[pho]

Originally Posted by AlexG05be

I estimated the extra delay (due to covid) on my car to be between 2,5 and 3 months making it around 10 months of waiting time in total. It’s on a vessel cruising south of greenland now 😉

might be buddying up with mine; currently status 165 so on its way across the atlantic :-)
delivery at dealership scheduled for W40. After some paperwork, probably looking at delivery in W42

will be ~10 months from order to delivery for me as well

[AlexG05be]

Originally Posted by pho

might be buddying up with mine; currently status 165 so on its way across the atlantic :-)...

might be 😉 Mine is on the Torrens. you can check it by replacing the XXX in the url below by your VIN.

https://www.2wglobal.com/webapps/?fr....cargoId%3DXXX

Then you can track the vessel on
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/shipid:183916

[hiluca]

Originally Posted by pho

might be buddying up with mine; currently status 165 so on its way across the atlantic :-)
delivery at dealership scheduled for W40. After some paperwork, probably looking at delivery in W42

will be ~10 months from order to delivery for me as well

how do you get to know the status of your car?
or do you ask your dealership ?

[pho]

Originally Posted by hiluca

how do you get to know the status of your car?
or do you ask your dealership ?

yep, calling the dealer. Only way to check for EU customers I'm afraid

[hiluca]

Originally Posted by pho

yep, calling the dealer. Only way to check for EU customers I'm afraid

they need to fix that asap.
or is there a particular reason why they don't do it in the EU?

[awosy]

Originally Posted by hiluca

how do you get to know the status of your car?
or do you ask your dealership ?

I call/mail my dealer and ask for screenshots of his screen :-)

[aceman]

Why are EU wait times so long? US is around 4-6 weeks???

[Heavyd]

Originally Posted by aceman

Why are EU wait times so long? US is around 4-6 weeks???

Because we in the EU are not a growth market anymore. They can sell more cars and make more money elsewhere. So we are third rate customers.

After the Corona production shutdown many European orders who were about to go in production were pushed back for months. My dealer said BMW was giving priority to the Asian and US market.

I think it's simple as that.

[biterror]

Originally Posted by aceman

Why are EU wait times so long? US is around 4-6 weeks???

I ordered my car in late July, the car was made last week, but shipping here might take 9 weeks.

[SuprSi]

My order for a 45e has just been placed and the dealer told me that the delivery date is the first week in January, which aligns with other UK members here that ordered before me, so I'm very sceptical!

Are European cars now built in the US?

[AlexG05be]

Originally Posted by SuprSi

My order for a 45e has just been placed and the dealer told me that the delivery date is the first week in January, which aligns with other UK members here that ordered before me, so I'm very sceptical!

Are European cars now built in the US?

Yes, EU X5s are built in Spartanburg. Delays are especially long for BE and FR 45e customers, not really for other countries. For BE, they underestimated the quota for hybrid considering the fiscal advantages and the fact that there was no hybrid competition in that segment... 2nd batch of BE orders was done after US and Asia launch batches as far as I understand. With covid on top, we did end up with 10 to 13 months delay.

There are no more covid impact for new orders I believe.

[Caramel]

DE also had long waits. Basically any country that offered huge tax incentives for the 45e saw people queue up and wait.

[OSCORP]

ok! finally after so many months! we placed the order back in December 19, production day was June 13 and was delivered a week ago in my country.
This is my 1st BMW when i saw the G06, was love at first sight! I said finally they have bigger grills!!
I am extremely happy on how much better this car looks in person! I have to tell my girlfriend to drive around so i can look at it from afar!
Here some photos i took with my cellphone, the color is carbon black with merino coffee and carbon fiber trim, also added the roof bars and they look great! I f anyone needs a particular picture, let me know ill try to do it better.
Thanks to everyone for all the help this forum brings!

[TurtleBoy]

Originally Posted by OSCORP

ok! finally after so many months! we placed the order back in December 19, production day was June 13 and was delivered a week ago in my country.
This is my 1st BMW when i saw the G06, was love at first sight! I said finally they have bigger grills!!
I am extremely happy on how much better this car looks in person! I have to tell my girlfriend to drive around so i can look at it from afar!
Here some photos i took with my cellphone, the color is carbon black with merino coffee and carbon fiber trim, also added the roof bars and they look great! I f anyone needs a particular picture, let me know ill try to do it better.
Thanks to everyone for all the help this forum brings!

Congratulations. Good luck, enjoy and be safe.

[mrracer]

Very nice looking, congratulations. Enjoy!

[hiluca]

Originally Posted by pho

might be buddying up with mine; currently status 165 so on its way across the atlantic :-)
delivery at dealership scheduled for W40. After some paperwork, probably looking at delivery in W42

will be ~10 months from order to delivery for me as well

can you confirm that status 165 means on ship and not at docks waiting to be shipped ?

[pho]

Originally Posted by hiluca

can you confirm that status 165 means on ship and not at docks waiting to be shipped ?

Not formally; just deduced that from some google searches + the fact that bmw's system says it should arrive at the dealer in Belgium in w40. The person at the dealer said she wasn't able to tell if it's currently on a ship or not.
I think status 165 is just "in transit from spartanburg to eu", not specifically on the ship or at the docks.

[hiluca]

Originally Posted by pho

Not formally; just deduced that from some google searches + the fact that bmw's system says it should arrive at the dealer in Belgium in w40. The person at the dealer said she wasn't able to tell if it's currently on a ship or not.
I think status 165 is just "in transit from spartanburg to eu", not specifically on the ship or at the docks.

thats what i'm trying to find out.

the car has been in status 165 since september 5th

on that day a ship left to the EU from Charlston but i can't track the car yet so it might be that it is still at the docks and taking today's ship of the 12th ?

[Heavyd]

Originally Posted by hiluca

thats what i'm trying to find out.

the car has been in status 165 since september 5th

on that day a ship left to the EU from Charlston but i can't track the car yet so it might be that it is still at the docks and taking today's ship of the 12th ?

What I got from my dealer a while back is status 165 = ready to be shipped. That was the latest status update I got.
I think it will show up sometime now in the Wallenius tracking.

[hiluca]

Originally Posted by Heavyd

What I got from my dealer a while back is status 165 = ready to be shipped. That was the latest status update I got.
I think it will show up sometime now in the Wallenius tracking.

i'm not sure if i'm doing it right (the tracking with Wallenius). but i will keep trying.

[Heavyd]

Originally Posted by hiluca

i'm not sure if i'm doing it right (the tracking with Wallenius). but i will keep trying.

There is somewhere a link in this thread. You have to put your VIN at the end. This works.
But my car showed up when it was already a week in Bremerhaven.
I don't know how ip to date this tracking is now.

[biterror]

Originally Posted by hiluca

i'm not sure if i'm doing it right (the tracking with Wallenius). but i will keep trying.

Try this:

https://www.2wglobal.com/webapps/?fr..._VIN_GOES_HERE

Works with my VIN.