Assured by dealer this morning we are in build. Ordered May 2021. Highline 4 motion manual with one of everything. Not quite at holding breath stage just yet.
T6.1 new order delays
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One of everything? Did you also tick the "12 month delay please" box?
I suspect it will still be 13 or 14 months from order to picking it up assuming it actually really happens.
My T5 took 8 weeks from order to picking it up 16 years ago. How times have changed.
My T5 took 8 weeks from order to picking it up 16 years ago. How times have changed.
Tis true, unfortunately.
Like you, I ordered May 2021 (my "anniversary" was last Friday), but I'm still waiting for a build date of any sort. At this stage, even a provisional date would assure me that my order hasn't fallen down the back of the filing cabinet.
Horrors! I ordered in September 2021, was given a build week of 33, which has now been 'removed' by VW and no build date week now allocated.
Maybe I won't have a van in 2022...
James Daly
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Don't cancel unless absolutely necessary. The dealership will still process the order and - quite legitimately - have the vehicle as stock, making a tidy profit on it. The person making the profit may as well be you; even if you no longer want it, you'd be best accepting the van and then selling it on.
It's being financed on a non regulated agreement which will mean I'll be liable for all the interest if I was to sell and settle the agreement.
Sound advice there - some of the pre-reg prices on the forecourt are just NUTS
Check though that you can just sell it on... I've heard of some dealers putting a non-sale clause in until 12 months or so has elapsed...
Which dealer did you order through?
Cheers - just checking it wasn't my dealer (JCB, Ashford, Kent)!!
Personally I would ignore what build week the system says, they are pulling orders through randomly at the minute - I certainly wouldn't cancel either, as it will be an easy sell if you don't want it
Out of the blue had a call the other day saying it will be ready July/August, originally ordered locally last summer then cancelled and ordered elsewhere again in February this year as it worked out 11% cheaper with price protection. Was looking at a 2023 build date but after call from main dealer maybe I will be lucky......tbh build dates etc seem a lottery and Im happy with either date...
There's just no fathoming VW's current build scheduling. You ordered in Feb 22 and get a call to say July/August delivery, whereas @VWSAWKS ordered May 21 and gets a call to say late November/December delivery!! I don't begrudge you your good news, but where's the justice (or even logic) in that?
My dealer said it is totally spec dependant. If you have ticked a certain box (who knows what...) you could have inadvertently added a year to your lead time!
Otherwise the VW gods may smile upon you if you have sat on your hands whilst ordering your 'dub and gone for NO options & extras...!
Yeah, I've heard all the chatter - even contributed myself - but it's all unsubstantiated speculation. For any option that can be suggested as causing the delays, there's examples on this thread that will refute that suggestion. Like I say, it's unfathomable without a full picture of all the facts (which VW will never reveal).
You do right not to count on it - all dates must be taken with a huge mound of salt currently - but I hope it happens for you.
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