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Originally Posted by Space Cadet
If figures I came across for BMW’s production rate are true then they are only managing 54 cars a day and are way behind on production plans due to component shortages. No ramp up has happened and that was aiming for 400+ BEV cars per day from Munich.
I can well believe the 24 months as my dealer is still telling me Mar ‘24 for a Mar ‘22 order. Because it’s still at 047 there is zero price or interest rate protection. The original ‘plan’ for delivery was Dec ‘22 but that’s completely gone and they have little confidence in any dates or schedules they get from BMW themselves.
VW are reported to be saying they don’t expect the component shortages to resolve until we’ll into 2024 now.
Critical ‘noble’ gases, helium, neon, argon and xenon are all vital for the production of semiconductors and most of the worlds production comes from Russia (and a bit from Ukraine) where Pootin is deciding to export only to ‘friendly’ countries. Those countries don’t make the semiconductors that cars use so manufacturing rates have fallen off a cliff, or the products have got really really expensive.
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Do you mind me asking where you have ordered from?
I put down a deposit in Lancs in May and was told likely March next year which is fine for me as I have a lease going back then. I'd mentioned to the dealer if I had to extend for a few months I'd be ok to do so. Last update from them at the end of June was still on track for a October-December allocation and there mail to me says "we are confident your order will be fulfilled between March-June 2023".
I suppose it comes down to how many allocations each dealer gets but of course production issues will impact that...
I'm in two mind over what to do, maybe start contacting other dealers and putting down refundable res fees and see who gets an allocation first, or switch to another car. I'd read that the etron GT has a comparably low lead time and from the online configurator I really like the look of the Vorsprung edition but that comes with a +£35k cost and after seeing one for the first time on the road this week, it was massive. Seemed bigger than the Taycan I test drove earlier in the year. :/