Dang, I'm thinking we got EXTRA lucky to get our 350h Lux back in April

 

Got our NX 350h at MSRP (no markup) after 3 months wait. Car was built in Japan.
That's because we were very flexible with colors. Dealer allowed us to strike down certain color combinations.
We also didn't order any special options, only the most popular in addition to the Premium package.
So we were in the running for any allocation that matched what we didn't strike down.

 

Many of the cars on websites are not available. I email my dealer every time I see one on the website and he says it's spoken for. The inventory shows automatically on the website when it's allocated and they are usually not good at removing it. I just went through that cycle with a dealer in Escondido.

 

Got on a wait list with a dealership from Chicago back in June. Picked up the car last Monday and very happy. It is a white luxury with the Levinson speakers, built in Japan.

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My wait time from a first contact via email to delivery was exactly 4 months. Submitted my "required specs" in mid-August, got a first call about an available vehicle in mid-October, but I wasn't an exact match with my specs so I passed. Second call two days after Thanksgiving that another vehicle was coming. This one was almost exactly what I was looking for. Delivered to the dealer first week of December, picked it up on Dec 10.
My specs were NX 350h Base with moonroof and power rear hatch, and nothing else. The actual vehicle came with a couple of port added options on top of my specs, but the total of these "unwanted" options was only a few hundred dollars so I accepted to take that vehicle.

 

Is Lexus issuing any 350h allocations to dealers this week, does anyone know?

 

From what two Lexus dealers told me when I was looking for mine, they get allocations on a weekly basis (usually on Wednesdays).

 

Mine is coming in 1-2 weeks. I made my deposit in March of 2022. There was one in July but it wasn’t one of my top preferred colors, so I elected to wait. 4 months maybe, but if you’re waiting for a specific color-exterior and interior, I would expect like 8-10 months lol

 

What are you getting?

 

Premium package, 14 inch screen, hud with digital rearview + the typical stuff like heated steering wheel. Door edge guards, rear. bumper protector and all weather liners are also included

 

Very similar to my premium. Very loaded except for the Pano roof (which I didn't want), except for the 20" wheels (which I didn't want), no ML stereo (which I didn't want). I also got a few things I didn't want but we weren't able to order the car so it goes. I really wanted Rioja interior and didn't get it. A frog I had to swallow but other than that the car has so many pluses. Now it's just a matter of build and delivery. Good thing...I need to save for it now! LOL.

 

what color interior?
i was set on having black interior, and wouldn’t have accepted anything else

 

I now have black interior with Cloudburst gray paint. It’s an attractive combo except I’ve had it previously on several cars. The other thing is the black interior gets the white headliner where Rioja gets a black headliner. I’ve had black headliners several times and really like the rich feel in the cabin. But so it goes.

 

Yes you definitely do not want the 20 inch wheels, I compared mileage to a car with 18 inch wheels and mine with 20 inch wheels as I had a loaner for a week with the 18 inch wheels and the overall mileage difference was way way too much, on average the 18 inch wheels for the in town trip that I take all the time was around 45 MPG because I drive very very carefully to have it on battery as much as possible But in my car with the 20 inch wheels 35 to 37 for the exact same trip.

 

Wow. At > 20%, that is a huge difference. Maybe I need to rethink Luxury pack. I was expecting there to be a 1-2 mpg difference due to bigger wheels.