way to manage supply/demand.
ecsrobin said:
I think we could all have said it’s impractical as a family car even more so if it’s a young family as it’s awkward getting in the back and no boot space.
I’d not assumed it’d do the job well, but thought it might be tolerable for a bit.I’m very much looking forward to having a four-door car back again, and putting the Yaris away to be used for the occasional bit of fun.
Unsuccessful, not cheese off at all though as I still have my GRY that I don't use.. Be ridiculous to buy again.
18 month old with 1300 miles on the clock , pristine and fully wrapped
, you get my drift right.
Congrats to those who want one and got a slot but feel sorry for the ones that didn't, I wonder how Toyota worked the allocation ?
18 month old with 1300 miles on the clock , pristine and fully wrapped
, you get my drift right.Congrats to those who want one and got a slot but feel sorry for the ones that didn't, I wonder how Toyota worked the allocation ?
Phil. said:
Unreal said:
We'll see but I'm not confident someone is going to pay £50K ish for one. A flip has to be worthwhile.
I said above that I didn’t think there would be much room for flipping. I wouldn’t take the risk but that’s an easy decision for me because I didn’t enter the ballot 
Phil. said:
Unreal said:
There's zero risk. The deposit is refundable.
I meant the risk of buying one to flip on delivery. Unreal said:
You pay a deposit to secure the option to buy. If you don't have a buyer lined up and the money in your account, you don't go through with the purchase and your deposit is refunded. Therefore there is no risk if a successful flip is your objective.
Do you believe someone will transfer c.£50k without a physical car being present, meaning after delivery? What is the latest can you pull out and have the deposit refunded? Prior to delivery?
I think there will be a few Mk2’s being offered by dealers as people pull out prior to delivery. And if this is the case I assume dealers will be allowed to price the unwanted cars above list until supply improves or people realise that MK2’s will depreciate fairly rapidly given the £20k gap between a MK1.
It’s going to be an interesting dynamic until things settle down.
Phil. said:
Unreal said:
You pay a deposit to secure the option to buy. If you don't have a buyer lined up and the money in your account, you don't go through with the purchase and your deposit is refunded. Therefore there is no risk if a successful flip is your objective.
Do you believe someone will transfer c.£50k without a physical car being present, meaning after delivery? What is the latest can you pull out and have the deposit refunded? Prior to delivery?
I think there will be a few Mk2’s being offered by dealers as people pull out prior to delivery. And if this is the case I assume dealers will be allowed to price the unwanted cars above list until supply improves or people realise that MK2’s will depreciate fairly rapidly given the £20k gap between a MK1.
It’s going to be an interesting dynamic until things settle down.
There are two stages before delivery. Firstly confirmation where you pay the deposit and then an order stage at which point you're committed.
My current view is that there is no profit to be made. These are uncertain times.
Stevil said:
I entered for a special edition one, figuring if there was enough demand for those, that it might be worth flipping.
Didn't succeed though, so probably for the best.
Yes, I ticked the 60k jobby too. I knew that would super limit my chances but it was never a biggie anyway, for me.Didn't succeed though, so probably for the best.
Unreal said:
Dunno but that would be the deal on offer. I'm not an expert on how to do it. Was the same with the Emira but I wisely bailed when they increased the price and wanted a further non-refundable deposit.
There are two stages before delivery. Firstly confirmation where you pay the deposit and then an order stage at which point you're committed.
My current view is that there is no profit to be made. These are uncertain times.
I be shocked if people pay overs for these, be careful , personally I wouldn't bother and that's taking in to consideration the low unit factor.There are two stages before delivery. Firstly confirmation where you pay the deposit and then an order stage at which point you're committed.
My current view is that there is no profit to be made. These are uncertain times.
Phil. said:
Unreal said:
You pay a deposit to secure the option to buy. If you don't have a buyer lined up and the money in your account, you don't go through with the purchase and your deposit is refunded. Therefore there is no risk if a successful flip is your objective.
Do you believe someone will transfer c.£50k without a physical car being present, meaning after delivery? What is the latest can you pull out and have the deposit refunded? Prior to delivery?
I think there will be a few Mk2’s being offered by dealers as people pull out prior to delivery. And if this is the case I assume dealers will be allowed to price the unwanted cars above list until supply improves or people realise that MK2’s will depreciate fairly rapidly given the £20k gap between a MK1.
It’s going to be an interesting dynamic until things settle down.
Keep in mind, these are all online sales. The dealer just does a minimal handover IME.
ferrisbueller said:
Cancellations should go back in the pot, right? Previously Toyota hasn't allowed dealers to sell new cars over list afaik.
Morally I agree but that hasn’t prevented other dealers selling new cars over list during 2022 e.g. Range Rovers. In this case though I doubt there will be a market for over list new GR’s so the only question is do unwanted new GR’s go back in to the ballot or are sold by the individual dealer?
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