Wait times for new cars

We managed to get a new Juke hybrid a couple of weeks ago when the dealer was doing and offer for regular customers otherwise there was a long wait. Little choice of colour or spec but we are very happy with what we have and the monthly fuel bill has gone down by about £50 as we are now achieving 50+mpg

Grannygravy is right too. The obvious solution seems to stop being so reliant on China

I'm waiting for one too. I've already negotiated on the colour to get it quicker but the estimation is 4 months because there is a delay in some of the components. The sales guy said some of their cars are taking @8 months, even more

If you listen to dealerships, you get a different picture. I wanted to trade in a fourteen month old, top of the range unblemished hybrid CRV recently with under four thousand miles on the clock and the Honda dealer told me they had similar on their forecourt and couldn’t shift them so they were reluctant to take another one. Buyers were prepared to wait for new models. The Mini dealership said the same thing about resale and new models, but still gave me a very acceptable trade in price for it.

A lot of the chips and other parts are produced in China.

China still has a zero policy towards Covid, consequently there is a delay in all supplies coming out of China.

This is also now hitting the new iPhone and iPads.

Delay in getting new cars has been the norm in the UK for over a year. So much so the the price of second hand cars have rocketted and the most recent secondhand cars are selling for more than the same model, new. It has its plusses and minuses. DD recckoned that when she replaced her car early this year, she paid a third more for the 5 year old car she bought, than she would have done a year before.

On the otherhand, when someone drove into my 20 year old Toyota Yaris earlier this and wrote it off, I was amazed just how much my insurance company gave me for it. I expected around £500 and got over £1,500, without any haggling.

Toyota delivery times are now a year and over for some models. Some of the RAV4 specs are no longer available either.

There is a global shortage of parts, in particular computer chips.

My son just took delivery of a new Honda hybrid that he ordered in March. It was supposed to be delivered in July but there were supply chain issues and it just kept getting later and later.

During one of the lockdowns we went to order a new car (a Volvo) to discover that the spec had changed, delivery was approx. a year and trade in and purchase price were also only approximate. We declined the offer and are sticking with the current one till things calm down.