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Originally Posted by engineer
Are we even talking about the same thing? Even a Toyota spokesperson said this is a "somewhat unique" program. I believe what you are speaking of is factory incentives that dealers can use (or not) when selling a vehicle. This incentive (in the article) is given directly to the dealer from Toyota Motor Company to lower the purchase price of a Tundra for the dealer to purchase and use as a parts delivery vehicle. If this is not new, then why would dealers have had to "go through other channels to by the pickups for their own use" before this incentive was offered?
If we are speaking of the same thing, please enlighten me as to how much money ToMoCo offers dealers for the Sienna, Corolla, and Camry. Is it $2000?
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Your ingonrance is shinning through.
I'm talking EXACTLY about rebates to dealers when they purchase vehicles and put them into business use. For example, If a Toyota delear registers a SIENNA CE or LE to be used as a service shuttle, the delear recieves a credit from toyota for $1400.00.
When i was with GM, they offered $1800 for Montana Vans to be used as service shuttles. Sierra's as parts trucks got $1000. And as i said in another post, in 2001 GM even let its dealers purchase them on CSAs at 0%.
When I was with Ford (in the 80's mind you) They offered $500 on parts trucks
I haven't seen a parts truck incentive from Toyota before, so I guess in that sense it's "somewhat unique" but definately not in the industry.
something you must understand is that all Factories treat its dealers with a carrot and stick approach. They are not always in partnership. They often provide carrots for them to upgrade their facitlities and vehicles in service. Sometimes they use a stick. A friend of mine who owns a honda dealership is being forced into massive service department upgrades. If they fail to make the upgrades, their "allotment" of new vehicles from the factory will be cut back.
Among dealers, some factories have a better reputation than others. Ford is near the bottom, GM is closer to the Top.
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