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Canadian Stock Allocations

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#1 ·
Hi everyone!

I have been informed this is the more popular GR Corolla forum. I work as inventory control for a Toyota dealer in Canada and am able to share "allocations" as they are released to dealers.

Most of you already know that Toyota does not do true "factory orders", only allocation requests. I've gone into detail a few times in the GR86 thread,


Here is the original thread from the other GRC forum


and Supra 6MT allocations;

 
#2 ·
These allocations were released in the last few hours, good luck!

Trade080280814088 - Country Hills ToyotaABAAEM - GR Corolla CoreAM - GR Corolla Core/Black0202 - Black00STOCK Open2023-01-082023-01-12NoCalgaryAlberta

Trade080279614095 - South Pointe ToyotaABAAEM - GR Corolla CoreAM - GR Corolla Core/Black0040 - White00STOCK Open2023-01-182023-01-22NoCalgaryAlberta

Trade080281034030 - Birchwood ToyotaABAAEM - GR Corolla CoreAM - GR Corolla Core/Black0202 - Black00STOCK Open2023-01-202023-01-24NoWinnipegManitoba

Trade080280914089 - Gateway ToyotaABAAEM - GR Corolla CoreAM - GR Corolla Core/Black0202 - Black00STOCK Open2023-01-202023-01-24NoEdmontonAlberta

Trade080279514001 - Heninger ToyotaABAAEM - GR Corolla CoreAM - GR Corolla Core/Black0040 - White00STOCK Open2023-01-202023-01-24NoCalgaryAlberta

Trade080279434027 - Crown ToyotaABAAEM - GR Corolla CoreAM - GR Corolla Core/Black0040 - White00STOCK Open2023-01-202023-01-24NoWinnipegManitoba

Trade080279942185 - Downtown ToyotaABAAEM - GR Corolla CoreAM - GR Corolla Core/Black0040 - White00STOCK Open2023-01-262023-01-30NoTorontoOntario

Trade080279842187 - Markville ToyotaABAAEM - GR Corolla CoreAM - GR Corolla Core/Black0040 - White00STOCK Open2023-01-292023-02-02NoMarkhamOntario

Trade080279742076 - ToyotatownABAAEM - GR Corolla CoreAM - GR Corolla Core/Black0040 - White00STOCK Open2023-01-292023-02-02NoLondonOntario

Trade080281342069 - Woodbridge ToyotaABAAEM - GR Corolla CoreAM - GR Corolla Core/Black0202 - Black00STOCK Open2023-01-292023-02-02NoWoodbridgeOntario

Trade080281242367 - Barrhaven ToyotaABAAEM - GR Corolla CoreAM - GR Corolla Core/Black0202 - Black00STOCK Open2023-01-312023-02-04NoNepeanOntario

Trade080281142335 - Milton ToyotaABAAEM - GR Corolla CoreAM - GR Corolla Core/Black0202 - Black00STOCK Open2023-01-312023-02-04NoMiltonOntario

Trade080278642073 - Jackson's ToyotaABAAEM - GR Corolla CoreAR - GR Corolla Core -Premium Colour/Black03U5 - Supersonic Red00STOCK Open2023-02-192023-02-25NoBarrieOntario

Trade080282075033 - O'Regan's Toyota DartmouthABAAEM - GR Corolla CoreAM - GR Corolla Core/Black0202 - Black00STOCK Open2023-02-242023-03-02NoDartmouthNova Scotia

Trade080281965021 - Saint John ToyotaABAAEM - GR Corolla CoreAM - GR Corolla Core/Black0202 - Black00STOCK Open2023-02-242023-03-02NoSaint JohnNew Brunswick

Trade080280565002 - Acadia ToyotaABAAEM - GR Corolla CoreAM - GR Corolla Core/Black0040 - White00STOCK Open2023-02-242023-03-02NoMonctonNew Brunswick
 
#5 ·
Quebec released;

Trade080280053074 - Chasse ToyotaABAAEM - GR Corolla CoreAM - GR Corolla Core/Black0040 - White00STOCK Open2023-01-232023-01-29NoMontrealQuebec

Trade080281553110 - Toyota Montreal-EstABAAEM - GR Corolla CoreAM - GR Corolla Core/Black0202 - Black00STOCK Open2023-01-252023-01-29NoMontrealQuebec

