[NY2IN]

I'm looking up production timelines but most of the posts I'm finding are old. Has anyone recently ordered an iX? My car is expected to begin production week 8. I'm wondering when I should expect it at my dealer. I only care because I'm moving from NYC and would really like to have a car when I arrive in Indy at the end of March!

[LVBMW]

Originally Posted by NY2IN

I'm looking up production timelines but most of the posts I'm finding are old. Has anyone recently ordered an iX? My car is expected to begin production week 8. I'm wondering when I should expect it at my dealer. I only care because I'm moving from NYC and would really like to have a car when I arrive in Indy at the end of March!

For me, ordered 9/29/23. Rolled off assembly line 11/7/23. Waited two weeks at the port for a ship. Arrived at dealer 12/21/23.

[Kennethjk]

Ordered my car day before thanksgiving and was completed and QC’d by 12/12 and sitting at a dock in Germany ever since waiting to be loaded.

Really depends on timing and getting to the dock with a ship waiting for your car to be loaded.

[mxhxr]

Originally Posted by Kennethjk

Ordered my car day before thanksgiving and was completed and QC’d by 12/12 and sitting at a dock in Germany ever since waiting to be loaded.

Really depends on timing and getting to the dock with a ship waiting for your car to be loaded.

I was told the car usually sits at the Bremerhaven port for 4-6 weeks waiting for a vessel assignment. Hopefully yours will be on the way soon.

[exxxviii]

My rough estimates of what you should anticipate for each step. These are the optimistic times, if everything goes perfectly. You can spend weeks inexplicably in any of the steps (except at sea).

• A week to get from the factory to the port (wait time for transport assignment)
• A week to get assigned a ship
• Three weeks at sea
• Two weeks to get through VPC and then assigned and transported to the dealer

So, figure 5 to 7 weeks from Final Assembly at the plant. So, if week 8 is the 3rd week of February, then it might arrive late-March to mid-April.

[Road Trip]

Good rational timing plan was just laid out for you. Yet considering Murthy’s law and the amazing amount of us who had a least one unexpected delay along the way, if me I would add to weeks to what one thinks/hopes — and that is when most of us got ours (not even counting the whole last year stop sale for the interior trim pieces being MIA).

My own iX which fortunately skipped around the stop sale (so lucky) was all along supposed to arrive on Dec 8th. Then reality and a ton of little short timing delay things hit. What did we get it? Yep, Dec. 22nd, e.g. exactly two weeks after it was supposed to.

[JSTARR]

Hoping they are building & the logistics are moving expeditiously in this new year. Our order was accepted a few days before NYE. Would love to be driving it in early April.

[NY2IN]

Originally Posted by JSTARR

Hoping they are building & the logistics are moving expeditiously in this new year. Our order was accepted a few days before NYE. Would love to be driving it in early April.

Man I’m hoping for March! My dealer was very optimistic when we placed the order 🤷🏻‍♂️

[therealkenc]

Ours is also slated for Week 8 production. If we get it in April, we'll be happy campers.

[Kennethjk]

Originally Posted by exxxviii

My rough estimates of what you should anticipate for each step:

• A week to get from the factory to the port (wait time for transport assignment)
• A week to get assigned a ship
• Three weeks at sea
• Two weeks to get through VPC and then assigned and transported to the dealer

So, figure 5 to 7 weeks from Final Assembly at the plant. So, if week 8 is the 3rd week of February, then it might arrive late-March to mid-April.

I sure wish you were right, mines been sitting at port for 4 weeks and counting

I wish you were in charge!!

[jdyer11]

Anyone who doesn’t want to wait my ix m60 with 4k miles and two sets of wheels getting posted next few days. Picked up new territory forcing me back into combustion 😡

[NY2IN]

Originally Posted by jdyer11

Anyone who doesn’t want to wait my ix m60 with 4k miles and two sets of wheels getting posted next few days. Picked up new territory forcing me back into combustion 😡

If I wasn’t leasing I’d be interested

[exxxviii]

Originally Posted by Kennethjk

I sure wish you were right, mines been sitting at port for 4 weeks and counting

I wish you were in charge!!

I should have commented that these are the optimistic timeframes. I will edit my post. The wait is forever. I was stuck in the stop sale and was over 5 months.

[JSTARR]

I'll post info on my BRM milestones on this thread, and look forward to seeing how other end '22 / early '24 orders progress.

Good luck & godspeed to all!

