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Originally Posted by Quilucru
Hi,
I was told today that my i8 is in production phase and will be delivered by the end of July. Sounds good !
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So 6 weeks from production to delivery in Switzerland. Seems reasonable. Add two weeks for a cross-ocean trip and customs for 8 weeks to deliver to US dealers.
I guess the question is, when was your order taken/finalized? We're a a little less than 9 weeks from Pebble Beach Concours which means (unless they are airlifting it to California) the first US delivery will need to start PRODUCTION next week. I guess they could build a single US unit in the middle of other cars but it seems they would want to build them in batches to simplify logistics. So either the Pebble Beach delivery is bunk (the rest of the rumor said other US deliveries would be held at the port until August 18th, then released to dealers), or we won't be seeing US cars until mid-late September. To make a wide release order banks would need to open this week and be in by the end of it.
Hopefully all this speculation will be irrelevant soon.