Customers asked to switch to upcoming updated model
Toyota Motor has stopped taking orders for its Harrier sports utility vehicle model [similar to the Venza models sold in the US and China – ed], a spokesman told Reuters, as output was delayed by pandemic-linked curbs and the semiconductor shortage.
The Nikkei business daily had reported earlier Toyota had cancelled “some” orders for the Harrier due to production disruptions caused by the Covid-19 lockdown in Shanghai.
Customers were being asked to switch their orders to a newer Harrier scheduled to be released in September, the Nikkei report said.
The Toyota spokesman would not comment to Reuters on the plan, saying “customers and dealers are communicating one on one (on making alternative purchase).”
Toyota was considering the possibility of its dealers covering the price difference, since the newer model was likely to cost about JPY100,000 (US$733.35) more Reuters said, citing the Nikkei report
The automaker had disclosed neither the price nor the improvements of the newer model.
Toyota Motor has stopped taking orders for its Harrier sports utility vehicle model [similar to the Venza models sold in the US and China – ed], a spokesman told Reuters, as output was delayed by pandemic-linked curbs and the semiconductor shortage.
The Nikkei business daily had reported earlier Toyota had cancelled “some” orders for the Harrier due to production disruptions caused by the Covid-19 lockdown in Shanghai.
Customers were being asked to switch their orders to a newer Harrier scheduled to be released in September, the Nikkei report said.
The Toyota spokesman would not comment to Reuters on the plan, saying “customers and dealers are communicating one on one (on making alternative purchase).”
Toyota was considering the possibility of its dealers covering the price difference, since the newer model was likely to cost about JPY100,000 (US$733.35) more Reuters said, citing the Nikkei report
The automaker had disclosed neither the price nor the improvements of the newer model.
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