MG ZS EV Shipping Updates

So jealous as exact same spec and colour I am waiting on. I had seen quite a few people getting this spec in so did my monthly email to my dealer but sadly mine still shows waiting build. I am hoping like others it suddenly jumps to on a boat and almost here. lol

He did say they are now starting to see cars come in. and like other dealers he has been told by MG UK they should see cars starting to come in faster. We can only live in hope :)
Fingers crossed that yours won’t be too long, when did you order it?
 
Ah. That’d be why yours is still pending, mine was back in January.

Suppose this is a test of the theory that MG “batch build” or not
Considering there are still November/December/January orders still waiting, I think we already know the answer...
 
Suppose this is a test of the theory that MG “batch build”
yes, they batch build, but don’t seem interested in building mine, come on, its a silver Trophy LR…ordered 17 December, told MG ok the order late January, so how many weeks is that? …29-30 weeks, from late January, was told I’d get a phone call on the 11th of this month from the dealership, even if only to say there’s no change, did I get the phone call..did I f*** and guess when I go up there, I’ll be told, still on shortage list, which bit is the shortage? Maybe they haven’t got any silver paint, that must be it, as others are getting white & blue ones though, I did think, maybe it’s the chips that are the problem, but TC cars are turning up, they must have more chips in them than the Trophy…got to be the paint, got no silver paint, any they had they’ve used on the new car carrying ships, that they’ve built…
 
I’ve just seen on Facebook that MG’s are also delivered via Southampton. Apparently they share holdings with BMW and Honda. Are there any potential ships due to dock into Southampton? I believe this is where the ship with the MG4 demo cars is heading.
 
Considering there are still November/December/January orders still waiting, I think we already know the answer...
Interesting enough a lot of the orders with the same spec as mine that are coming through were from this year. I was hoping as there had been almost none of this spec it may have been they were waiting for enough to do a
batch build.

Order date doesn’t seem to matter when looking at the order tracker excel. It just seems random lol but then again that is only a small % of all orders placed.

Either way I knew I was still be optimistic:)
 
I’ve just seen on Facebook that MG’s are also delivered via Southampton. Apparently they share holdings with BMW and Honda. Are there any potential ships due to dock into Southampton? I believe this is where the ship with the MG4 demo cars is heading.
apparently there is a 1000 mg4s on titus going into southampton so will suspect that its been filled with other models
 
I’ve just called my dealer, mines still TBA and not in production (Blue Trophy LR early April order). I was hoping if there was a batch of these that mine may be one of them as I know that others near me that ordered in March had a date for arrival. Dealer told me that they’re just now seeing their January orders have TBA replaced with a date. They have 40 orders on their books and I’m in the middle. Making my way to the front of the queue slowly but surely. Going by their guess November eta (they said that’s a guess) which is about the 8 months wait MG have indicated in their email replies.
 
I’ve just called my dealer, mines still TBA and not in production (Blue Trophy LR early April order). I was hoping if there was a batch of these that mine may be one of them as I know that others near me that ordered in March had a date for arrival. Dealer told me that they’re just now seeing their January orders have TBA replaced with a date. They have 40 orders on their books and I’m in the middle. Making my way to the front of the queue slowly but surely. Going by their guess November eta (they said that’s a guess) which is about the 8 months wait MG have indicated in their email replies.
Been hoping for the same since December, exact same model and colour.
 
apparently there is a 1000 mg4s on titus going into southampton so will suspect that its been filled with other models
That does appear to be a BIG switch of number, of cars from what we are use to seeing from previous launch numbers.
Usual format is to supply each dealer in the U.K. with two cars.
A demo model and a showroom model.
Approx 150 dealers in the U.K. would naturally require 300 ( ish ) cars.
Having a surplus of of 700 cars would certainly be a first for MG alright !.
Still only a spare capacity of just over two+ spare cars per dealer of course.
Extremely likely that these will already have names against them for sure !.
Then you find yourself back into another loop of waiting for the second batch, of mainly customer orders to arrive.
I would hope that priority of shipment dates where given to very patient long awaiting customers of other MG models, like ZS EV’s face lift’s that have been on order since Nov / Dec of last year !.
Time will tell of course.
There is a Pod Cast scheduled for this Friday 19th August 22.
The Post Cast is focussed primarily at the MG4 and should be very useful to any interested parties.
 
