Toyota has stopped accepting orders for the flagship editions of the Toyota HiLux ute – Australia’s top-selling automobile for the previous six years in a row – till it could actually compensate for the present backlog of orders.
Toyota sellers throughout Australia have been suggested they’ll not settle for orders for the Toyota HiLux Rogue and Toyota HiLux Rugged X till additional discover.
Demand for the 2 costliest variants of Australia’s hottest automobile has outstripped the availability of elements.
Toyota Australia has suggested sellers that orders for the Toyota HiLux Rogue luxurious ute and Toyota HiLux Rugged X off-road ute “will now shut,” though orders are anticipated to renew within the coming months.
Drive understands the pause in orders is simply momentary, to permit the native fitment of Toyota HiLux Rogue and Toyota HiLux Rugged X equipment to meet up with present demand.
“We perceive the numerous demand on this automobile and the eagerness to proceed order-taking past the remaining accessible manufacturing,” Toyota Australia suggested sellers.
Nevertheless, Toyota stated it needs to make sure it could actually provide automobiles which clients had already signed up for, earlier than accepting any new orders.
A press release from Toyota Australia to Drive stated: “The HiLux Rogue and Rugged X variants have each loved excessive ranges of curiosity since their introduction.
“Resulting from present demand, Toyota Australia can affirm that future orders for each the Rogue and Rugged X have been briefly paused. We are going to present an replace sooner or later on each of those fashions.”
Drive understands order books for the Toyota HiLux Rogue and Toyota HiLux Rugged X will reopen as soon as info relating to an annual working change is introduced within the coming months.
The Toyota HiLux stays Australia’s top-selling automobile outright, after six years in a row on the prime of the charts.
Though they’re the most costly fashions within the HiLux vary, they account for a big proportion of gross sales.
The flagship editions are made in Thailand – as with different HiLux fashions – earlier than locally-engineered upgrades are fitted to the automobiles at a Toyota remaining meeting facility in Melbourne.