MG ZS EV Shipping Updates

[Ukchris]

December 8th

Snap me to

 

[MrMatt2101]

OK, have had a break from this forum as my mental health was suffering. Sounds ridiculous but the rollercoaster of emotions was getting to me, therefore getting to my poor wife. Had a peek today and have seen these cancellations...this has made me feel even worse. I note someone's LR trophy in black is in, so envious as that's what I ordered through Tusker in Jan. I contacted the dealer who said 'no news, just TBA' and my Tusker page still shows early Sept. If its cancelled, I'm screwed as I can't afford anything else as the prices have gone up since ordering, and the MG is perfect for my needs. Absolutely beside myself ?

 

[Emma829]

OK, have had a break from this forum as my mental health was suffering. Sounds ridiculous but the rollercoaster of emotions was getting to me, therefore getting to my poor wife. Had a peek today and have seen these cancellations...this has made me feel even worse. I note someone's LR trophy in black is in, so envious as that's what I ordered through Tusker in Jan. I contacted the dealer who said 'no news, just TBA' and my Tusker page still shows early Sept. If its cancelled, I'm screwed as I can't afford anything else as the prices have gone up since ordering, and the MG is perfect for my needs. Absolutely beside myself ?

Today was the wrong day to have a look. I think the last 24 hours have brought the worst news. It does only seem to be one or two dealers being shady at this point in time.

 

[nwarddrfc]

I look daily and get upset and peed off but then just think we'll there is nothing I can do about it

 

[MrMatt2101]

It seems there is a batch of black ones coming through at present, maybe all will be well.....sigh...

 

[DrJohnny Fever]

Told my dealer, I’d have a black one if it came before the silver Trophy I’d ordered, whether that happens and he gives me a black one (I doubt it) ..

 

[Buchanty]

OK, have had a break from this forum as my mental health was suffering. Sounds ridiculous but the rollercoaster of emotions was getting to me, therefore getting to my poor wife. Had a peek today and have seen these cancellations...this has made me feel even worse. I note someone's LR trophy in black is in, so envious as that's what I ordered through Tusker in Jan. I contacted the dealer who said 'no news, just TBA' and my Tusker page still shows early Sept. If its cancelled, I'm screwed as I can't afford anything else as the prices have gone up since ordering, and the MG is perfect for my needs. Absolutely beside myself ?

So sorry to hear this.

 

[DB Go Rex]

OK, have had a break from this forum as my mental health was suffering. Sounds ridiculous but the rollercoaster of emotions was getting to me, therefore getting to my poor wife. Had a peek today and have seen these cancellations...this has made me feel even worse. I note someone's LR trophy in black is in, so envious as that's what I ordered through Tusker in Jan. I contacted the dealer who said 'no news, just TBA' and my Tusker page still shows early Sept. If its cancelled, I'm screwed as I can't afford anything else as the prices have gone up since ordering, and the MG is perfect for my needs. Absolutely beside myself ?

Similar situation, ordered Jan through Tusker.

Current lease car has to go back in two weeks so I have that time to buy a cheap second hand car that I will then have to resell.

I'm resigned to it now. I ordered well in time with room to spare on my order but it wasn't enough.

It's only a car ultimately.

Lessons learned, just won't buy from MG again.

 

[DB Go Rex]

Told my dealer, I’d have a black one if it came before the silver Trophy I’d ordered, whether that happens and he gives me a black one (I doubt it) ..

According to their own rules they won't do that for you. £1500 fine and all that.

 

[daverobbo]

According to their own rules they won't do that for you. £1500 fine and all that.

I thought that you could swap colours just not the spec

 

[N2STY]

I thought that you could swap colours just not the spec

That was to keep Grant

 

[DB Go Rex]

I thought that you could swap colours just not the spec

According to my dealer you can’t swap anything. They have my exact model and colour in and they ain’t allocating it to me.

 

[mokey]

Do we know of anyone actually receiving a silver long range yet?

I’ve ordered the monument silver in long range trophy connect , order date January , still waiting delivery ?

 

[Hino]

I have been following posts on here regularly and understand peoples frustration.
I ordered LR SE in Battersea Blue on 18th March and have just collected it today from the dealer. There was a sheet from MG in the car to say it was manufactured on 24th March.
I just don’t understand how this happens with longer orders being put back.
I am glad I have received mine, but fully sympathise with people who are still waiting and being messed about…….please don’t hate me ???