I’ve just called my dealer, mines still TBA and not in production (Blue Trophy LR early April order). I was hoping if there was a batch of these that mine may be one of them as I know that others near me that ordered in March had a date for arrival. Dealer told me that they’re just now seeing their January orders have TBA replaced with a date. They have 40 orders on their books and I’m in the middle. Making my way to the front of the queue slowly but surely. Going by their guess November eta (they said that’s a guess) which is about the 8 months wait MG have indicated in their email replies.
Hi, I spoke to my dealer yesterday and mine has been built. Same spec, just waiting on shipment. They said end of October or earlier. I ordered 14th April
 
Hi, I spoke to my dealer yesterday and mine has been built. Same spec, just waiting on shipment. They said end of October or earlier. I ordered 14th April
Oh well who knows then. My order was the 3rd April with the dealer, but presume the paperwork didn’t get done until Monday 4th. I know mine was a direct factory order, was yours or were you allocated an existing order?
 
Oh well who knows then. My order was the 3rd April with the dealer, but presume the paperwork didn’t get done until Monday 4th. I know mine was a direct factory order, was yours or were you allocated an existing order?
I think mine was a factory order as well. I phoned a few weeks ago and they said it was in production then yesterday they said it was built and just waiting shipping. I ordered it from an Essex dealership, but reading what's on here I would be surprised if it actually arrives on time. Was originally September that I was quoted.
 
apparently there is a 1000 mg4s on titus going into southampton so will suspect that its been filled with other models

There is one thing for sure - it is full of something - almost at maximum load. Maximum draught is 10.6 metres and it is running at 10.4 metres.

It spent 38 hours in dock at Shanghai and only stopped on anchor at Singapore(probably to get fuel) and then had to queue for Suez Canal on anchor on the way to Southampton.

It will pass close by - would be able to see it from my house, but current info says it is to arrive at 2am so won’t be waiting up for it.

Question is how many cars will it offload before it goes to next port?

Have never seen an MG at Southampton. See a lot of Japanese cars, plus Lorries and vans arriving see a lot of Minis / Bentley / Range Rovers being exported.
 
Another ship that is expected at Portbury has arrived in the waiting area to go into Shanghai. Sunrise Ace.
 

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That does appear to be a BIG switch of number, of cars from what we are use to seeing from previous launch numbers.
Usual format is to supply each dealer in the U.K. with two cars.
A demo model and a showroom model.
Approx 150 dealers in the U.K. would naturally require 300 ( ish ) cars.
Having a surplus of of 700 cars would certainly be a first for MG alright !.
Still only a spare capacity of just over two+ spare cars per dealer of course.
Extremely likely that these will already have names against them for sure !.
Then you find yourself back into another loop of waiting for the second batch, of mainly customer orders to arrive.
I would hope that priority of shipment dates where given to very patient long awaiting customers of other MG models, like ZS EV’s face lift’s that have been on order since Nov / Dec of last year !.
Time will tell of course.
There is a Pod Cast scheduled for this Friday 19th August 22.
The Post Cast is focussed primarily at the MG4 and should be very useful to any interested parties.
My dealer has informed me that they are to know their stock allocation very soon, obviously guess that will be the same for all dealers.

Without getting too excited re: your comment of 700 surplus vehicles….. many reports that only 250 are RHD ergo Seriously doubt they will be around 7-8 Cars per dealer stock available.

Who knows! :) nowt MG have done so far, regarding stock supply, has made any sense to me.
 
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