December 2014 Yaris Sales: Up

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by Kar98

Yet no ZIP code I tried (Dallas, L.A., Denver) has a manual hatchback for sale... <.<

There are 118 new manuals in the whole country. Only three of them are in Texas. One in Austin, and two in Corpus Christi. The 5 closest out of state locations...for zip codes around here....are Springfield, MO....Olathe, KS....Jasper, AL...Brmingham, AL....and Pensacola, FL.

^^^^^Go to Cars.com. Click on 'Advanced Search'. Click on the circle next to 'New'. Plug in your zip code and select 'all' from the miles choices. Click on the arrow next to 'Transmission' and select manual. Then...unless your browser has already 'kicked' you into a search ...click the search button.

The results default to price in descending order. Click on the arrow to the right and take the one distance option/choice.

[428CobraJet]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

There are 118 new manuals in the whole country. Only three of them are in Texas. One in Austin, and two in Corpus Christi.

Looks like a 2014SE in Austin. Corpus Christi information doesn't jive with dealer (Mike Shaw) website.

But maybe this means an easing of Gulf States Toyota.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by 428CobraJet

Looks like a 2014SE in Austin. Corpus Christi information doesn't jive with dealer (Mike Shaw) website.

But maybe this means an easing of Gulf States Toyota.

My understanding is that 'Toyota corporate' doesn't like that the two remaining independent U.S. distributors -- Gulf States Toyota and Southeastern Toyota -- won't sell out to the parent company. Who knows, this somewhat tempestuous relationship may effect which cars come through to the consumer and/or how they are equipped.

[Kar98]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

My understanding is that 'Toyota corporate' doesn't like that the two remaining independent U.S. distributors -- Gulf States Toyota and Southeastern Toyota -- won't sell out to the parent company. Who knows, this somewhat tempestuous relationship may effect which cars come through to the consumer and/or how they are equipped.

Oh is THAT what the problem is?

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by Kar98

Oh is THAT what the problem is?

I know that those two distributors can include high profit margin options requested by the distributor that are included as part of the factory generated original sticker. They do this to assure what they feel is a reasonable profit. I learned this calling all the out of state dealers I did while shopping for my 2014. My understanding from these calls is that Toyota corporate does not like this. I found some information online that backed this up and also suggested that Toyota corporate has made offers to buy both distributorships...to no avail. Some dealerships within these states also add an additional PAC sticker. My understanding is that the dealers in these states dislike the 'distributor requested options within the factory sticker' as much as Toyota corporate does. This is definitely the feeling at my dealer in Florida. It makes sense. The consumer is only going to pay so much...so this practice potentially pulls profit away from the others.