Hands Up all the Aussies

[jezzza]

Both cars are different and both for sale, unfortunately only can afford to keep 1.

Assuming your Z sold and you kept the Supra?

 

[West Aussie]

There's 179 dealers in Austrailia according to google.

Ok so I’d revise to 200 tops ….almost half of which are sitting in dealers trying to sell more of what they don’t have.
Either way it’s not good

 

[Hammo25]

Ok so I’d revise to 200 tops ….almost half of which are sitting in dealers trying to sell more of what they don’t have.
Either way it’s not good

you know I’m not sure. Generally WA would be around 10% of anything AUstralia wide. There’s no way there are 20 cars delivered in WA.

 

[West Aussie]

you know I’m not sure. Generally WA would be around 10% of anything AUstralia wide. There’s no way there are 20 cars delivered in WA.

I believe we would be lucky to have 3 or 4, yours and a couple of Protos …maybe 1 other tops

 

[loudsx]

I believe we would be lucky to have 3 or 4, yours and a couple of Protos …maybe 1 other tops

Being there are 12 listed for sale (excluding demos) on car sales alone in WA add in some cars with customers 20 seems closer to the truth

I get you feel jaded and want to think the worst, but it might be time to move on....

 

[West Aussie]

Being there are 12 listed for sale (excluding demos) on car sales alone in WA add in some cars with customers 20 seems closer to the truth

I get you feel jaded and want to think the worst, but it might be time to move on....

I was agreeing with Hammos comment. It’s not jaded to speak the truth.
If you knew anything about the WA market, you would know at least 8 of the protos up for sale in WA were bought by dealers from interstate …
If you don’t like my comments scroll on, I have every right to make them given I started this thread and am still interested in the car
Just because I’ve bought something else doesn’t mean I will not buy a Z at a later date.
@Hammo25 remarked that he didn’t think there were 20 delivered in WA and I agree. Bought in from the East is another story altogether

 

[Hammo25]

Being there are 12 listed for sale (excluding demos) on car sales alone in WA add in some cars with customers 20 seems closer to the truth

Fair call. Note though that a number of the cars showing as dealer used are actually demos. I know for sure on two of those cars. The gun metallic one is the Osborne Park demo and there’s A yellow coupe that is the Morley demo.

I wonder whether all those protons are actually in WA. There’s a surprising number of them. Perhaps Nissan lost control of customer allocations on those early proto deliveries and dealers sold them to each other within their networks so they could charge above MSRP. If they did - it seems to have backfired on them and now they’re stuck with cars they can’t advertise / sell as new.

 

[SDate42]

Hey all! First post, figured I’d weigh in.

I put down a $1000 deposit May 22 approx. Within a week of the prices being released, which notably has changed/increased. At that time, my local dealer advised that they were not allowed to take deposits any earlier than the price release, which looking at this thread obviously wasn’t true for all dealers.

Late 22, I was told that I had missed out on a Proto when Nissan started cutting peoples orders and capping the amount being sold. Bit cheeky if you ask me.

last weekend, the 27th, I took delivery of a Proto Z, as a result of merging dealers and someone pulling out. I also happened to be pre-approved for finance and knew a salesman quite well, so a few factors working together.

Now I have seen a few non-proto Z’s on the street, unsure if theyre demos or not. I have seen one other proto, that I know was delivered. The dealer demos are supposedly all non-proto. The dealer also mentioned that their demos have to be demos for minimum 9months. This same dealer sold their demo the day after it was eligible for sale, there’s definitely demand.

I should mention when I got mine, there was a proto and non proto both ready for delivery in the showroom also.

last note, the dealer principal mentioned there’s 146 Protos allocated to Australia - no idea how to verify this information.

cheers!

 

[cainen]

Hey all! First post, figured I’d weigh in.

First positive story we've heard around here in a while! My situation was vaguely similar. Ordered a (manual) Proto in Feb 22 (before prices were released). Was told later in the year I'd missed out but then got offered an auto Proto after a cancellation which I picked up in December. I think it helped that the salesman lived on the street next to mine. It may be some kind of confirmation bias but I actually think I prefer having the auto now and would have it over the manual. I still have a manual car to satiate that need.

First we've heard of a 146 allocation of Protos. Don't know why it's so hard for Nissan to give us a solid number.

 

[cainen]

Anyone looking for a black manual? Location is Cooma NSW, brand new, retail price.

 

[cainen]

Above has been sold already.

 

[West Aussie]

Fair call. Note though that a number of the cars showing as dealer used are actually demos. I know for sure on two of those cars. The gun metallic one is the Osborne Park demo and there’s A yellow coupe that is the Morley demo.

I wonder whether all those protons are actually in WA. There’s a surprising number of them. Perhaps Nissan lost control of customer allocations on those early proto deliveries and dealers sold them to each other within their networks so they could charge above MSRP. If they did - it seems to have backfired on them and now they’re stuck with cars they can’t advertise / sell as new.

I know for a fact they were bought, and trying to be resold, as my husband enquired about two of them after waiting for so long. He was going to try and bargain them down, they said they can’t because they paid more than retail for them …your right it has backfired because none of them have moved

 

[West Aussie]

Hey all! First post, figured I’d weigh in.

I put down a $1000 deposit May 22 approx. Within a week of the prices being released, which notably has changed/increased. At that time, my local dealer advised that they were not allowed to take deposits any earlier than the price release, which looking at this thread obviously wasn’t true for all dealers.

Late 22, I was told that I had missed out on a Proto when Nissan started cutting peoples orders and capping the amount being sold. Bit cheeky if you ask me.

last weekend, the 27th, I took delivery of a Proto Z, as a result of merging dealers and someone pulling out. I also happened to be pre-approved for finance and knew a salesman quite well, so a few factors working together.

Now I have seen a few non-proto Z’s on the street, unsure if theyre demos or not. I have seen one other proto, that I know was delivered. The dealer demos are supposedly all non-proto. The dealer also mentioned that their demos have to be demos for minimum 9months. This same dealer sold their demo the day after it was eligible for sale, there’s definitely demand.

I should mention when I got mine, there was a proto and non proto both ready for delivery in the showroom also.

last note, the dealer principal mentioned there’s 146 Protos allocated to Australia - no idea how to verify this information.

cheers!

Can I ask what colour the one waiting for pick up was
So far the only non Protos and non demos that I’ve seen are silver and black, so I. Wondering if the paint issues were more prevalent on the bright colour or if it was just a case of production.
Also did you get a manual? Again just out of interest due to all the talk about transmissions.

Cannington in WA have also sold their Blue demo, can’t release it till next month I believe

Either way a very positive post …which makes a nice change
Congratulation! How are you liking it so far?

 

[loudsx]

Can I ask what colour you bought?
So far the only non Protos and non demos that I’ve seen are silver and black, so I. Wondering if the paint issues were more prevalent on the bright colour or if it was just a case of production.
Also did you get a manual? Again just out of interest due to all the talk about transmissions.

Either way a very positive post …which makes a nice change
Congratulation! How are you liking it so far?

you may want to read his post again, it was a Proto...

" last weekend, the 27th, I took delivery of a Proto Z, "

 

[West Aussie]

you may want to read his post again, it was a Proto...

" last weekend, the 27th, I took delivery of a Proto Z, "

The other car in the dealership…what colour was it?
Sorry I quickly wrote the wrong thing