Hands Up all the Aussies

[West Aussie]

There's no Protos in showrooms in Aus yet but the demonstration cars are starting to arrive of which I've only seen automatic allocations. Let's hope that we can at least drive these to keep the ball rolling.

If there is a fix ..each dealer will only have one to fix. Surely it shouldn’t hold up things too much
If not, and we can’t actually drive it, it still shouldn’t hold up things if we as a buyer choose to proceed….especially as we mostly ordered manuals, a completely different driving experience

 

[jezzza]

If not, and we can’t actually drive it, it still shouldn’t hold up things if we as a buyer choose to proceed….especially as we mostly ordered manuals, a completely different driving experience

Agreed. I really couldn't give a shit about dealer demo cars. It's an absolute piss-take.

 

[peter]

Aussies miss out on Nissan Z Proto https://www.carsales.com.au/editorial/details/aussies-miss-out-on-nissan-z-proto-137196/

 

[West Aussie]

Aussies miss out on Nissan Z Proto https://www.carsales.com.au/editorial/details/aussies-miss-out-on-nissan-z-proto-137196/

“It means dealers have had to contact those would-be buyers – it’s believed there are hundreds of them – and offer them either their money back or one of the first regular Z Coupes into the country”

I’m so pissed off…so this means someone who placed their order in Jan this year and missed out on the proto will jump those who have had an order in the system for almost a year longer…are they for real!
This is colossal stuff up, if I do not get confirmation that I’m in the first batch I’m pulling the pin ?

 

[jezzza]

“It means dealers have had to contact those would-be buyers – it’s believed there are hundreds of them – and offer them either their money back or one of the first regular Z Coupes into the country”

It's a bit ambiguous, I'm choosing to interpret as "first regular [non preorder] Z Coupes into the country."

 

[jezzza]

www.goauto.com.au/nissan-z-demand-runs-hot-in-australia

Nissan Australia is cagey on precisely how long it will take to clear out the Z’s order bank – it is not likely to do so this year, and it could well take more than a year before supply normalises – but company says it is actively negotiating for a greater slice of the new sportscar’s production output.

“You’ll see stock continuing to arrive in coming months and we’ll work with customers to deliver the vehicle as soon as possible, but we’re talking to the factory daily on production allocation and we’re trying to secure more than our fair share of the new Z,” - Travis Maher, Nissan Australia Senior Product Marketing Manager.

 

[West Aussie]

It's a bit ambiguous, I'm choosing to interpret as "first regular [non preorder] Z Coupes into the country."

Your much more optimistic than me…I don’t find it ambiguous at all
“Regular” as in…non Proto

As to trying to get more than our fair share…I’m sure all countries are doing the same thing

 

[jezzza]

Your much more optimistic than me…I don’t find it ambiguous at all
“Regular” as in…non Proto

Honestly.. an order placed in May 2022 is NOT jumping ahead of all orders placed throughout 2021. Not a chance. Customers would burn Nissan to the ground.

 

[West Aussie]

Or try the hunger strike approach if allocations are an issue?
https://www.teslahungerstrike.com/home

I’m already on a diet…so not too much of a stretch for me ?

 

[jezzza]

Some fun stats that I hadn't seen before.

https://7news.com.au/NissanZ

The new Nissan Z has so far had over 1200 orders in Australia and much to the delight of the company and car enthusiasts, about 70 per cent of them have been for the six-speed manual transmission.

In terms of other figures, the most popular colour has been blue with super black roof (26 per cent of orders) and Everest white with super black roof (16 per cent of orders).

 

[loudsx]

so 40% of pre orders are for Proto's

but blue at 26% is most popular colour

right...

 

[jezzza]

so 40% of pre orders are for Proto's

but blue at 26% is most popular colour

right...

There was no colour choice for the Proto so it's can't be included in colour popularity stats.

 

[loudsx]

yes but most people who pre ordered (note most not all) who wanted yellow ordered the proto.

so really the pre oder for yellow will be 40+ %

now at least half of thosewho didn't get a slot so what they change to will be more revealing.

 

[loudsx]

https://www.goauto.com.au/new-model...d-runs-hot-in-australia/2022-08-30/88929.html

nothing overly new other than nissans comments re dealer markup/compulsory packages.

 

[West Aussie]

https://www.goauto.com.au/new-model...d-runs-hot-in-australia/2022-08-30/88929.html

nothing overly new other than nissans comments re dealer markup/compulsory packages.

Very interesting about dealer mark ups. Once it’s advertised re car builder according to ACCC rules they can’t charge more. Be interested to see what happens if they try