[JSTARR]

Our beauteous BRM IX (to be...) scheduled to build first week of February!!!!

[Road Trip]

Sorry your iX plans have changed. Hope your new territory has some nicely positive other consequences.

[jinrf]

ordered m60 on nov.2, just finished production and waiting to be shipped

[JSTARR]

Received VIN number, production scheduled for first week of Feb.
I added Driving Assistance Professional to the build after a bunch of soul searching.
I don't generally like to automate the driving function, and I truly enjoy keeping it smoothe & on my preferred & optimal line, whether 2 wheels or 4 or rudder & airlerons. Will see how it goes.
The new tech is enticing.

[NY2IN]

How long before production did you all get your vin? Prod is supposed to start 2/19 for me

[therealkenc]

Originally Posted by JSTARR

Received VIN number, production scheduled for first week of Feb.
I added Driving Assistance Professional to the build after a bunch of soul searching.
I don't generally like to automate the driving function, and I truly enjoy keeping it smoothe & on my preferred & optimal line, whether 2 wheels or 4 or rudder & airlerons. Will see how it goes.
The new tech is enticing.

I went through a similar process of soul searching and rationalized the superfluous nature of DAPP for my household, particularly since we enjoy driving engagement and live in the city (figured we wouldn’t use the freeways all too often).

Also thought that we could add it later on through the ConnectedDrive store if we really wanted to, but further research and talking to our fellow forumers revealed that the post-hoc version was more limited in functionality than the full-on DAPP:

- DAPlus does not have hands-free Highway Assist. While you get very similar functions (ACC, Stop & Go, Speed Limit Assistant, Lane Keep Assistant, Steering Assistant) to that in DAPro, your hands will need to always be on the steering wheel. DAPro allows for actual hands-free driving on freeways up to 85 mph, except for when the camera senses that your eyes aren't looking straight ahead.

- DAPlus does not have Parking Assistant Pro. With the Premium package, you get Parking Assistant Plus, but not Pro. You can add Pro separately via the ConnectedDrive store.

- DAPlus does not have Traffic Jam Assistant (also hands-free). TJA only works on mapped highways with slow-moving traffic up to 40 mph.


We eventually decided to go for DAPP. After having spent just a few days with DAPP on our iX, I sincerely echo what the folks on here have been saying - DAPP is one of those things you won’t know you need until you have and use it, and then you’ll never want a car without it again.

- Not having to have your feet constantly in throttle/brake positions really makes a big difference, be it in highway or city driving.

- The acceleration, steering and braking are usually extremely smooth, even with drivers cutting into your lane. The experience is generally not jerky nor abrupt.

- Being able to stretch your limbs every 20-30 mins without stepping out of the car is also awesome.

- And it’s better at maintaining safe distances and keeping in lanes than I typically am. So, I don’t think you’ll regret your decision to add DAPP.

One caveat though - the first time I used highway assistant with my partner in the passenger seat, she got pretty nervous as she didn’t (and still doesn’t) trust the system to do hands-free driving safely, and she much preferred that I keep my hands on the wheel. I can imagine it being pretty unnerving for someone in the passenger seat, at highway speeds. But as with most things, YMMV!

[Kennethjk]

Originally Posted by Kennethjk

I sure wish you were right, mines been sitting at port for 4 weeks and counting

I wish you were in charge!!

My car is still sitting in Germany no movement since 12/12.

Hold up may be related to the leaky valve.

[FirstEV]

Originally Posted by NY2IN

How long before production did you all get your vin? Prod is supposed to start 2/19 for me

Week #4 allocation. Received VIN 12 days prior to the actual start of production. Here is my current timeline. Times are approximate and PST.
(Status)
112 - 12/29/23 - Ordered
150 - 1/11 - Scheduled for production, received VIN
151 - 1/23 @ 12:30 pm - Exterior assembly
152 - 1/24 @ 1 am - Paint booth
153 - 1/24 @ 10 pm - Enter assembly line
154 - 1/25 @ 4 am - Assembly in progress
155 - 1/25 @ 9:30 am - Quality check
182 - 1/25 @ 11:30 am - Carrier assigned
190 - 1/26 @ 5:30 am - Dispatched from factory
193 - 1/28 @ 10:30 pm - At the port
195 - 2/2 - In Transit (West Coast). Didn’t show up in tracker until 3am on 2/5.
As you can see, the process is extremely fast right now. I got incredibly lucky, only 4 days at port. I really feel for the people still waiting for a boat.