I hope the closing of order books signals the freezing of prices and no increases on outstanding orders….
T6.1 new order delays
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I hope the closing of order books signals the freezing of prices and no increases on outstanding orders….
VW closes T6.1 order bank today (3/3/23) !!!! - T7 Next? or T8?
Just had a call - VW have just closed ordering for the Transporter T6.1 today. To make way to the T7……..
Hi Richie - yeah it arrived mid-Feb and is now in for conversion.
They have now cancelled all new orders on new t6.1 .. it’s now discontinued.. they are now prepping for the new t7
Confirmed by vw today
Hi Paul. I ordered my van May 2021 and it arrived last month. I was charged an additional £2.3k and was told this related to the Dec 2021 price increase. It's a long story, but I'm currently disputing the increase because I believe they breached the contract of sale by not providing me with notice of the increase (they didn't inform me until they sent a "your van is ready and your balance is now due" email).
The one thing I would recommend is to NOT chase-up the dealer on the subject of price increases, as this may well prompt them to give you the notice that they are required to provide.
Is that actually the case? My understanding is that VW simply closed the order book for new T6.1 orders and that all existing orders would be honoured.
Phew!
Glad I got mine when I did 
We were just about to order 10 panels the day they flicked the switch!!!
VW are not cancelling orders already placed. As of 3 March, they have stopped taking new orders.
That seems to be correct. From what has been said previously, VW are reported to have confirmed that all outstanding orders will be supplied. Unfortunately, they have done their usual number and not provided any useful information or made any announcements about when their new medium van replacement will be available. Ford on the other hand have been fairly forthcoming about their Transit replacement drip-feeding information to the media. From what has been published so far, the new Transit will probably be announced late summer. It is understood to start production in the autumn with deliveries starting to come through in early 2024.
As the Transporter T6.1 replacement will be a VW badge-engineered version of the new Transit that will be made on the same production line in Turkey, I think it’s fair to assume we‘ll see the launch of the new Transporter (T8?) in the summer with the first deliveries of the new van arriving in early 2024.
Is anyone on here looking for a sportline black edition Iv had a build date but may sell it.
That sounds eminently plausible, but "VW have canned all orders..." is misinformation and shouldn't be propagated.
Seems and odd way to do business, not honouring existing orders, nor give even a cursory heads up that they would be pulling the 6.1 from the 3rd March. It seems the first the dealers new was when they couldn’t process orders.
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