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Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series deliveries in Australia for October are now in doubt, with the auto giant warning buyers that planned deliveries will be pushed back in the wake of a month-long stoppage at the LC300's plant in Japan.
Australian customers had been told their vehicles would begin to be delivered on October 4, which married with images of the first examples of the LC300 trickling into the country.
But where Tesla now has models arriving in the thousands, the LC300's were often one or two vehicles on vast ships, such is the popularity of the model globally, and the impact of chip and part shortages in Asia.
Those shortages have now hit Toyota hard, with the company lowering its September production targets by 40 per cent across the board, as ever plant it has in Japan faces some sort of temporary closure.
But no model is as hard hit as the LandCruiser, with its production facility to be shuttered for a month.
Those closures have now caught up with Australian customers, with buyers here saying they've been contacted by Toyota and told that October now simply isn't going to happen, and the brand is unable to offer a new delivery date.
Other business customers have received comms from the brand warning of the part shortages and their impact on Australian deliveries.
"We are working closely with our global production teams to work through the impact on Australia and to support our customers," it reads.
"We will continue to keep you updated as further information on the Australian impact and forecast is confirmed."
The issue will be the LC300's popularity globally, and the company's confirmed incapacity to catch up, given its plants were already maxed before the stoppage, meaning it can't simply build extra cars when more parts arrive.
How long the stoppage will delay vehicles arriving in Australia remains to be seen.
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