Member Since: 09 Feb 2014
Location: wales
Posts: 1
delivery 7mths!!!!
ordered discovery4 commercial 7mths ago, is this normal ? is everyone waiting?
keep getting ecuses for factory issues, strikes floods roof issues on new rrs etc etc , anything but a new disco!!!
9th Feb 2014 3:44 pm
mse
Member Since: 27 Jun 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 2707
I have my 2014 d4 HSE im sure some commercials are out - theres been no strikes as such so who knowsMike
9th Feb 2014 4:24 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73125
They are prob too busy making FFRRs & RRSs on the T5 line. D4s (or whatever they are now called) will be well down the pecking order of priorities.
Allegedly.
9th Feb 2014 4:31 pm
LiftedDisco
Member Since: 10 Jun 2010
Location: Towcester
Posts: 1002
So when did you order yours then?
There was a bit of a kerfuffle with getting prices together for the 14MY as LR normally update prices and spec in July but this slipped to Sept this year which seems to have caused some delays in getting orders into the system.
My Commercial was ordered 10th Oct and is on line to be delivered 1st March (all things being equal) so would have thought yours should be somewhere close.
What does your dealer say?D4 Commercial - 65 Plate, 2016MY
D5 Commercial - Handed back when I left that job…
D4 Commercial (2014MY) - gone
D4 Commercial SDV6 - Baltic Blue (also gone)
D1 300TDi... 2" lift, HD bumpers (both), detachable tow hitch, 9,500lb winch, 235/85/16 muds and plenty of other toys (gone to make way for the next toy...)
Smiles per Mile - Tornado Motorsports caged Evo 3... 100" Defender look-alike, with Range Rover running gear - all fully IVA'd and registered!
9th Feb 2014 6:59 pm
rich06
Member Since: 06 Feb 2014
Location: england
Posts: 46
we had to wait aout 6months for our disco 4 its the going to special vehicles to be stripped out they say it can take up to 6 weeks not sure how it takes half hour to bolt the seats in and six weeks to take them back out but who knows
9th Feb 2014 7:49 pm
LiftedDisco
Member Since: 10 Jun 2010
Location: Towcester
Posts: 1002
It's down to the fact that Special Vehicles do them in batches so wait until they have a complete set of (say) 20 to do in one hit.
I heard a rumour that there are now less Commercials being sold as you can only get the XS spec vehicle now (ie more expensive as a starting point) but think mine is all on track for the original date.
I was told mid-Feb at time of order but said that I would wait for the new reg...
The suggestion is that I should have it on the drive on 28th Feb as long as I sign a bit of paper saying I won't drive it until Midnight! Daft really, as the insurance would be void if I did...D4 Commercial - 65 Plate, 2016MY
D5 Commercial - Handed back when I left that job…
D4 Commercial (2014MY) - gone
D4 Commercial SDV6 - Baltic Blue (also gone)
D1 300TDi... 2" lift, HD bumpers (both), detachable tow hitch, 9,500lb winch, 235/85/16 muds and plenty of other toys (gone to make way for the next toy...)
Smiles per Mile - Tornado Motorsports caged Evo 3... 100" Defender look-alike, with Range Rover running gear - all fully IVA'd and registered!
9th Feb 2014 9:24 pm
Teledisc
Member Since: 08 Dec 2013
Location: Oldham
Posts: 9
Re: delivery 7mths!!!!
pynr24270 wrote:
ordered discovery4 commercial 7mths ago, is this normal ? is everyone waiting?
keep getting ecuses for factory issues, strikes floods roof issues on new rrs etc etc , anything but a new disco!!!
Ordered mine in July and took delivery at the end of November. We'll worth the wait when it eventually arrives!
9th Feb 2014 9:59 pm
jeepmadmike
Member Since: 18 Jan 2014
Location: Devon
Posts: 270
Hate to rub it in but ordered mine late in October and it's in the dealershipMY14 post man pat van
70series land cruiser
1947 willys jeep
Hobby 670 motor home
And lots of other stuff in my shed, on my driveway or abandoned in the village
Several VW T5's
Mitsubishi outlander
And a Suzuki X90... Only drive that at night
11th Feb 2014 9:58 pm
slots
Member Since: 30 Oct 2007
Location: Here
Posts: 333
I was speaking to my dealer the other day and he's a wise old owl and been in the motor industry for 30 plus years. He pointed out that a Discovery Commercial for example takes as long to build as a Range Rover but the margins are very different. That's why you can only get Commercial XS now.
The market in China and other rapidly developing countries is so competitive and there are a lot of wealthy people with money burning a hole in their pocket. Once those people make their first 'premium' car purchase they are more likely to stay with that brand. Therefore, LR can't afford to keep them waiting and the vehicles they order are more profitable than many of the UK models.
The T5 line can only produce a certain number of vehicles per day so it stands to reason that the guy in China will get his £120k RR build before a D4 GS or Commercial for the UK. If we want a LR in the UK we're more likely to be prepared to wait for it to be built.
If we were running a factory I'm sure we would be tempted to do the same. I'm not saying it's right but that's just where it is. Lots of lower priced variants are seeing their build dates slip further and further back.
On a plus side it should help with RV's
12th Feb 2014 9:40 am
mse
Member Since: 27 Jun 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 2707
Many markets, Russia and China being one will only spec the most expensive with all options - it is how they are.
The margins have always been great - RRC days the cost of the car to build was around £7-11kMike
12th Feb 2014 2:27 pm
markate
Member Since: 17 Sep 2011
Location: England
Posts: 705
RR Vogue in China is the equivalent of £250000 on the road due in part to high import duty!!!!!
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