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I put a deposit down in early March for a new Kia Niro was told it would be a four month wait. Despite regular calls to the dealership there is no sign of the car at present. The dealer just says it is...
Are car manufacturers being honest about the continuing delays on new cars due to computer chip shortages? Or is this just an excuse to hike prices? I have just returned from a holiday in Canada and the...
I ordered a new VW Golf PHEV in March 2022 with VW saying it would take 8 to 12 months. 16 months later we still have no build date for the car, do they want us to cancel the order because the cars have...
I have ordered a new Toyota Yaris Cross Excel and have an order number. How can I track the building and delivery of the car?
I ordered a new Toyota Yaris Cross in Oct 2022 and was told delivery would be second quarter of 2023. This was then amended to November, then October and now it’s January 2024 with a possibility it could...
I am due to collect my new Toyota Aygo X Pure soon but I've just been told by the Toyota dealer that Toyota have put a stop on all Aygo X cars. What is going on?
In February, we purchased a new Range Rover Evoque from a dealer and outlined that we needed a car by June 18th as our current company car would be going back and this new order was our personal replacement....
I ordered a Volvo XC40 in December 2018 with an approximate delivery date of end April. I have now been informed that delivery is likely to be August. I received a favourable trade-in valuation on my car...
I've waited 20 weeks on a Ford Kuga. The latest (of six) build date I've been given will mean that from order to delivery would be approx 29 weeks. What are the rights for cancelling?
On the 22nd September 2015 I ordered a new Audi A3 Sportback 1.4 TFSI. I was assured by the dealership that the car would arrive either before Christmas or the first week in January. I was told last week...
 

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