√How Toyota’s latest production cuts will impact Australian customers

Toyota customers in Australia are facing further delivery delays after the Japanese car giant announced further production cuts.

Thousands of Toyota customers in Australia waiting for a new car are now expected to face further delays after the Japanese auto giant announced further production cuts until the end of the year.

Popular Toyota models such as the RAV4, Corolla and LandCruiser have been affected by production cuts in Japan throughout 2022, plagued by a shortage of semiconductors and other parts restrictions.

Last week Toyota announced some of its most important Japanese assembly lines – which also produce Australian-delivered models such as the Corolla, Corolla Cross, RAV4, Camry, LandCruiser Prado, Yaris and Yaris Cross – would be impacted by disruptions throughout November.

“Toyota Australia continues to work closely with our global production teams to secure as many vehicles for our market as possible”, a Toyota spokesperson told Drive.

“Due to the evolving nature of this situation, Toyota dealers are best placed to continue to provide updates to customers on delivery timeframes for individual orders.”

As reported earlier this month, Toyota Australia has predicted new-car waiting times will remain at unprecedented levels throughout 2023.

Australian Toyota customers are facing wait times of three to nine months depending on models and specifications, with popular variants such as the RAV4 Hybrid and LandCruiser 70 Series reportedly delayed by more than 12 and 24 months respectively.

Toyota recently told Australian dealers its prices would increase across most of the cars, utes, vans and SUVs it sells “due to increased costs and inflationary pressures here and overseas”.

According to Toyota, its global production target for November will be reduced to 800,000 vehicles – 100,000 less than the monthly average projection set in September.

In a media statement, Toyota said the production cuts are expected to reduce its forecasted 9.7 million-vehicle output between April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023 – although the Japanese car giant has not clarified what its adjusted target will be.

Toyota’s luxury off-shoot Lexus is also impacted by the November production cuts, affecting supply of the LS, NX, ES and UX.

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