View Poll Results: How is your wait for the GX going?
Holding out and waiting it out
26
76.47%
Starting to consider alternatives
5
14.71%
Ended up buying something else
3
8.82%
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How is your waiting for a GX going? (poll)
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From: PA
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From: Ontario
I was watching a video of the Tahara plant (
While no reference to production capacity per vehicle, but in order to bring 30,000 vehicles to the US, The Tahara plant would have to be pumping out 82 GXs per day, which is 10%-12% of the theoretical production capacity.
Maybe I'm a bit of a nerd, but I would love to see what the percentage of vehicle production is allocated to the 2024 GX, and how many they are making per day.
I don't know if I've posted this before here, but Lexus has about as many dealerships in California, as the entirety of Canada. Canada has 40 dealerships total, across all the provinces, whereas the entire US has 244, with 39 being in California.
I hope that we're not waiting too long (in Canada), but none of the calculation takes into the consideration the rest of the world.
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Joined: Jun 2022
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From: CO
I think waiting for them to appear on a used market could be the fastest way to get one. Yea you won't get specific choice, but I feel like once the 2025 production starts, with whatever upgrades or improvements they make over the 2024, there will be plenty of 2024s with less than 5k miles out there. Plus with the new 250 series Land Cruiser coming out and 2025 4Runner coming out, these used 2024s GXs will take a healthy depreciation cut, which I'm glad you gentlemen are eating. Lexus always depreciated faster than a 4Runner.
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From: Massachusetts
I think waiting for them to appear on a used market could be the fastest way to get one. Yea you won't get specific choice, but I feel like once the 2025 production starts, with whatever upgrades or improvements they make over the 2024, there will be plenty of 2024s with less than 5k miles out there. Plus with the new 250 series Land Cruiser coming out and 2025 4Runner coming out, these used 2024s GXs will take a healthy depreciation cut, which I'm glad you gentlemen are eating. Lexus always depreciated faster than a 4Runner.
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From: PA
You might want to do yourself a favor and watch some of 460offroad’s videos.
Last edited by free888; Feb 16, 2024 at 02:25 PM.
Driver
Joined: Oct 2023
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From: CT
my Lexus dealership is now claiming 2 years of allocations have been reserved, that’s crazy. I’m seeing a lot more interest from people now that more info is trickling down.
the embargo lifts on the 1st of Feb, so I’m anticipating another wave of orders then, after people have watched the reviews.
the embargo lifts on the 1st of Feb, so I’m anticipating another wave of orders then, after people have watched the reviews.
This isn’t the new Bronco or lightening. Anyone who wants one of these trucks will have the opportunity by the end of 2024.
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From: NJ/FL
I was watching a video of the Tahara plant (https://youtu.be/ikKByP6H_58?t=861) and Lexus says that they make 800 vehicles at the Tahara plant, per day (give or take). This is split between the 4Runner, GX, LandCruiser 250. I can't confirm - but I believe the LS, IS, and RC cars are made there too.
As to the OP, I was interested in a hybrid GX550, but opted for the RX450h+ instead. .
Edited: My bad. It seems the RX450h+ is finalized in Miyawaka, Japan.
Last edited by asj2024; Feb 26, 2024 at 08:16 AM.
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From: Ontario
my Canadian dealer, last I checked, has a list of 2 years in SW Ontario (Canada)
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From: San Diego, CA
I think I'm out. Just put in a build last week for a nicely optioned '25 BMW X5. Boy, how nice it was to order the exact car we want and pay under MSRP. Delivery in May.
Keeping my deposit on the Lux+ 550 active, but I am not holding my breath I will get the car in the config I want anytime soon. I am starting to sour with the way Toyota and Lexus do business. Basically, you cannot get the car you actually want. You get a car that is maybe close, at a time unknown and with a nice ADM either in the form of absolute mark-up or insanely marked up accessories. A good part of me simply does not want to reward bad behavior.
Keeping my deposit on the Lux+ 550 active, but I am not holding my breath I will get the car in the config I want anytime soon. I am starting to sour with the way Toyota and Lexus do business. Basically, you cannot get the car you actually want. You get a car that is maybe close, at a time unknown and with a nice ADM either in the form of absolute mark-up or insanely marked up accessories. A good part of me simply does not want to reward bad behavior.
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From: CO
I think I'm out. Just put in a build last week for a nicely optioned '25 BMW X5. Boy, how nice it was to order the exact car we want and pay under MSRP. Delivery in May.
Keeping my deposit on the Lux+ 550 active, but I am not holding my breath I will get the car in the config I want anytime soon. I am starting to sour with the way Toyota and Lexus do business. Basically, you cannot get the car you actually want. You get a car that is maybe close, at a time unknown and with a nice ADM either in the form of absolute mark-up or insanely marked up accessories. A good part of me simply does not want to reward bad behavior.
Keeping my deposit on the Lux+ 550 active, but I am not holding my breath I will get the car in the config I want anytime soon. I am starting to sour with the way Toyota and Lexus do business. Basically, you cannot get the car you actually want. You get a car that is maybe close, at a time unknown and with a nice ADM either in the form of absolute mark-up or insanely marked up accessories. A good part of me simply does not want to reward bad behavior.
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From: PA
I think I'm out. Just put in a build last week for a nicely optioned '25 BMW X5. Boy, how nice it was to order the exact car we want and pay under MSRP. Delivery in May.
Keeping my deposit on the Lux+ 550 active, but I am not holding my breath I will get the car in the config I want anytime soon. I am starting to sour with the way Toyota and Lexus do business. Basically, you cannot get the car you actually want. You get a car that is maybe close, at a time unknown and with a nice ADM either in the form of absolute mark-up or insanely marked up accessories. A good part of me simply does not want to reward bad behavior.
Keeping my deposit on the Lux+ 550 active, but I am not holding my breath I will get the car in the config I want anytime soon. I am starting to sour with the way Toyota and Lexus do business. Basically, you cannot get the car you actually want. You get a car that is maybe close, at a time unknown and with a nice ADM either in the form of absolute mark-up or insanely marked up accessories. A good part of me simply does not want to reward bad behavior.
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Joined: Dec 2023
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From: San Diego, CA
40i which is the B58 straight-6. Also has the 48V mild-hybrid carried over from the MY24 model. I wasn't really planning to have 2 BMWs, but the X5 drives so beautifully on-road, that it was hard to resist. Of course it is not an off-roader, but we were not planning to use the Lux+ (with its 22" road-focused wheels) for any serious offroading anyway.
The only thing I will really miss is the 3rd row which would have been nice on occasion. I configured for a two-hitch however. The other feature I got was the 2-axle air suspension.
The X5 will probably arrive around the time I get the call from Lexus, so it could be interesting, but for now I am heavily leaning to the X5. I will still test-drive a GX 550 when I can get my hands on one.
Anyway, probably shouldn't be getting into details of a BMW on a Lexus forum :-). I still have my IS 350 so I figure I can still lurk around these parts!
The only thing I will really miss is the 3rd row which would have been nice on occasion. I configured for a two-hitch however. The other feature I got was the 2-axle air suspension.
The X5 will probably arrive around the time I get the call from Lexus, so it could be interesting, but for now I am heavily leaning to the X5. I will still test-drive a GX 550 when I can get my hands on one.
Anyway, probably shouldn't be getting into details of a BMW on a Lexus forum :-). I still have my IS 350 so I figure I can still lurk around these parts!