Z Update from my dealership

[Go2ZZZ]

Missing the summer, especially for those like me who won't be able to drive the Z after October (because of the weather here), would I think mean that I'd also be out

I was thinking the same. BUT if you cancel your pre order, then order again later, now you prob have to wait another year lol

 

[2017370ZBlack]

I was thinking the same. BUT if you cancel your pre order, then order again later, now you prob have to wait another year lol

Once they get the supply issues sorted they will be cranking them out and they will be easy to get. Might take a year- who knows. Tochigi has the capacity to make 250,000 vehicles a year.

 

[Go2ZZZ]

Once they get the supply issues sorted they will be cranking them out and they will be easy to get. Might take a year- who knows. Tochigi has the capacity to make 250,000 vehicles a year.

Maybe it can make that much. With COVID and chip shortages, I highly doubt they can make that much nowadays

 

[jose3030]

Out of curiosity, how do these deposits equate to you getting the car in your desired trim?

It will just give me first right of refusal.
If they have something I don't like, it goes to the next person w/ deposit.
I am assuming this will repeat throughout until I get what I want.

Doesn't bode well if they throw 10 duds my way.

Makes no sense. How can they get their first one in July if shipments start in September?

They just teleport the ones before September?

I am assuming they will literally get their first one in July but their steady shipments will come in September.

Since they're a suburban dealership, it makes a bit of sense to me (probably low volume dealership).

Agree…why would they bother Shipping a couple …you think they would ship as many as possible to save on shipping costs . Although. How many Nissan Dealers in the US do you have…we only have 92 here

Only assuming they will get their literal first car in July and then a steady roll after that.

 

[jose3030]

That’s cool but let’s be real, Nissan really isn’t “high end”

I meant GT-R's and so on.
I've heard that the more GT-R's a dealer has sold in the past, the higher allocation they are likely to get.

My point is, I doubt they've sold a GT-R there in ages.

 

[Donalex]

Because of the winter here I can't drive the Z from November to April, so being delivered and not being able to drive it for months is not something I'm ok with. Having a brand new 70k$ toy - including taxes in Quebec - and not using it is too difficult for me .

I've got garage space in Florida and a spare bedroom twenty minutes from Tampa Airport. Just leave me the keys and I'll make sure the tank is refilled before you get here...??

 

[jose3030]

I've got garage space in Florida and a spare bedroom twenty minutes from Tampa Airport. Just leave me the keys and I'll make sure the tank is refilled before you get here...??

I like how you think LOL

 

[Go2ZZZ]

I've got garage space in Florida and a spare bedroom twenty minutes from Tampa Airport. Just leave me the keys and I'll make sure the tank is refilled before you get here...??

Go lightning!

 

[Matthewstorm]

I'm going to go see my dealer tomorrow and see if they have any news as well. They are supposedly one of the biggest GT-R/Z sellers in the state so I HOPE they have something.

Which dealer, if I may ask?

 

[Eatonian49]

Which dealer, if I may ask?

Nissan Gastonia

 

[TaroBaapG35]

Nissan Gastonia

If you get anywhere with that dealer, LMK! I'm in CLT

 

[Eatonian49]

If you get anywhere with that dealer, LMK! I'm in CLT

So reporting back. Right now they still don't have a definitive date when they will get their first allocations but the sales rep told me they'd let me know when they start to show up.

I gave them info on what trim/colors/etc I wanted and they noted that down. They said they learn about a month in advance when things will show up so maybe in a month or two they will have more info.

I asked about ADM and they said it isn't unlikely depending on how many cars they get but if they get a good number of Zs in it should be no issue getting it at MSRP.

They also said that custom ordering a car MAY result in a small mark up if it stops production on other cars they would have got outside of custom orders. They seemed pretty sincere about it all so I'm not too concerned it's going to be like 60k for the car.

Overall, I think you guys should avoid this dealer so I have less competition when ordering one thanks.......jk haha. I think these guys will be good to go with.

 

[HokieZcar]

Makes no sense. How can they get their first one in July if shipments start in September?

They just teleport the ones before September?

I work for another automotive manufacturer and this is actually very normal. Whenever a new car is launched, the first batch of "customer" (actually dealer) cars produced are intended to be "show and tell" cars for every dealership in every market. Once those cars are produced and shipped to the dealers, mass production is kicked off to begin supplying the market with actual "saleable" cars for you and I. In the 2023 Z's case, Nissan is shipping the "show & tell" cars to the dealers to arrive in July, and then once the pipeline is full, saleable cars arrive in September (earlier if you're lucky to be at a dealer at the top of the list). Hence the July-September lag.

 

[bybepl]

I work for another automotive manufacturer and this is actually very normal. Whenever a new car is launched, the first batch of "customer" (actually dealer) cars produced are intended to be "show and tell" cars for every dealership in every market. Once those cars are produced and shipped to the dealers, mass production is kicked off to begin supplying the market with actual "saleable" cars for you and I. In the 2023 Z's case, Nissan is shipping the "show & tell" cars to the dealers to arrive in July, and then once the pipeline is full, saleable cars arrive in September (earlier if you're lucky to be at a dealer at the top of the list). Hence the July-September lag.

July cars still have to be shipped from Japan

 

[rocksandblues]

I called my local Nissan 22554
** I have no relationship with this one.
But the sales guy that took the call said he does not see any Z's in the pipeline to them and they are expecting one October