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Originally Posted by pagemaster
It is not deficient. It is actually effcient. Toyotas approach is to make as much profit per unit as much as possible. By restricting how many Sequoias a dealer gets keeps demand up and profit higher.
Toyota system of producing cars has never worked this way. Toyota wants the customer at almost all cost to buy a vehicle that is on the lot. Toyota does not want its customers to order vehicle. This method keep inventory at a stable level and profit high.
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For me it is also deficient. In 2003 I couldn't purchase a high end 4Runner without a mandatory sunroof, as I'm too tall. Therefore I got an SR5 and Toyota lost a Sport or Limited sale. Come 2009 when I was ready to purchase another vehicle I couldn't find a Sequoia in stock anywhere except at a dealer who won't deal. Three local dealerships had zero in stock, the local fourth 'non'-dealer had fifteen of them. So I didn't buy another Toyota. Toyota waited too long to start up their Sequoia manufacturing again.
If that's efficiency then I can do without it. $32,000 went elsewhere.