[SaunaBoi]

Does anybody know if cars are going to be delivered while corona virus thing is on.I heard they are closing borders.

[LexxM3]

Originally Posted by LukaGagro

Does anybody know if cars are going to be delivered while corona virus thing is on.I heard they are closing borders.

Might want to join the random speculation on one of the other two threads on the topic.

[Sea Bandit]

Originally Posted by LukaGagro

Does anybody know if cars are going to be delivered while corona virus thing is on.I heard they are closing borders.

Germany borders are closed since yesterday. My car is stuck somewhere in Germany.

[Heavyd]

I have no knowledge of German borders being closed. There are increased border controls.

[X5 45e]

Originally Posted by Heavyd

I have no knowledge of German borders being closed. There are increased border controls.

Tsjechië closed its borders. So also with Germany. But this shouldn't interfere with transport to Croatia.

[mobilejo]

Aren't the X models built in America though, and not Germany?

[Heavyd]

Originally Posted by mobilejo

Aren't the X models built in America though, and not Germany?

They go from Spartanburg South Carolina to Bremerhafen Germany and then across Europe.

[Deda]

Mine is in status 182 Bremerhaven...so lets see whats going to happen..🤷*♂️

[X5 45e]

Originally Posted by Heavyd

They go from Spartanburg South Carolina to Bremerhafen Germany and then across Europe.

Or to our own Zeebrugge

[X5 45e]

Originally Posted by LexxM3

Might want to join the random speculation on one of the other two threads on the topic.

Speculation it is indeed.
Probably car dealers will try to deliver as much cars as possible in order to get paid until they are stopped by the government by closing borders, prohibiting unnecessary transports. Closing dealerships probably not because fixing cars can be considered as an essential service.

[Heavyd]

Originally Posted by X5 45e

Or to our own Zeebrugge

Always?
Would be nice because they are trying to get an earlier production date and accelerated transport for my car 😁

[X5 45e]

Originally Posted by Heavyd

Always?
Would be nice because they are trying to get an earlier production date and accelerated transport for my car 😁

Don't know. Mine was in Zeebrugge. It arrived the same time as the one my colleague ordered two month earlier. He got his beginning of December. Mine was scheduled for delivery beginning November and delayed to first week of januari. The car dealer told my colleague that my car also arrived in when he got his delivered. And off course het told me.

So I started calling the dealer to get an earlier delivery date (so close but yet so far).

They just couldn't tell when BMW Europe / Belgium will get the car from the parking lot and put it on a truck. There seems to be no way to control this or even know it. So it ended up being in Zeebrugge for couple of weeks. I wasn't expecting to get it anymore in 2019 and then they called me Friday 23/12 at 16h that my car had arrived and was ready for delivery. Fortunately I have a good insurance guy who already prepared all the papers and did the inscription ASAP online so I could get it.

At the end would probably have been better if they didn't tell my colleague and just delivered it in januari as I was expecting already.

I hope they are not just telling you stories to keep you calm.

[Flippy_00]

Originally Posted by X5 45e

Or to our own Zeebrugge

Not all Belgian X5's go via Zeebrugge.

Mine was delivered via Bremerhaven (Germany), even though the next port of call of 'my' ship was Zeebrugge...
It took almost 2 weeks to get to my dealership in Belgium.

[Sea Bandit]

Originally Posted by X5 45e

Tsjechië closed its borders. So also with Germany. But this shouldn't interfere with transport to Croatia.

Yes, it is. Some other BMW cars are stuck on trucks and can not be deliver to Croatia.

[chriscross]

In Vienna, AT, all BMW dealerships and services are closed as of yesterday. I got a call that they are cancelling all appointments until further notice.

[jole996]

My car just entered production today in Spartanburg. Got a VIN.
Good two months to delivery in normal times. Now with Corona, who knows...

[jwtw20]

Mines been in Southampton since last week ..... I'm hoping it's going to move soon 🤬

[Virginflyer]

Mine is in the garage, I'm keeping it away from these nasty viruses

[Sea Bandit]

Mine just found in Bremenhaven. Finally, bus still far away from home....

[AlexM]

From what i know, transport is still allowed through “closed” borders. Cars could be delivered, the problem is that dealerships are closed so you can’t get the paperwork done.
I spoke to the owner of dealership i use and he had no clue for how long they will be shut, he said min 2-3 weeks, probably 1 month. Then things should reboot. I ordered my car literally minutes before they closed the shop in order to catch one of the last M50d’s

Edit: i also noticed convoys of trucks on the highway with police escort, about 30 in line. Goods have to move...

[Heavyd]

Dealerships are closed as of today 12 o'clock in Belgium until April 5th. But I think this will be prolonged.

BMW stops with production in European plants for 4 weeks.
I'm curious what Spartanburg will do.