Ordered an LC70 in the past 10 weeks? You’ll likely pay more when it finally turns up
Toyota Australia has confirmed that orders for the Toyota LandCruiser 70 Series placed after May 16 will not be price-protected, meaning customers could end up paying a lot more than they expected whenever their new off-road ute or wagon eventually arrives.
Such is the demand for the trusty Japanese workhorse range, which dates back to 1984, that Toyota Australia earlier this week announced it was temporarily closing the 70 Series order book to reduce a wait list that now stretches out to 2024 due to production stoppages in Japan.
With a heavily updated model announced earlier this year and soon to enter production, we don’t yet know how much higher 70 Series prices will go – nor which customers will receive the upgraded model – but a major GVM increase and expanded safety suite could add a few thousand dollars to the vehicle’s bottom line.
Toyota says consumers who have placed orders within the last few months will be aware of the potential price increase thanks to a new policy the brand implemented in mid-May which requires customers to fill in a form acknowledging that the “vehicle specification, price and/or delivery date may change from the time of order to the time of vehicle delivery”.
“This means customers who placed an order after 16 May 2022, will be contacted by their dealer again once production is confirmed to confirm these details,” a Toyota spokesperson told carsales.