Trade080281653045 - Leveille ToyotaABAAEM - GR Corolla CoreAM - GR Corolla Core/Black0202 - Black00STOCK Open2023-01-232023-01-29NoTerrebonneQuebec

Trade080280153203 - Boulevard ToyotaABAAEM - GR Corolla CoreAM - GR Corolla Core/Black0040 - White00STOCK Open2023-01-232023-01-29NoQuebecQuebec

Trade080281453183 - Ile Perrot ToyotaABAAEM - GR Corolla CoreAM - GR Corolla Core/Black0202 - Black00STOCK Open2023-01-282023-02-01NoPincourtQuebec

Trade080281853094 - Granby ToyotaABAAEM - GR Corolla CoreAM - GR Corolla Core/Black0202 - Black00STOCK Open2023-02-142023-02-20NoGranbyQuebec

Trade080281753138 - Spinelli Toyota Pointe-ClaireABAAEM - GR Corolla CoreAM - GR Corolla Core/Black0202 - Black00STOCK Open2023-02-142023-02-20NoPointe-ClaireQuebec

Trade080280453077 - Ste-Therese ToyotaABAAEM - GR Corolla CoreAM - GR Corolla Core/Black0040 - White00STOCK Open2023-02-142023-02-20NoSte-ThereseQuebec

Trade080280353017 - Levis ToyotaABAAEM - GR Corolla CoreAM - GR Corolla Core/Black0040 - White00STOCK Open2023-02-142023-02-20NoLevisQuebec

Trade080280253064 - Toyota Baie Des ChaleursABAAEM - GR Corolla CoreAM - GR Corolla Core/Black0040 - White00STOCK Open2023-02-142023-02-20NoCaplanQuebec

Trade080278853182 - Valleyfield ToyotaABAAEM - GR Corolla CoreAR - GR Corolla Core -Premium Colour/Black03U5 - Supersonic Red00STOCK Open2023-02-142023-02-20NoValleyfieldQuebec
 
#25 ·
I made a longer post in the main thread, but long story short. VP of the dealer I was at sold #1 position for the Circuit to someone else without anyone else knowing. So I am now getting their core that should be arriving end of month next year. Ice Cap is the colour which I believe looks really good.

For Canadian models do we get all packages standard, or is it just PP that is standard?
 
#26 ·
I made a longer post in the main thread, but long story short. VP of the dealer I was at sold #1 position for the Circuit to someone else without anyone else knowing. So I am now getting their core that should be arriving end of month next year. Ice Cap is the colour which I believe looks really good.

For Canadian models do we get all packages standard, or is it just PP that is standard?
canadian Cores are loaded.
 
#29 ·
No tech package?
Canadian cores are not loaded unless Toyota did a stealth update, I'd love to be proven wrong. Officially as per the Canadian press release they have LSD and heated seats. The Canada configurator shows red GR brakes so that's conflicting. I heard rumors that it also has a heated steering wheel but I'm writing that off purely as a rumor.
I will know in a month or if I get a Vspec.
 
#30 ·
My sales person called and confirmed everything Rustyoid said about my allocation.

Did anyone else get their colour preference, or was I just lucky on 1 of 3 colour options? I'm curious if the process in Canada is more likely to get you the car you specify. It seems like south of the border you take what they give you or nothing.
 
#40 ·
Ice Cap Core is locked and loaded. I lost out on a CE but I'll still have loads of fun with a core.
ETA Jan. 29 - Feb. 2, 2023.
congrats! Hope the rest of your purchasing process is smooth. You're going to enjoy this thing.

Your dealer has better info than mine - I just keep getting the 'limited production, no ETA' response. They have received an allocation already and I'm number 3 on the list. So I'll just stick to the 'wait it out' strategy and stop getting my hopes up for spring 2023.
 
#48 · (Edited)
The US fully loaded core gets:
COLD WEATHER PACKAGE:

  • Heated Seats
  • Heated Steering Wheel

TECHNOLOGY PACKAGE:

  • JBL Speakers
  • Wireless Charger

PERFORMANCE PACKAGE:

  • Front and rear LSDs
  • Red Calipers with GR logo

Canadian Core Gets:

PERFORMANCE PACKAGE (Standard):

  • Front and rear LSDs
  • Red caliper with GR logo

COLD WEATHER PACKAGE (Standard):
- Heated seats


That's it.

