Toyota Division GM Bob Carter said, "Right now we still have a good inventory but will be more stringent. "
Production levels in May-July alarming and potentially have a significant impact on the supply of vehicles at this summer, he added.
Carter said Toyota's stock remained strong since the March 11 earthquake in Japan, namely the supply of more than 300 thousand units. Last week, Toyota Motor Corp. announced, will run U.S. factories for three days a week.
Worse, the factory in Japan will only do 50% of production on April 18 to 27 and will be closed until May 10 as part of a national holiday "golden week" of Japan.
In addition, Toyota also limit the availability of a specific paint color. Toyota's manufacturing partners worked hard to find supplies of paint on demand. However, dealers will no longer be able to request a change of paint colors at the end of the booking and allocation process.
Toyota also inform the distribution, the dealer will be supplied only vehicle that has been confirmed to be produced. That is, the allocation of cars is very limited, says Carter. Toyota will ship cars from Japan every two weeks, added Carter.
On the positive side, Toyota spare parts production is not interrupted. As a result, the service will experience no shortage of service
