Land Rover Not Accepting Coupe Orders?

(06-05-2011 02:34am)Kermit Wrote:  [quote='LRX' pid='2143' dateline='1304501112']
I'm finding my dealer to be a nightmare too. Never returns calls, doesn't reply to emails etc. Really putting me off Range Rover.

Can you change dealer?

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The trouble with changing dealer is that you end up at the end of their waiting list

Having emailed my dealer in the week, he has just come back to me and says he has looked into it and is unaware of any issues. We'll soon see if anyone can get any news at Evoque Live.

I know two people who work within Land Rover, one specifically with the Evoque and they also confirm there are no problems.

We need comment from EvoqueMaker who, I believe, makes Evoques!

I think you will find this relates to the fact that the Coupe is looking likely to be built in lower volumes.

Our first batch was for 7 cars. We have one of the biggest order banks in the country I believe and we only got 2 Coupe and 5 five doors. So a dealer that has a order take of a lot less than ours will get a smaller supply, say 1 coupe and 3 5 doors. If they have a high number of people wanting coupes then you'll be in for a long wait, hence perhaps them making out that its Land Rover not taking orders?

This is the same explanation as my dealer gave - however it seems a low / poor amount of vehicles that LR might be supplying to each dealer at the outset

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And if u r getting 2 coupe at the start (any particular model?), how long r u expecting to wait for number 3, 4 etc ??

The initial build allocation is small, this doesn't meen that the next allocation (end sept ETA for delivery I think??) will be this small, I'd suspect it to be bigger.

The initial allocation is allowing for the fact they will be building dealers cars at the same time.

Each dealer will be getting 6 cars (well at least we will be), 3 will be for Demo, 3 will be showroom cars

Working on 3 and 5 door evoques today. No problems with either shape. These are still pre production cars. Job 1 july 4th. You will get the car you pre-ordered. Demand growing daily worldwide. We are building coupe and 5dr NOW !!!!

(14-05-2011 05:18pm)Evoquemaker Wrote:  Working on 3 and 5 door evoques today. No problems with either shape. These are still pre production cars. Job 1 july 4th. You will get the car you pre-ordered. Demand growing daily worldwide. We are building coupe and 5dr NOW !!!!

Good news at last, thanks Evoquemaker

So do they go together like a dream or are there still refinements/tweeks needed to help the build?

(03-05-2011 06:18pm)mb8388 Wrote:  However my dealer says that Land Rover are not accepting orders for the 3-door/coupe.
Apparantly this is due to a "component problem" - anyone heard of this?
My dealer tells me that I can only proceed if I change my order to the 5-door...
Any thoughts?

Did you ever find out why your dealer told you this?