About a month ago, JLR warned of manufacturing delays caused by the Coronavirus, saying that it was shifting some parts from China in suitcases. I haven't seen anything else since then except that car factories might start manufacturing hospital respirators. Does anyone know if there are serious production delays? I was given a delivery date of the second week of April for mine, but would, frankly, prefer the factory to manufacture respirators ahead my car.

There are so many parts made in China and not the just plastic trim that it would be hard to believe no manufacture will not be impacted. Pretty much every factory in China has shut down or switched to more necessary products. 2019 5.0 SC SVA (Current)
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Having ordered a P400e in Early February, it was nice to get an email this week giving me an estimated delivery date in early September. So, Covid 19 has extended the expected delivery time by 5 months! Since I don't have any plans to travel anywhere any time soon, I'm very happy with this.

It does suggest that their problems relate to sourcing parts rather than an absence of buyers since I think that their factories were shut down for less than 3 months.

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2012 5.0 SC AB. Sadly written off by a campervan
23 plate Focus ST (Current)
1942 VEP Ford GPW Jeep (Willys) (Current)
1943 Whites M16 Halftrack (Current)
16 plate Eurofighter Typhoon, 2 x Eurojet engines with 20,000lbs thrust each. 1380mph

No news on delivery. 7 months from order to... now. Every now and again, I see news articles saying that JLR has been hit by a downturn in orders. Their problems seem to me to be an inability to build them, probably because of difficulty obtaining parts.

I would be annoyed if I was going to use the car much, but with the country still being partly closed down, I don't have anywhere to drive it anyway. It has meant that I have had to have the old Volvo XC90 serviced again this week.

I have ordered a charge point at last, from Andersen. Should look good, but I do wonder if the postman will try and stuff the post in it.

Well, my time has nearly come. My RRS P400e is due for delivery next week. After 8 1/2 months, I hope that the wait was worth it.

Don't tell anyone, but I'm really quite excited.

I bet you are. That’s fare old wait.