It doesn't have to be a year!
Well I got my Prius about a week ago and I waited a grand total of 12 days from the point when I started searching. I admit in my case there was luck involved, but even without the person in Barstow deciding after waiting 3 months that they didn't want the car I had one lined up with no longer then a 6 week wait in North Carolina. I don't have much patience so when I was being told by my locale Car Dealers that it would be between 3 and 6 months I got on the phone and starting calling every Toyota dealer in California and the surrounding states. Some insisted that I leave a deposit, but a lot were willing to take my name call me back if they had one available (that's how I got the one in Barstow, CA). Then I started calling Toyota dealerships across the country. I found one in NC that has been allotted 48 of them and they have hardly anyone on their waiting list. He said he could get me one in about 6 weeks, but only after a week he called me back and offered me one. Unfortunately, it was Option package #7 and that made the price a little to steep for my blood. Sorry I can't remember the dealership name, but the contact persons name was Zid. You might try a quick search on the Toyota website under Dealer locater. I also know it was a very new dealership that just opened a short time ago by a person who also owns a Toyota dealership in Florida.