I believe with the special colours JLR stacks the orders until they have enough of a certain colour to do a run of them, they cannot do just one of a special colour. This was often the case with Waitomo Grey, so few people ordered their car in that colour LR waited to do a tun of a dozen or so cars. Add in the SVO finishing factor and you get a long wait - could be worse for you though....... you could have ordered a PHEV in an SVO colour and they get held on two counts - supply of the transmission from the makers in Austria is very slow and then you have the paint job too. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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I would have to seriously question that about the SVO paint Tim as some are very rare. SVR 2018 in Santorini Black.

As previously stated - no SVO paint or black wheels on mine and dealer confirmed yesterday that my build was complete (a bit earlier than I had been previously advised) and my car had been called over. Should arrive at the dealer next week and then it can sit there until 1 March!

Jas Current RRS: MY18 SVR
Previous RRS: MY15 RRS 5.0L Autobiography

Great news Jas, looking forward to seeing it..  SVR 2018 in Santorini Black.

Tim in Scotland wrote:

I believe with the special colours JLR stacks the orders until they have enough of a certain colour to do a run of them, they cannot do just one of a special colour. This was often the case with Waitomo Grey, so few people ordered their car in that colour LR waited to do a tun of a dozen or so cars. Add in the SVO finishing factor and you get a long wait - could be worse for you though....... you could have ordered a PHEV in an SVO colour and they get held on two counts - supply of the transmission from the makers in Austria is very slow and then you have the paint job too.

thanks but this is my point, why do i have to wait for my SVO ultra colour to be accepted in the system (its not even been acknowledged) for what has been 4 weeks already to what could be 2 more weeks or 2 more months...why cant these guys give an indication as surely they can as my order has sat with them for 4 weeks ... its if honest as I'm not prepared (however good my original colour spec is) to wait indefinetly it is what it is but i guess...i will leave till the last moment (28 feb with this other spec accepted in system) and see what i do  MY18 Range Rover Sport SVR (18' - current)
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The issue you have is that SVO or JLR are not accepting any SVO Paint orders at the moment and wont be for some time, I am in daily contact with SVO due to the bespoke work on my vehicle and last I heard was SVO Palette colours may open up from May onwards. Those with a confirmed build slot already wont be affected. Current

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Thanks that’s not good then , why can’t they communicate to those waiting at the dealership ... all people like myself want is information

I passed onto my dealership , who just said they don't get told any info other then build slots for the dealership are available and they still say mine is planned to get accepted before end of feb...but not holding out much hope MY18 Range Rover Sport SVR (18' - current)
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Porsche 911 Turbo S Convertible (13’-16’)
Audi R8 V10 (10’-13’)
Golf R32 (06’-10’)
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TVR Tuscan S (03’-04’)
TVR Chimera 4.5 (99’-02’)
Peugeot 206 GTI (99’-02’)
Alf Romeo 156 (92’-98’)
Ford Orion (89’-92’)
Ford Escort (’87-’89)

So finally after ordering the car on 15th Jan the factory have now accepted the car in the system for my Borealis Black but its not going to now be built until 08/06/18 and says delivery to dealer will be 06/07/18! 7 months when i was assured it would be 4-5 months... oh well it will be worth the wait.

They had put another order in for Santorini Black – Arrival mid May 18 as a contingency if i wanted it but now i know will get it for July i will go with my original preference of Borealis Black.

At least i know its coming for summer 2018  MY18 Range Rover Sport SVR (18' - current)
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Porsche 911 Turbo S Convertible (13’-16’)
Audi R8 V10 (10’-13’)
Golf R32 (06’-10’)
BWM M3 (04’-06’)
TVR Tuscan S (03’-04’)
TVR Chimera 4.5 (99’-02’)
Peugeot 206 GTI (99’-02’)
Alf Romeo 156 (92’-98’)
Ford Orion (89’-92’)
Ford Escort (’87-’89)

To be honest Alf i don't think that's bad as i tried to get one earlier myself and could not get a car before the end of June and that was with standard colour paint. SVR 2018 in Santorini Black.

You did the right thing waiting for Borealis. it's amazing. An extra two months will fly by. And who knows, maybe this extra time will give LR a chance to work out some of these quality issues at the factory.

AlfOCR wrote:

So finally after ordering the car on 15th Jan the factory have now accepted the car in the system for my Borealis Black but its not going to now be built until 08/06/18 and says delivery to dealer will be 06/07/18! 7 months when i was assured it would be 4-5 months... oh well it will be worth the wait.

They had put another order in for Santorini Black – Arrival mid May 18 as a contingency if i wanted it but now i know will get it for July i will go with my original preference of Borealis Black.

At least i know its coming for summer 2018

Agreed, its only a few months just had a few long weekend trips away over June and early July would have been nice to have had the car for then but now i know its accepted...cant wait  MY18 Range Rover Sport SVR (18' - current)
Land Rover Evoque (16'-18')
Porsche 911 Turbo S Convertible (13’-16’)
Audi R8 V10 (10’-13’)
Golf R32 (06’-10’)
BWM M3 (04’-06’)
TVR Tuscan S (03’-04’)
TVR Chimera 4.5 (99’-02’)
Peugeot 206 GTI (99’-02’)
Alf Romeo 156 (92’-98’)
Ford Orion (89’-92’)
Ford Escort (’87-’89)

So apparently the US isnt getting many of the 2018 svr's in fact there are only 12 in the entire country now. In my area of boston there are going to be about 15 coming in all of which are spoken for. Although my first choice would be estoril they are not available for sale unless the ones who ordered them back out. the saleswoman has a white/tan with all carbon pack on the outside arriving in three weeks and I have first right of refusal. I think the white will look good with the carbon ext. it is fuji white not yulong. I suppose if I hated the white I could wrap it. It also has the 22" satin wheels which I will have to paint black. Anyone have a new 2018 white one they can show a pic of. I cant find one anywhere on the internet. Thank you.

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/us...it/8384832 SVR 2018 in Santorini Black.

wow pretty sweet. I like the contrast! Thank you very much! Cheers!