I have just been given the information on what ships are arriving in September and what's on them. Ship trackers are great for speculating. The good news is that there's a LOT of cars coming. I cant guaratee yours will be on it, and I cant tell you there's going to be the exact model/spec/colour mix to satisfy your order, but the idea of not many cars coming in wide of the mark
That is great news. Please share the information that you have.
I have been monitoring Shanghai and tracking every ship that leaves to see where it goes.
I also monitor Bristol forward movements to see if that aligns with any of the ships departing / on route.
SAIC May be sending cars to an alternative port in China for export?
We had one chap tell us his car was offloaded in Holland, got PDI’d over there and then loaded onto another ship to be delivered to Portbury. When he got his car the language was still set to Dutch. This amazed me that the dealer did not PDI the car properly and the cost involved to unload/reload cars onto ships that SAIC must be shelling out for.
MG UK may have resource in other ports in the UK to receive the cars, perform checks and distribute? The cost to have these teams set up is not cheap or maybe they send the trained team from Portbury and put them up in accommodation for a few days while they set up hundreds of cars for delivery to the dealers. They will also need to borrow facilities / workshop / ramps etc.
I understand that my car is TBA and awaiting parts so not built yet. I know that I ordered early January and there are still many people in the same position as myself who ordered in November / December last year.
I know that there are approx 400 ZS EV’s delivered to the UK every month.
I know that the order book for the ZS EV is in the tens of thousands - therefore the reason I have not got my car yet.
Last week someone was told that the exact model I have on order was to arrive in October and they only ordered in March. Not sure how this is possible - just reduces my trust in anything that MG UK tell me.
My dealer wrote to the MG UK area Manager for information 3 weeks ago for information. Got mail last week to say no update.
We have had people being advised that their orders are March/April next year - hundreds of them and they Stand to lose out on grants.
My watching Shanghai just gives me an idea of where cars are heading and if it is worth hanging on for a car that may never arrive - after all it is inevitable that at some point SAIC will announce that they are ceasing production of the ZS for a new model. They have already announced that the sunroof has been removed for all new orders.
Over the last three weeks of monitoring there are not many ships heading towards Suez from Shanghai. This just tells me that the chance of all the people in the queue before me getting their cars in the next 5 weeks is low.
Bristol Forward Movements has very little from China - however does have a lot from Japan.
If you have information that there is a tidal wave of cars getting ready to be loaded onto ships for a September delivery please share the information.
This morning I am test driving the Citroen E C4 and then this afternoon I am in a Peugeot E 2008.
It would be great to be armed with more information so that I can make my decision to cancel or hold on.
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