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Dec 20th, 2023, 19:05 | #11 |
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My mistake - I ordered in late August, so a May delivery will make it over 9 months.
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Dec 21st, 2023, 11:07 | #12 |
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If my order through covid times was anything to go by Volvo dates were all over the place then it just turned up out of the blue and I was expected to pay for it a few months earlier, which was a bit inconvenient as due to long lead times I was being told I used funds for another project intending to use my next bonus, so had to to a bit of scrambling for cash.
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Dec 24th, 2023, 13:05 | #13 |
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I thought XC60s for UK were made in Sweden, China ones for USA market..
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Dec 24th, 2023, 13:54 | #14 |
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All in China as all the EV stuff, battery and motor etc is from same place, saves a tonne of money, maximum profit.
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Dec 24th, 2023, 14:20 | #15 |
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Interesting as I read a very similar comment from James Dyson in an interview yesterday. The main driver for manufacturing in Singapore was not labour saving (in fact labour is perhaps even more expensive than the UK), but supply chain considerations. The UK market is only 4% of their global market and dragging all the components from the far east to the UK to then send the majority of the finished products back again meant that they weren't making any money. I would expect that the economics for Volvo and electric cars is very similar.
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Dec 24th, 2023, 15:36 | #16 |
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Might only be the case for the recharge, my VIN starts with L so its Chinese, maybe non recharge are from elsewhere.
Think it all started moving there when there were supply chain issues.
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Dec 24th, 2023, 16:48 | #17 |
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My XC90 (T5) was made in Sweden. If I ordered a Volvo again and it was to come from China I would prefer to take one of their random brands and save a packet.
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Dec 24th, 2023, 18:59 | #18 |
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Why? Being made in China does not make all products equal. It is a massive country with a massively diverse manufacturing base.
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Dec 29th, 2023, 10:47 | #19 |
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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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Dec 29th, 2023, 12:34 | #20 |
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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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