they do it to build hype and gage commercial interest before moving to full scale production. the message is scripted but toyota is monitoring forums, fb pages, etc to predict if the capital investment is going to show a return on investment.

We have a 2023 Sienna xle. tried to get a platinum but getting an allocation for these takes an act of god. we are still on the wait list for a platinum, from the time we put in a deposit, to when we got the call that they had one coming (an xle) was a little under a year.

Dont go into the purchase thinking you can order the exact spec you want. you’ll need to have colors and packages that youdbe willing to accept or prepare to wait for a while.