Has anyone considered contacting the media?

All of us have read many many positive reviews of the evoque in the papers and motoring press. Thing is i have never read one word about the shambolic state of delays etc that a lot of people are experiencing.

I havent been directly afected (as far as i know) but have any of you who have been considered contacting the media to put across that everything isnt all rosy with the evoque?

A negative article might prompt a reaction from LR?

Or they might put mine to the back of the queue

Maybe to Watchdog - it would get far bigger coverage than writing to a motoring column in a newspaper.

I started a thread in Autocar on the news forum but it quickly drowned in all the other stuff. Trouble is, the mags are hardly likely to dish the dirt and kiss good he to their ad revenue from LR. It's called being over a barrel.

Having the problems in the media won't make any difference to LR...they will be doing everything they can to sort things out, they will need the cash flow to fund the development of the new Defender and FFRR so delays are just as bad for them as they are for us...so why would we want to give LR a bad name and damage the brand, which in turn may damage residuals??

I was told my pure would be here in march 2012 when I placed the order in May. However, I pick it up on Tuesday next week, so it's not all bad news as some are getting theirs earlier than expected.

I know that I am extremely fortunate and I really do sympathise with everyone who has been delayed. I think mine is early as it is quite a basic spec, so I was a lot less effected by supply problems on certain items.

You may find that as time goes on and the problems get sorted he dates may start coming forward once everything at Halewood is in full flow?

I appreciate this situation isn’t ideal but this state of affairs is not unique ...... I have pre-ordered quite a few 1st edition cars such as MB SLK, M Class, R Class BMW Mini, Fiat 500 and the Audi TT and all of these cars had delays when they first came off the line (with the Mk1 SLK it was over a year!). The difference with those cars was there wasn’t this near hysterical minute by minute examination of what was going on with the production line through the medium of the internet. Building a car is not like waiting for the delivery of a software update, it is a massive logistical and quality control exercise and being the first to take delivery there WILL be issues. I think the only thing which seems to have muddied the waters is the lack of transparency at the dealers i.e. when you are told you are 10th in the queue you sort of expect to get your car before number 11 ..... which doesn’t appear to be happening . Having said that this situation could have occurred in the past but without active forums like this we just weren’t aware of it.

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These types of delays happen more than often to many car companies. Be patient!

The internet has a lot to answer for - just shows how important good information flows are.
As well as the marques listed by Blackseries I can add Volvo V40 when it was launched had 5 months delivery time (it was because of that I bought my first Land Rover!), Volvo C30, Volvo XC90 (remember a whole year's supply of them sank to the bottom of the English Channel weeks before the UK launch along with a huge number of 3 series BMW's and Saab's? ) , Audi TT was well over a year wait at launch (and then they all got recalled to have a spoiler added), Porsche Cayenne and Cayman suffered extended delivery, BMW X5 Mk1, X3 as well. Lead in time for a Morgan is still something like 4 years(due to archaic build methods) and nobody complains, they just order their next one when they take delivery of the first! Currently if you want a Subaru Forrester or Legacy you are looking at 8-10 months delay on a factory order and there is uproar with Aston Martin owners because they cannot drive off straight away from the dealership in their optional extra Cygnet (read Toyota IQ) they are having to wait a few months for it to be converted from the Toyota. LR's situation isn't all it's own making either, and it will be costing a supplier somewhere a lot in compensation. No real compensation to those who are waiting I know and you have my sympathy, at least the car has turned out to be well worth any wait.