Skoda should give priority to cars ie electric cars.sorry don't agree with this all customers who ordered there cars regardless of what type of car ,should be treated as equals .

If the biggest car manufacturer group in the World which is VW Group have the same shortages as other manufacturers but can still produce some vehicles and actually sell them then surely for each group it makes sense to 'build' the most profitable ones and if they mean you are not paying millions or billions in fines because you could not meet the requirement for the Average Emissions.

 

Lots of ifs and buts, but then someplace there will be someone 'Simply clever' in charge of things.

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/495893-have-enyaq's-had-their-chips

 

Just been speaking to a good friend of mine who is a senior fleet manager for Audi. He said that the larger fleet companies generally do get their cars first, so my order may arrive in December as stated, maybe earlier. 
Apparently cash buyers can come last in the queue but that’s not a 100% rule and they don’t get pushed back if a big fleet order comes in but they just won’t be prioritised. 
It’s a complex issue which a few bits of news on the internet dont really get to understanding it really. 

The Fleet manager will know that Audi in the UK also need to be meeting lower C02 g/km of vehicles being first registered in the UK so that will be need to be very careful in what they are delivering and what are being registered.

 

As it is Skoda are really a low volume seller in the UK and there are no Citigo iV any more to help with lower emissions and the Fabia being sold are few and run out models so really the lowest emission models need flogged.

So Mild Hybrids, Plug In's and EV's and then whatever else helps in their quest & obviously what is built and already imported or in transit.

Again I ask where does this info come from?the major thing I would like to ask is.WHY does skoda not enlighten us all what is going on with delivery dates.it would be nice to find out.in any case are things starting to get better in this latter part of 2021 in supply of semiconductors and delivery dates ?one last point when is vw/ skoda going let us know when a major updatee of there failed software going to come out ,to sort all these problems out.

6 hours ago, Joss1733 said:

it would be nice to find out.in any case are things starting to get better in this latter part of 2021 in supply of semiconductors 

 

For that I would quote Gartner - Who have already laid down predictions that the shortage on silicon based semi conductors will not be improving until Q3 (July - September) 2022 at the earliest. Unfortunately, as they are the experts in market analysis they are usually correct to the nearest quarter.

https://www.newsy-today.com/skoda-auto-in-trouble-cancels-further-shifts-2/#more-908231

"The company says the automotive semiconductor shortage will be greatly reduced starting this quarter as it will increase output of microcontrollers for cars this year by nearly 60% from last year, or around a 30% rise from pre-pandemic levels."

 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/tsmc-sees-chip-shortage-easingbut-geopolitics-arent-going-away-11626348249

On 06/07/2021 at 20:27, Aarond said:

I don't recognise 7 out of 8 either, who mentioned that lease company/dealer/Skoda? I'd defo ask what they meant. I know I've said this before @Wonderloaf but you started this thread 17 pages ago, and still you don't have your car  that's tough man, anything else taking your fancy or are you going to continue to chase and wait? 

I'm waiting for the dealer to get back to me. Again. There are a few nice unregistered 3 Series Estates sitting in dealers here that are tempting lol

2 minutes ago, Wonderloaf said:

I'm waiting for the dealer to get back to me. Again. There are a few nice unregistered 3 Series Estates sitting in dealers here that are tempting lol

It's crazy that the price there is similar enough for you to even consider a 3 series. Over here a base spec 330i touring is 15k Euro more than a base spec RS. And BMW definitely gets less equipment, much more expensive insurance.

2 hours ago, zetzet said:

It's crazy that the price there is similar enough for you to even consider a 3 series. Over here a base spec 330i touring is 15k Euro more than a base spec RS. And BMW definitely gets less equipment, much more expensive insurance.

 

Among my contenders at the same price point when I picked the RS was the 128ti but the 330i M-sport touring is actually cheaper than the Octavia RS.

4 minutes ago, GiantKiwi said:

 

Among my contenders at the same price point when I picked the RS was the 128ti but the 330i M-sport touring is actually cheaper than the Octavia RS.

If that was the case over here I wouldn't even consider a Skoda. BMW holds value way better and it's also just nicer to have. 

6 minutes ago, zetzet said:

If that was the case over here I wouldn't even consider a Skoda. BMW holds value way better and it's also just nicer to have. 

 

Where I live RWD is a really bad idea if you need to get anywhere in the winter as studded tires are illegal and the roads don't get gritted.

5 hours ago, zetzet said:

It's crazy that the price there is similar enough for you to even consider a 3 series. Over here a base spec 330i touring is 15k Euro more than a base spec RS. And BMW definitely gets less equipment, much more expensive insurance.

Mine is a company car so the retail price is only one factor of many that's taken into account when I'm picking a vehicle. I went for the VRS because I love how it looks. It's just the "not knowing" that's annoying me.

Just wondering if you going for a lease car is there any way you can find out how the build is going ? Without contacting lease company.

27 minutes ago, Joss1733 said:

Just wondering if you going for a lease car is there any way you can find out how the build is going ? Without contacting lease company.

I'm talking to the Skoda dealerships business guy. I'm not sure what his title is exactly lol

14 hours ago, Wonderloaf said:

I'm waiting for the dealer to get back to me. Again. There are a few nice unregistered 3 Series Estates sitting in dealers here that are tempting lol

I guess you are going to say, your local Skoda dealer isn’t interested in selling, so doesn’t have any unregistered stock waiting to be bought by someone who doesn’t want to wait 3-7 months for a factory order.

 

9 hours ago, Wonderloaf said:

 I'm not sure what his title is exactly lol

 

Probably Fleet Manager?

I hadn’t realised how much this has affected the dealers. My local dealer’s looked almost bereft of new cars yesterday, especially compared to the end of the last lockdown, with many of the normally occupied parking slots empty. A salesman confirmed they’d sold a lot of cars but are waiting for more to come through. 

2 hours ago, Redboy said:

I hadn’t realised how much this has affected the dealers. My local dealer’s looked almost bereft of new cars yesterday, especially compared to the end of the last lockdown, with many of the normally occupied parking slots empty. A salesman confirmed they’d sold a lot of cars but are waiting for more to come through. 

Same here. In our state of New South Wales there are only 5 RS Wagons available, 4 of which are demonstrators.

Little choice of colours and no fitted options except, in some cases, sunroof.

And the demonstrators are selling for the same price as a new vehicle. 

But, due to our  lockdown, you can buy from what stock they have (which is plenty for other models such as Fabia, Kamiq etc) by "Click and Collect" - like it was groceries!

 

Edited 27 July, 20214 yr by DaveFromSydney

Update from me, I'm picking my car up tomorrow afternoon. Excited.

 

Ordered week 2, built week 23 ,shipped to UK week 28, transported to dealer week 29, ready to collect from dealer week 30

 

Octavia VRS TSi 2.0 VRS DSG Meteor Grey

2 hours ago, Sliminator said:

Update from me, I'm picking my car up tomorrow afternoon. Excited.

 

Ordered week 2, built week 23 ,shipped to UK week 28, transported to dealer week 29, ready to collect from dealer week 30

 

Octavia VRS TSi 2.0 VRS DSG Meteor Grey

Am I right thinking that is 28 weeks wait?or am i missing something.

42 minutes ago, Joss1733 said:

Am I right thinking that is 28 weeks wait?or am i missing something.

Sounds normal to me. The shortage is very real.

Yep, was told to expect 10 weeks when I ordered, it didn't take long to realise that that would have been very optimistic.