Hmmm strange indeed, that is the exact model and colour I ordered on 7 Jan yet you have now taken delivery. I am pleased for you but seriously wonder how it happened. What dealer did you use?

 

[MJC]

My message below is me guessing without any research and is simply my thoughts.

I was wondering last night how much investment is required to set up an MG dealership. There will be specific colour schemes, decoration and signage to set up. There will also be contracts with targets, bonuses for achieving sales levels and penalties for not. With all the economic changes, contracts will now need to be renegotiated and the big dealers will have higher overheads - city centre locations, more staff etc. They simply need to turnover more cars to keep afloat. Guess that they will be having weekly if not daily conversations to get cars from MG.
We don’t know what contracts are in place - maybe the big dealers have clauses which mean MG have to supply a minimum amount of cars?

I was also thinking about where a dealer makes money - is it the sale of a car or is it many years of servicing / warranty / repair. One of our members went from Kent to Sheffield area the other week to collect a new car - do you think that he will be taking it back to Sheffield every time it needs a service or has a fault?

What about costs to transport cars to the dealers ? How much would it cost to have car transporters deliver one car to each dealer instead of one transporter load to a single dealer? Who pays for the transport costs?

Basically I think that the larger dealers will have more access to new cars because of the commercial negotiations they can lever. 2 years ago MG were looking to sell 40,000 cars per year. Big dealers would be planning advertising campaigns - local Radio stations, stands in shopping centres etc. The smaller dealer will not have the budgets for this. Now I suspect the larger dealers do not have the budgets for this - everything has changed - pandemics and wars.

My current dealer is a small family run outfit. When my car wants a service the receptionist calls on the way to work - leaves her personal car on our drive and takes our car for the day and then swaps back on her way home.
3 years ago our car had a fault and had to call RAC who couldn’t fix so had to be transported to the dealer. My wife was stuck and it used to take up to 24 hours to get a hire car from RAC on the Isle of Wight - the salesman who sold us the car drove to our house and lent her his car for the day until the hire car arrived. This is a local small family dealership that looks after us.

Unfortunately I guess that the smaller dealer does not have the same leverage as the larger dealer to get quantities of cars and I imagine that if I had ordered the car via a big dealer I would be driving the car by now.

On this basis I am not happy to wait longer than other people for my car, but happy to put my business through a small local dealer who I know will look after me throughout the duration of ownership (when I eventually get delivery of the car)

Very thoughtful post, 1 thing I can say even if you ordered from a big dealer I doubt it that you will be driving your car by now. Because I ordered from Chorley group in Nov 2021 and still waiting for my car with no delivery date. I ordered a ZS EV LR SE white.

 

[Jkrealm]

Hmmm strange indeed, that is the exact model and colour I ordered on 7 Jan yet you have now taken delivery. I am pleased for you but seriously wonder how it happened. What dealer did you use?

I ordered this too but back in December.....

 

[Emma829]

I can see on Facebook the issue re the grant and a failure to submit the request has been discussed. Sam Luscombe has replied saying the paperwork for the grant can only be submitted if the car was sold 2 days prior to the grant ending. As the full grant should have been applied for in December before it was reduced they can’t now claim it. ? he is saying legally he isn’t sure what the stance is, but morally they should take the hit.

This practice is just utterly shambolic if I make a mistake in my line of work, we cover it for the customer, no questions asked. I can see the dealer is part of some trade associations and the ombudsman. I’m wondering if it’s worth contacting them if no luck with the dealer. As surely they would expect the dealer to follow the correct processes as part of the association?

 

[N2STY]

For anyone wanting for perrys aylesbury 3 transporters was unloading this morning I don't know colours apart from a few silver ones
@abucksdiver

 

[JSAND59]

Very thoughtful post, 1 thing I can say even if you ordered from a big dealer I doubt it that you will be driving your car by now. Because I ordered from Chorley group in Nov 2021 and still waiting for my car with no delivery date. I ordered a ZS EV LR SE white.

Fingers crossed that your car is in the next few batches. From previous posts it looks like there are a few ships that are steaming our way from China and could have a few cars manufactured. Mine is ZS EV LR Trophy Blue.

 

[sha66ir]

Just called my dealer. I am told that the price on my order will not be affected as a result of the govt grant ending.