Car dealership not been honest over deliver times

Warwick_Hunt

Robisere wrote: »

"The Mini Hatch/Hardtop, Clubman, Convertible, Coupe and Roadster are assembled at BMW's Plant Oxford in Cowley, England, and the Countryman and Paceman are assembled by Magna Steyr in Austria. A total of 301,526 Mini vehicles were sold worldwide in 2012." (WIKI)

Note - "assembled" - from components made outside the UK. BMW made a great killing out of that particular con.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2170883/Britains-MINI-Dutch-says-German-owner-BMW-invests-250m-UK-plants.html

Mini production may well become yet another victim of Brexit.

And your source for that?

Warwick_Hunt

BeenThroughItAll wrote: »

Yet another victim? Which victims are there already? I've not seen any.

Exactly. We were well in Europe in 2012.

AdrianC

Robisere wrote: »

"The Mini Hatch/Hardtop, Clubman, Convertible, Coupe and Roadster are assembled at BMW's Plant Oxford in Cowley, England, and the Countryman and Paceman are assembled by Magna Steyr in Austria. A total of 301,526 Mini vehicles were sold worldwide in 2012." (WIKI)

Note - "assembled" - from components made outside the UK. BMW made a great killing out of that particular con.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2170883/Britains-MINI-Dutch-says-German-owner-BMW-invests-250m-UK-plants.html

Mini production may well become yet another victim of Brexit.

Maybe the Swindon body plant and the Hams Hall engine plant are figments of somebody's imagination?

Graz, btw, doesn't build Minis any more - the former DAF/Volvo/Mitsubishi Nedcar plant replaced it a while back.

EmmyLou30

My mini was 5 weeks from order to delivery from the UK factory with various add ons that weren't part of the standard Pepper or Chili packs. They told me the build slots available from what their computer said in the dealership so went for the earliest they had, obviously. I didn't change the spec but I would have assumed a minor change like the steering wheel would be an easy amendment without needing to book a different build slot if you told them within 7 days of ordering the car. Unless the steering wheel was out of stock and wouldn't be available by the build slot you'd booked? Seems a bit off to cancel that slot and have to book a later one but if that's what they've done then there's not a lot you can do about it.

As for value, it'll still be a 67 plate no matter when it gets registered so I doubt it'll make much difference.

RichardD1970

Robisere wrote: »

"The Mini Hatch/Hardtop, Clubman, Convertible, Coupe and Roadster are assembled at BMW's Plant Oxford in Cowley, England, and the Countryman and Paceman are assembled by Magna Steyr in Austria. A total of 301,526 Mini vehicles were sold worldwide in 2012." (WIKI)

Note - "assembled" - from components made outside the UK. BMW made a great killing out of that particular con.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2170883/Britains-MINI-Dutch-says-German-owner-BMW-invests-250m-UK-plants.html

Mini production may well become yet another victim of Brexit.

Out of date info, as already pointed out.

Also any car plant that has a BIW facility and paint shop does a lot more than just "assemble" the cars.

Components are sourced from all over the world for all car manufactures, do you really think that Renault, Citroen etc all only use components made by themselves in France? :rotfl:

Yes 30 years ago there would have been more stuff made "in house" but it has not been like that in the motor manufacturing industry for many years with most "non value added" functions outsourced to specialist firms.

jimmy_cricket

EmmyLou30 wrote: »

My mini was 5 weeks from order to delivery from the UK factory with various add ons that weren't part of the standard Pepper or Chili packs. They told me the build slots available from what their computer said in the dealership so went for the earliest they had, obviously. I didn't change the spec but I would have assumed a minor change like the steering wheel would be an easy amendment without needing to book a different build slot if you told them within 7 days of ordering the car. Unless the steering wheel was out of stock and wouldn't be available by the build slot you'd booked? Seems a bit off to cancel that slot and have to book a later one but if that's what they've done then there's not a lot you can do about it.

As for value, it'll still be a 67 plate no matter when it gets registered so I doubt it'll make much difference.

Cheers. I'm picking up on other sites that standard delivery is 6 weeks, so I'm incredibly confused as to why the wait is now three months from original order.
It has all been incredibly vague since handing over my deposit.

Lucky_Duck_2

It may well be that the dealer has already used up his allocation of orders and therefore is unable to place the order until his new allocation from the manufacturer becomes available

neilmcl

jimmy_cricket wrote: »

Cheers. I'm picking up on other sites that standard delivery is 6 weeks, so I'm incredibly confused as to why the wait is now three months from original order.
It has all been incredibly vague since handing over my deposit.

There's no such thing as a standard delivery. Your car is being built to order and, as you've discovered, there can be many reasons why an order gets legitimately delayed.

Herzlos

jimmy_cricket wrote: »

Cheers. I'm picking up on other sites that standard delivery is 6 weeks, so I'm incredibly confused as to why the wait is now three months from original order.
It has all been incredibly vague since handing over my deposit.

How long is it from when you changed the order? That's the point you should be focusing on since the original order is no longer valid.

jimmy_cricket

Herzlos wrote: »

How long is it from when you changed the order? That's the point you should be focusing on since the original order is no longer valid.

It was nine days after the original order that I changed the spec. That nine days has added an extra 7-8 weeks to the time to delivery