Evoque delivery delay - 36+ weeks!

My OH ordered an Evoque as a company car through a lease firm way back on the 14th of August and still hasn't taken delivery of it. The original quoted date was early March, then late February and since then it has moved around a few more times with the latest guess being some time in April.

According to the lease company, who seem to be out of the loop really, the dealer has stated that the issue is with "border control" - seeing as Evoques are made in Halesowen it sounds like nonsense to me!

Has anyone else experienced a similar delay with these cars, or have any idea what's going on?

We ordered an Evoque through an LR main dealer on 12 Dec 2014 for delivery on 27 Mar.

Good news: car's ready and at dealers.

Bad news: Dealer ordered the wrong spec, which we are not prepared to accept.

We have been offered a reorder for delivery early June, but have decided to wait for the facelift Evoque with the new Ingenium engine, deliveries due to start first week in September.

Can't understand why yours is taking so long . . .

Or sold your build slot allocation to someone else...

Nope, they're made at Halewood. That's where your problem is

Remember they also lost some with that boat grounding in the solent. Those will need to be re-done first...

They're having issues with the quality of some 3rd party switchgear on the line.

You've got to be joking right? They are definitely still building the current model. Halewood just struggle to keep up with the demand for Evoques.

I don't pretend to know how long the turnaround is for retooling for a new or facelifted model. How long is it?

Absolutely.

I know for a fact this happens I was looking at a Disco Sport and was told no slots left so delivery would be May at the earliest.
Friend who swaps his wifes Freelanders and Evoques every 18 months went in end of January to order one and I saw her in it today.

Someones build slot has obviously been pushed way down the list to keep him happy.

Something definitely gone wrong here.

As mentioned, someone in the chain has messed up part of the order. Fingers crossed you get it ASAP!