MG ZS EV Shipping Updates

[Nutnut]

What's the chance of This.

There's nothing to lose by giving them a call to find out what the situation is, and how they've confirmed their cars will be here around October...could be they ordered them ages ago. Is the deposit fully refundable??

Also someone else had their car from there, and seems like they received it pretty quickly from their posts:

Got my Trophy Blue SR today, driver told me it was picked up in Coventry, where there were loads of them, he is making 3 other deliveries today poor guy. I used a broker (New Car Discount) so no idea where they sourced it from.

If I wasn't already tied to a deal, I'd call them myself.


Edited to add: if that one doesn't pan out, someone also posted about this dealer:

Just collected my ZS Trophy LR silver from JCT600 Bradford. I was told they had over 50 delivered and after matching all the cars to customer orders they have 17 left of various colours and spec.
They're also a nice garage to deal with.

 

[JSAND59]

There's nothing to lose by giving them a call to find out what the situation is, and how they've confirmed their cars will be here around October...could be they ordered them ages ago. Is the deposit fully refundable??

Also someone else had their car from there, and seems like they received it pretty quickly from their posts:

If I wasn't already tied to a deal, I'd call them myself.

I wonder how many dealers put fake posts on this forum. Dealers with poor customer scores all of a sudden can magic stock cars and are brilliant to deal with.

Edited to add: if that one doesn't pan out, someone also posted about this dealer:

 

[Ukchris]

I do Nutnut, I find them very entertaining and very useful. However, i also find them, at times, disingenuous ( I hasten to add, not intentionally).

I have found the info imparted re: no more order, dealers will be fined, any stock orders will be cancelled, etc etc, then certain dealers being offered 60 vehicles for sale in a ‘oner’, very confusing.

It was insinuated (from members watching these podcasts) that when I was able to order a vehicle in June, that I should not be allowed to and was asked for the dealer to which I was dealing with.

At that time, i was not aware of all the gen imparted via the pod casts, or indeed from members from this forum. So I felt a little uneasy when I learned the woes of many on here, whom have ordered over ten months ago.

I honestly believe, the information we are afforded, is basically others subjective thoughts. MG UK are utterly incompetent and what ever they say, often gets forgotten about when the next load of tripe gets ready for public dissemination.

I tend to agree with you there mate, those podcasts seem to be a load of bs spouted by people who are either working on total guess work and management of a certain company that seems to be able to get a continuous flow of 'STOCK CARS' who must be a fully paid up member of the 'brown nosing party'

 

[Harry 17]

I tend to agree with you there mate, those podcasts seem to be a load of bs spouted by people who are either working on total guess work and management of a certain company that seems to be able to get a continuous flow of 'STOCK CARS' who must be a fully paid up member of the 'brown nosing party'

Have faith Chris. As we are aware, SAIC have purchased two ships the size of the moon (back in November) that were announced in February, which can transport the entire Worlds cars! Yay! seemingly, these two ships, seemed to have sailed into the Bermuda Triangle,

The debacle over the orders of the lesser seen ZS is fantastic marketing wherein we can all forget about our deposits and stick the waiting up MG’s backside, in favour for all ordering an MG4 for delivery in January LOL.

The best bit is, when we have all ended up waiting 24 months for the MG4, we can get back on the MG merry-go-round and all pay a deposit (again) for a Cyberster

 

[kevkdg]

Latest update from Vanarama, MG probably get back to them by next week now not this week and confirmed that revised dates will be Jan 2023 (TBC)

Confused. Revised dates being Jan 2023 but MG haven't got back to them yet, so how have they got a revised date? Also vanarama orders range from Nov 21 to now.

 

[Nutnut]

I wonder how many dealers put fake posts on this forum. Dealers with poor customer scores all of a sudden can magic stock cars and are brilliant to deal with.

One person's experience is not everyone's experience, and here is no different to anywhere else online where fake reviews can be left, positive or negative...it's down to the purchaser to do their homework. The info is there for them to make their own choice, and it's better than putting a negative slant on everything, and constant Debbie Downing.

 

[Ash]

Confused. Revised dates being Jan 2023 but MG haven't got back to them yet, so how have they got a revised date? Also vanarama orders range from Nov 21 to now.

Vanarama seems to move deadlines by 4 months so even Jan 2023 is a guess number plucked from thin air. They are still advertising 3-4 months on those cars but surprisingly that too depends on color choices

 

[DaveA70]

My responses from MG UK for delivery dates.

14th June message from MG UK:-
for MG orders that were placed in January the estimated lead time would be 8 months, but subject to change, which could be even sooner once the production has commenced.

5th July message from MG UK:-
Current lead time is 8-9 months from the order date, however, please be advised that the ETA is subject to change, depending on a number of factors, including but not limited to shortage of semi-conductors, logistic challenge, etc.


We know that the MG UK lead times advised are just playing lip service to us - they really do not have a clue as far as I am concerned.

There are 4 things we can do :-
Option 1 - Complain to the dealer- the big dealers could possibly help by allocating one of their stock cars to you - may have to stamp your feet hard for this and maybe offer a bit more cash incentive. The small dealer could also speak to the MG area manager who could possibly push things if you have been waiting longer than anyone else but do not hold out too much hope.

Option 2 - Complain to MG UK - They Will send you a response but you won’t get much out of them. Waste of time in my experience.

Option 3 - Get fed up and cancel order.

Option 4 - My option is to pretend that I never ordered the car and one day my dealer will call to say the car is ready to collect.

I went for option 3. Never got any acknowledgment from Glyn Hopkin.

