Yup I had the same feeling... ordered early June last year, beach edition with little custom things, just different wheels. So far no production week. We have now booked flights for our holidays eventho we wanted to just drive around :/
I still can’t believe they didn’t mention the price increase when they sent the March letter about delays to everyone. The only reason we’re aware of it is from posts on this forum. Our dealer has never mentioned it. Surely if you’re expecting people to fork out an extra £3k plus, it’s better to give as much notice as possible…
Definitely, I'm glad people are getting vans faster than they expected but if that means I now have to wait longer for mine, it's a bitter pill to swallow. This is the kind of thing where a bit of information on what is happening and why would be a good thing. VW must realise that, because there's little or nothing coming directly from them, even to the dealers, the void is being filled with third hand Chinese whispers type of stuff. We saw it with the supposed factory closures - some being told they were still open, some being told they were closed for a few weeks, some being told closed till September.
I ordered a 204 4M Ocean in late June 2021. Whilst I haven't had any kind of update regarding build/delivery, I have got it in writing (e-mail) from the van centre that "if the end of June comes and goes, your price will be staying the same". Hope this helps to reassure you !?
2020?
That's great news, I've not had the same info from mine. Which van center is that from? Are you hsppy to share the letter as an attachment?
It was Liverpool van centre, Mark. And, as stated, it was via e-mail rather than a letter. I have copied/pasted the appropriate part of their e-mail verbatim. Hope it helps.
I hope thats a typo. Doesn't bode well for my Nov 2020 order if that one took 2 years to build.
Which dealer?
It’s in the Netherlands, not UK.
Exactly, mine was also ordered in NL.
Ah, I bought one from mycalifornia.eu, placed the order myself end of last year so can't complain too much but apparently this particular vehicle has been on order with VW for quite a while!
OK, so we are both getting our Cali's from the same dealer. Was the fact that you took over another persons order contributing to this awfully lead time?
I ordered a Coast Edition 199 4Mo DSG with tow bar, pano bellows, heater, rear camera, FR sensors, wood effect floor and a bunch of minor options not included in the Edition Pack.
Ocean 150 + Tow Bar ordered June 4th 2021. January update showed March build. Then went to status 0 when factory closed and no change since.
Just out of interest, did you get a decent discount at time of order? Just wondering if the dealer is absorbing the increase?
Sent you an email
Seems such a long time ago now that I honestly can't remember how much the discount was ! But I do know that I got one. However, I definitely remember that they helped to 'persuade' me to place an order that day (21 June 2021) as they said that there was a price increase due in July, and ordering that day would avoid it. So I did !
Thank you - will do.
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