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Originally Posted by Lexman8
I've had an update from the dealer. It seems that Volvo were planning on moving maufacturing of XC60 PHEVs to Sweden or Belgium but have now decided to continue manufacturing in China until 2025. I'm not convinced this is the only reason for the delay but I suppose it could be part of it.
It's hoped that a build slot will be allocated in Jan/Feb but it will then take up to 3 months to ship the car from China so delivery would then be April/May.
We'll see...
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Sounds like a fluff response to me, no reason to move a platform in its last days back to an expensive production unless EU get super protectionist like the US. EU/UK were trying to with the rules that were supposed to come into force on the first with respect to rules on origin, but of course not having invested enough in supporting localised industries they have had to push it back, this is more likely the reason to delay cars whilst they see whioch way it was going to fall and whether they'd have to up prices for additional tariffs.
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Originally Posted by Discoman
I have nothing against buying Chinese at all but I object to companies charging European premium prices for cars made there. It might be illogical but I still feel European brands are trying to get away with making us pay for premium quality which is negated when the cars are not built here. The big impact of the move to BEVs I suspect will be several European brands folding as the Chinese supply a whole range of quality, cheaper products. MG is a good example of this.
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No cars are built here, both EU and China are imported goods to UK, if the quality is good I'll buy from either, there's no reason really to support one over the other, both fill another states coffers and supports people that are not here.
MGs are good for the money, but they are not as good as any Volvo.
I suspect the cheap Chinese car will soon be a thing of the past as each country does what the US has done and starts to implement protectionist policies for their own industries and people.