That is what my dealer is saying. My order was placed in September. Suspect if this is true there will be one hell of a backlog of HSEs come April. Whether that means they are just building Autobiographys and Dynamics who knows.

Could be a load of rubbish but my dealer (London LR chain) said that was what LR had told him this week

Anyone heard anything similar?

I reckon I will be lucky to see mine pre July 2010 997 Carrera S
2007 997 Carrera S

That is an awful long time to not be manufacturing a variant......
Interesting to hear if anyone else hears the same..... Will SE's be made then??

I guess one theory would be..... AB's have a significantly higher margin on them ..... so build them first .... get maximum amount of cash flow in.....to offset their cock up as much as possible.....Maybe even get a few people trying to upgrade to beat the wait...... cos there will sure be a massive backlog and waiting list on the HSE 2014.5 SDV6 AB Dynamic ... Fuji /Santorini Pan roof and 22's
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Yes he said there was no news whatsoever on SEs and that they were likely to be a long way off
He said it was all due to parts shortages
Reading between the lines I think you are right - they have massive delays, part shortages and a whole load of impatient customers and they have decided (if true) that they may as well sell the high margin stuff first and if they lose a few HSE orders they will probably gain a stack of upgrade orders as people pay a few more grand for a dynamic. Not that I was offered this choice.

The big worry has to be that if it is true there could be a 6-9 month backlog on HSEs when they start up again in April

2015 build cars all round 2010 997 Carrera S
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Hi Sammy..... The parts shortages have been well documented on this forum..... so no surprises there....
Switchgear.... +2 seating etc etc......... The biggest one being the Panoramic roof......which I would guess is being spec'd by 80% of customers....

Frankly i've read so much of it on here that i'm starting to feel desensitised to the issue of delivery ....to the point where..... when my car turns up it turns up.....and i'll be happy and forget the the long wait I had.....
Enjoy my current MY12... get some value out of it coz I sure have taken a bath on it !!!! 2014.5 SDV6 AB Dynamic ... Fuji /Santorini Pan roof and 22's
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I'm with you on that mate.
When it turns up it turns up. When I ordered I knew I wouldn't be seeing it till May / June time. (hopefully!)
The only thing is the longer I wait the more little extras I add................!

Seriously? MY15 spec gets more and more tempting then...

This is not true at all. Obviously we are very much a London dealer and so I hope this isn't anything to do with us? Our team (as many on here know) are Land Rover through and through and would not be stating HSE's aren't being built!!!

If it is anything to do with us please could you email me your order number to Jeremy.jackson@hadleygreen.co.uk ASAP and look into it for you.

If I could add to Jeremy's post......

The dealer network receive a monthly order allocation along with a very detailed document outlining any restrictions. At no point has there been a restriction on HSE.

January build allocation was issued yesterday and I'm pleased to report that the UK network can now order Autobiography and pano-roofs, however it will be capped at an unspecified volume.

To clarify, since even before the launch of what we call ANRRS (all new), the only restrictions have been the introduction of SE from launch, and then Autobiography and Pano-Roofs which are obviously connected.

So, the HSE explanation is incorrect, therefore you should certainly confirm why/when etc etc,

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Well done guys...... nice to have the voice of authority set the record straight......
Thank you 2014.5 SDV6 AB Dynamic ... Fuji /Santorini Pan roof and 22's
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Thanks for the info James!  Arrived: MY16 A/B SDV6 in Aruba, Ivory interior, piano black trim, black panoramic roof, spare wheel, blind spot monitoring, mudlaps and more...

Gone but not forgotten:
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Thanks Jeremy, James. Sorry didn't mean to intimate it was you guys who told me that, it was not, thanks for replying though. I thought it sounded like a load of rubbish. Suspect it I just my dealer trying to find away of telling me the march date he promised when I ordered at the start of September is not going to happen (which I already knew). 2010 997 Carrera S
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Yes, thank you to Jeremy and James. There's nothing better than plain speaking so that we understand the position. Good to hear that Autobiographies are starting to move, if only at a glacial rate. Mark

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