 

[Rockjaw]

What is the basis/evidence for that claim?

its been said several times on this thread and the fact that they batch build its quite obvious. We have been told this on the podcasts that they had vehicles built awaiting semi conductor and wiring harnesses. The last batch of MG 5s had a workaround on the digital radio antena which was mounted on the inside of the window until the correct chip could be sourced and retrofitted to the head unit. And for the record I'm not claiming anything, I don't work for MG and I've been waiting my delivery since November. But I do read the online reports on the net and research the information and question the dealerships.

 

[guymc]

I went for option 3. Never got any acknowledgment from Glyn Hopkin.

I'm currently on Option 4

 

[Lardboy]

Your all getting this TBA thing wrong, the Chinese read right to left, so it would be ABT 'Always Bulldust Timeframes'

 

[TugboatAl]

In the last week I've seen 3x Black Trophy ZS's (all different reg) and 1x Blue in my area. So there is hope more are turning up, exactly what Ive been waiting 8 months for. Hopefully mine is next.

 

[Oakers]

An update from Baylis MG, Glos

They had a visit from their MG regional manager yesterday, who informed them that EVs should be arriving by the end of the year.

I placed my order on the 4th Dec for a Trophy LR in Blue.

 

[Lovemyev]

They had a visit from their MG regional manager yesterday, who informed them that EVs should be arriving by the end of the year.

He just omitted to say WHICH year

 

[Magorra]

An update from Baylis MG, Glos

They had a visit from their MG regional manager yesterday, who informed them that EVs should be arriving by the end of the year.

I placed my order on the 4th Dec for a Trophy LR in Blue.

Pretty sure they're determined to have as many people cancel as possible, ordered the same car the same day, a year for a car is a bit of a joke. Especially when they're managing to find random stock for those walk ins.

 

[Babylon]

I have been riding my bike the same 14KM route 5 times a week since lockdown just to keep fit, Have seen 3 private houses built, A housing estate built, A field fire, Some road rage, And gave CPR to someone that hung there self(RIP).
There are a few couple year old ZS EV's and petrol versions on my journey, But last week a red 22 plate EV LR popped up on my journey, So there coming in, And nice colour.

 

[Sam Luscombe]

The cars will arrive when they arrive.

The large dealers are still receiving stock order cars that were ordered last year - MG UK admitted this to me in their last reply to me which I posted a few weeks ago.

We are all customers (including lease / Motability) who the dealers are not too fussed about. They are not making a lot of margin out of us. We have a good deal on the table and do not want to cancel. They know we are prepared to wait as long as it takes for the actual car. Some have grants involved that we could lose if cancel others are fixed at old list prices etc. Is the dealer really bothered about our orders where they are to make very little out of us. The dealer would probably prefer that we cancel so that when the car destined for us does actually arrive, they can sell to someone else for more. They simply have us over a barrel.

When additional cars become available to the dealer, they have a choice. Do they say, let’s swap the car to that nice existing customer who has been waiting for months and make very little profit or do they sell to someone new and make some good profit. It is a no brainer for them.

I think we are still in a queue somewhere but our priority is very low in the hope we will cancel. When it is our turn they will call us.

I am not taken in by claimed dates in the future for when our specific car will have the correct parts to be able to be built on the production line. SAIC do not know this so there is no way that the dealers or lease companies know. For instance to build your actual car for September it would need to be hitting the production line now. Yet all the big computer says is TBA.

An order placed in 2021 makes dealers not a penny more or not a penny less than one placed today. The £2500 government grant isn’t profit, the increase in OTR price isn’t our profit. I’d much rather supply my oldest orders first… why would it make sense not to?

 

[Emma829]

I do Nutnut, I find them very entertaining and very useful. However, i also find them, at times, disingenuous ( I hasten to add, not intentionally).

I have found the info imparted re: no more order, dealers will be fined, any stock orders will be cancelled, etc etc, then certain dealers being offered 60 vehicles for sale in a ‘oner’, very confusing.

It was insinuated (from members watching these podcasts) that when I was able to order a vehicle in June, that I should not be allowed to and was asked for the dealer to which I was dealing with.

At that time, i was not aware of all the gen imparted via the pod casts, or indeed from members from this forum. So I felt a little uneasy when I learned the woes of many on here, whom have ordered over ten months ago.

I honestly believe, the information we are afforded, is basically others subjective thoughts. MG UK are utterly incompetent and what ever they say, often gets forgotten about when the next load of tripe gets ready for public dissemination.

The likelihood is that this is what MG said in a bulletin to dealers. Orders shouldn’t have been taken in June and there’s a fine for transferring an existing order without MG UK’s consent. The reality is that if MG are struggling to cope with supplying the cars and the demand for the brand in general, then I don’t see how they have the time to micromanage the dealers and check every registration is in the same name as the order form. The fine may well have been an empty threat in the hope the majority would be cancelled and not transferred or they’re selecting a few cars for each dealer to check. Some dealers may have got the consent or are chancing a fine knowing it’s covered in the premium they can sell the car for due to demand. Some dealers may well have had a fine, but we won’t know. Hence, the party line is that it shouldn’t happen, but the likelihood is that it’s not going to be checked and will inevitably happen in a few instances.

I’m now resigned to assume my cars coming in 2023 which will be a significant delay and does cause an inconvenience, plus an expensive mot and service on the current car. I’m just happy I’ll have an EV at a price I could afford (when it arrives) that had all the features and sunroof. It does look like they’re trying to deliver the cars within 8-9 months as they’re now quoting bar a few older orders.

 

[Bodgerx]

He just omitted to say WHICH year

And also which car...'EV'!

 

[Philekent]

It happening with many car manufacturers at present. They are part building and storing until parts are available. Some manufacturers are delivering cars (Tesla and Jaguar for instance), with components missing for them to be fitted later once the owner has the car.

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