21-01-2013, 01:34pm
I ordered my Si4 Evoque Dynamic 11 months ago in February 2012 (SE QLD, Aus). The estimated delivery date was July/August.
A few months later I was told that LR had suspended production of petrol models to clear the backlog of diesel orders. My delivery would now be around November. I told the dealer I would rather wait for the first MY13 off the line than wait 9 months for a car soon to be last-year.
The first build they had me in was November 2012 but I lost that spot after a series of dealer errors required changes to the order. Ultimately I got the December build.
I'm now wondering if I was ever actually in the running for the first MY13 build. I've read elsewhere they began much earlier than November. More like late August. But every time I called the dealer kept telling me they couldn't place the order "until the MY13 was put in the system". Maybe it's an Aus thing. Were the first 2013s earmarked for other markets, or was it another dealer error?
I emailed the dealer last week to ask for my VIN, as I hadn't heard anything since November. He said he had the VIN (but didn't provide it) and it looked like arriving in Australia sometime late Feb.
I'm struggling to recall the excitement I had when I first placed the order. Hopefully that will change when it arrives.
(Edited for length now that I've calmed down a bit. Short version is it has been a fiasco with the dealer).
A few months later I was told that LR had suspended production of petrol models to clear the backlog of diesel orders. My delivery would now be around November. I told the dealer I would rather wait for the first MY13 off the line than wait 9 months for a car soon to be last-year.
The first build they had me in was November 2012 but I lost that spot after a series of dealer errors required changes to the order. Ultimately I got the December build.
I'm now wondering if I was ever actually in the running for the first MY13 build. I've read elsewhere they began much earlier than November. More like late August. But every time I called the dealer kept telling me they couldn't place the order "until the MY13 was put in the system". Maybe it's an Aus thing. Were the first 2013s earmarked for other markets, or was it another dealer error?
I emailed the dealer last week to ask for my VIN, as I hadn't heard anything since November. He said he had the VIN (but didn't provide it) and it looked like arriving in Australia sometime late Feb.
I'm struggling to recall the excitement I had when I first placed the order. Hopefully that will change when it arrives.
(Edited for length now that I've calmed down a bit. Short version is it has been a fiasco with the dealer).