Honestly, seems weird to me that the one we are getting isn't just a fully loaded core. Like, it would be more of a production hassle to have this much variety. I wish we at least had the choice to option it out. Either Toyota Canada hasn't explicitly outlined everything, or we are getting a more inferior version of the US model.
 
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#67 ·
The US fully loaded core gets:
COLD WEATHER PACKAGE:

  • Heated Seats
  • Heated Steering Wheel

TECHNOLOGY PACKAGE:
  • JBL Speakers
  • Wireless Charger

PERFORMANCE PACKAGE:
  • Front and rear LSDs
  • Red Calipers with GR logo

Canadian Core Gets:

PERFORMANCE PACKAGE (Standard):

  • Front and rear LSDs
  • Red caliper with GR logo

COLD WEATHER PACKAGE (Standard):
- Heated seats


That's it.

Honestly, seems weird to me that the one we are getting isn't just a fully loaded core. Like, it would be more of a production hassle to have this much variety. I wish we at least had the choice to option it out. Either Toyota Canada hasn't explicitly outlined everything, or we are getting a more inferior version of the US model.
Factor in exchange and the GRC (or any new Toyota for that matter) is way cheaper to buy in Canada than the US.

Quite frankly, it's so much less profitable for Toyota to sell cars in Canada that we're lucky to get anything at all. We're a market smaller than California and our currency is shit. Plus we have a pile of stupid costly regulations like mandatory bilingual labels, ethanol blended fuels etc.

Doesn't help that Canadian dealers have been getting fat pumping good inventory to exporters for the last 7 years and everyone knows it. There are 8 Toyota stores in the Calgary area and I know for a fact that at least 4 of them have been knowingly and systematically sending their cars to China and the US through straw buyers and taking kickbacks from huge grey market wholesalers. One dealer I won't name has sold hundreds of of Sienna Limited AWDs that went straight to the west coast and on a boat to China. They have 3 Chinese sales managers who each take several vacations a year to China and nobody bats an eye. Long as they keep those grosses high. Another was selling new 4runners and tundras 8 at a time which were being picked up on a carrier and hauled straight to Salt Lake City. Meanwhile, actual retail buyers couldn't get their hands on one.

Toyota Canada could easily do a VIN audit to show how many new vehicles sold that never came back to a dealership for service. There would be tens of thousands and the same slimey dealerships would keep popping up. That type of thing would violate their franchise agreements but I guess nobody has the stomach for the legal battle. All the ASMs just want to keep quiet, hit their target and get their bonus.


TMMI could easily wipe Toyota Canada's entire retail operation and send our allocations to the US where they'd make more profit, close our Woodstock and Cambridge plants, move manufacturing to Mexico and build rav4s and Corollas at a fraction of the cost if they wanted. I'm honestly surprised they bother to do business here.

Sorry for the cynicism.... 17 years working in dealerships has that effect 😂 Plus I'm getting increasingly skeptical that I'll get my hands on this car and I already bought the vanity plate.
 
#64 · (Edited)
#59 ·
The green TOR sticker is a giveaway that yes, this was infact taken in a Toronto region dealer.

Also, the red one we received doesn't belong to a client, but it doesn't belong to us either.
It belongs to Toyota. It's getting parked here while it waits to leave for the Montréal Auto Show.
 
#61 · (Edited)
53010!
Spinelli Toyota Lachine.

Still don't know when we are getting our first unit, which will be either mine (I opened the waiting list for this car years ago when it was still rumors before anyone jumps to conclusions and starts yelling at me lol) or a client of mine's...

(I don't know yet if it'll be mine because I'm not sure if I can make it work money wise... We (finally) bought a house in 2022 and it's quite a bit more expensive than my 2019 XSE Hatch, gotta work the math. Oh and then I have to sell it to my wife, that's a hard sell even for me LOL)

We have a lot of orders, and I'm hoping I don't have to dissapoint too many clients...
They all know we might not get many per dealer per year, but still.

Same thing with the GR86 and the GR Supra.

We have about 25 deposits for GR Corolla, 10ish for the GR86 and 8ish for the GR Supra...
Most of those are my clients, I'm the die-hard enthusiast here so most special cars (Sports / TRD's / Trucks / Etc) end up being ordered with me.

PS : Here's the one for the carshow, all clean and pretty.
Toyota parked a few cars here while they wait to leave for the carshow. Bz4x, Tundra Capstone, etc.
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