Delivery times

[GTaye]

Article in Guardian money today reckons that delivery times on German cars are particularly long...up to 6 months on Golfs, 1.4TSi mentioned in particular.  It reckons that the scrappage deals across Europe and the reduced production due to the downturn means chronic short supply with a lot of dealers having already sold all their 2009 allocations...glad I'm getting mine on Tuesday and opted for one already in the system.

[gc76]

Mine took 9 weeks for a car that I spec'd.  Similar time as the mk5 gti I spec'd which was 8 weeks, 3 years ago.  The scrappage scheme / reduced production has'nt affected me

[Radek]

It's the (great) 1.4 TSI. It goes into a lot of VWs, SEATs and Skodas they can't keep up with demand. Anything with that engine comes next year.

As for the rest - I don't think you would have a problem with a GTI or GTD. 12 weeks delivery seems a fairly secure bet. There will be dealers with low allocation remaining for the rest of this year but I'm sure there are those with spare capacity.

[Snoopy]

I know this has been asked many times before but i forgot. How long does it take from the dealer putting a car onto the ordering system does it take for them to get a build week back from VW?

[Teutonic_Tamer]

I know this has been asked many times before but i forgot. How long does it take from the dealer putting a car onto the ordering system does it take for them to get a build week back from VW?

Last time I checked, VW Germany updated their system twice a week - so a max of a week, I'd have thought.

[Rolfe]

Took longer than that for me.  The first time I asked them, and they checked the system, they said there was no build week entered against my car.  I checked with them a week later and they said the build week had been entered at week 35.

I can't remember now how long that was from ordering, but I did record it somewhere in another thread.  The dealer said I could change my spec until the car was showing in the system, and that would probably be two or three weeks from actually ordering.

Rolfe.

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Took longer than that for me.  The first time I asked them, and they checked the system, they said there was no build week entered against my car.  I checked with them a week later and they said the build week had been entered at week 35.

I can't remember now how long that was from ordering, but I did record it somewhere in another thread.  The dealer said I could change my spec until the car was showing in the system, and that would probably be two or three weeks from actually ordering.

Rolfe.

I think you are getting confused between the order being officially (but provisionally) accepted by Volkswagen Germany - which should be within a week of a UK dealer entering it on their computer.  And then there is a further 'build confirmed' phase, when the actual parts and components of the car start their 'journey' along the production line. 

[Rolfe]

Yes, probably.  It was certainly on the system the first time I asked them to check, it just didn't have a build week.

Rolfe.