Anyone worried about their V6TT? (11 Viewers)

[Larry]

Lexus has slowed production on the GX. When do you propose this “artificial scarcity” will end?

Nobody has a definitive answer on why they are even doing it. They are certainly not doing the dealerships any favors? Could it be building up engine inventory because of the recall? Or maybe because they are changing over to the hybrid? Who knows when it will end, but it will eventually.

 

[Ctprelude]

Thats the point. Why do I need to work so hard to get one. It's like they don't want to sell them. Or they are artificially driving up the price. In Portland they are asking 15k over msrp. Who would pay that? In a year when it settles down I would be under water.

Yeah I mean I don't disagree in regards to it being a pain to get one. No idea if there is some sort of secret strategy from Lexus to keep them scarce or some sort of supply issue, but they've been out 3 years now and there doesn't seem to be any sign things will change anytime soon. I certainly wouldn't personally pay much over MSRP for one, but let's be real you are going to immediately be underwater on the LR and I spent probably a handful of hours overall to find mine spread across multiple days. If the LR's depreciation doesn't matter for you financially sounds like you should go for it. They definitely seem like the best GX alternative assuming no major issues.

 

[YellowLab]

Thats the point. Why do I need to work so hard to get one. It's like they don't want to sell them. Or they are artificially driving up the price. In Portland they are asking 15k over msrp. Who would pay that? In a year when it settles down I would be under water.

Everyone on the forum had to wait - I waited 8 months calling dealers to find mine. They pop up - folks drop out who ordered one.

 

[ahent]

I waited about 7 months, I got mine the first week of November 2025. I put in I wanted a Caviar Lux+ in late February early March of 25 and just sat and waited. My salesperson was a straight shooter and the dealership was not marking them up. I called in early October of 25 to check (originally they said it could be 6 months) and he said I was still a ways back on the allocation schedule. At that point I asked if I added a couple more colors if that would help and he said it wouldn't hurt and would probably help. A month later I got a call from him saying they had one in my second color preference (atomic silver) in the Lux+ package. I went out there and test drove it and he said I have a couple hours before the dealership would start to push and offer it to someone else. I wrote a check on the spot and haven't regretted it.