Model 3 UK orders.

Model 3 UK orders.

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Kolbenkopp

2,343 posts

151 months

Wednesday 29th May 2019
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Are there any finance models for the UK where Tesla take over the re-sale risk? I'd really like to know what their guess for depreciation for a model 3 is.

RobDickinson

31,343 posts

254 months

Wednesday 29th May 2019
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They have not made any RHD cars yet for customers. They wont until June at the earliest, I expect July deliveries to be unlikely.

djc206

12,350 posts

125 months

Wednesday 29th May 2019
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RobDickinson said:
They have not made any RHD cars yet for customers. They wont until June at the earliest, I expect July deliveries to be unlikely.
I had a deposit placed that I’ve since had refunded after realising I’m not ready to go fully electric. The configurator said June delivery which I found hilarious, my mustang took about 6 weeks from leaving the factory to my driveway so I didn’t see how it was even remotely plausible.

RobDickinson

31,343 posts

254 months

Wednesday 29th May 2019
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They've (AFIK) only registered 300 RHD vins so far and that was mid May.

And yes it takes several weeks to ship.

Tesla are focused on producing and selling LHD 3's this quarter, they have enough orders n to worry about RHD, they just need to get the delivery process streamlined and cut costs there, realistically UK/RHD is a distraction they dont need right now.

SWoll

18,373 posts

258 months

Thursday 30th May 2019
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This is my concern with the EVEzy M3's. They're quoting late July/early August availability but with a lack of RHD manufacture, shipping, other orders to service and the requirement for them to integrate their software with the Tesla system I can see that being massively delayed.

FurtiveFreddy

8,577 posts

237 months

Thursday 30th May 2019
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We don't actually know for sure how many RHD Model 3s might have been made so far.

Some UK deliveries may still be made in June.

The carrier Grand Phoenix left SF Port 80 on the 15th and is due into Zeebrugge on June 4th.
That's 20 days transit time, so it's perfectly reasonable to expect some RHD cars to arrive in June.

Grand Mark is currently docked at Port 80, so could load up in the coming days and be here last week of June with a lot of cars destined for the UK.
Might be wrong, but I'm hopeful.

Edited by FurtiveFreddy on Thursday 30th May 10:50

Toaster

2,939 posts

193 months

Thursday 30th May 2019
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FurtiveFreddy said:
We don't actually know for sure how many RHD Model 3s might have been made so far.

Some UK deliveries may still be made in June.

The carrier Grand Phoenix left SF Port 80 on the 15th and is due into Zeebrugge on June 4th.
That's 20 days transit time, so it's perfectly reasonable to expect some RHD cars to arrive in June.

Grand Mark is currently docked at Port 80, so could load up in the coming days and be here last week of June with a lot of cars destined for the UK.
Might be wrong, but I'm hopeful.

Edited by FurtiveFreddy on Thursday 30th May 10:50
Port 80 I doubt if it will ever make it through the Firewall wink

RobDickinson

31,343 posts

254 months

Thursday 30th May 2019
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They have only registered 300 ish rhd vin numbers.

FurtiveFreddy

8,577 posts

237 months

Thursday 30th May 2019
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RobDickinson said:
They have only registered 300 ish rhd vin numbers.
So that's 300 cars for us on the next ship, which will be here in June.

Kolbenkopp

2,343 posts

151 months

Thursday 30th May 2019
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Toaster said:
Port 80 I doubt if it will ever make it through the Firewall wink
Looks like they have port forwarding setup. Really high bandwidth link as well. Only the latency is *very* bad wink.

wiffmaster

2,603 posts

198 months

Thursday 30th May 2019
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FurtiveFreddy said:
So that's 300 cars for us on the next ship, which will be here in June.
Would they really bother switching the tooling from LHD to RHD just for 300 cars? At a production level of 6000 a week, that's less than half-a-day of RHD production.

FurtiveFreddy

8,577 posts

237 months

Thursday 30th May 2019
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wiffmaster said:
Would they really bother switching the tooling from LHD to RHD just for 300 cars? At a production level of 6000 a week, that's less than half-a-day of RHD production.
Who knows? They do things differently to other manufacturers. The re-tooling is minimal in any case.

anonymous-user

54 months

Friday 31st May 2019
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The UK order page was updated last night with delivery back to June. A bit odd. They just have one AWD + option now too! I guess deliveries might happen in June after all?

Price changes before the first car arrives...

Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 31st May 09:59

Heres Johnny

7,227 posts

124 months

Friday 31st May 2019
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sambucket said:
The UK order page was updated last night with delivery back to June. A bit odd. They just have one AWD + option now too! I guess deliveries might happen in June after all?

Price changes before the first car arrives...

Edited by sambucket on Friday 31st May 09:59
Its really odd - I suspect this may be a case of "we've shipped lots of performance cars so that's all we're offering to sell so we actually sell everything we ship before quarter end"



gangzoom

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6,298 posts

215 months

Friday 31st May 2019
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Heres Johnny said:
Its really odd - I suspect this may be a case of "we've shipped lots of performance cars so that's all we're offering to sell so we actually sell everything we ship before quarter end"
And all with black premium interior, I can see some good inventory discounts coming for these cars. £60K with FSD option, £50K post discount?

SWoll

18,373 posts

258 months

Friday 31st May 2019
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Heres Johnny said:
sambucket said:
The UK order page was updated last night with delivery back to June. A bit odd. They just have one AWD + option now too! I guess deliveries might happen in June after all?

Price changes before the first car arrives...

Edited by sambucket on Friday 31st May 09:59
Its really odd - I suspect this may be a case of "we've shipped lots of performance cars so that's all we're offering to sell so we actually sell everything we ship before quarter end"
It's totally screwed as they're showing the price of the Performance model as £48,590 which is incorrect as that's the LR price?

They don't instil a lot of confidence do they?

FurtiveFreddy

8,577 posts

237 months

Friday 31st May 2019
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Or they've seen what the UK has now ordered and will be shipping those this/next week then rationalised ordering and production ready for the orders from all the other RHD markets which have just opened.

It may be some UK LR customers will now have to change spec. but the changes all seem to be for the better. My P3D is now £3760 less than it was yesterday.

SWoll

18,373 posts

258 months

Friday 31st May 2019
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So dropped the LR model and charging £9000 less for the Performance model than they were a week ago?

Heres Johnny

7,227 posts

124 months

Friday 31st May 2019
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Its all the downside of the way they work

If you walked into a BMW dealer a week before the end of a quarter they'd cut you a deal on unsold stock to get shot, only the list price wouldn't change and you'd have little idea if you got a better deal compared to the person that bought a car 10 mins before you. With Tesla its all in public for all to see

What it does look like though is that Tesla haven't sold everything they've made for the UK market

anonymous-user

54 months

Friday 31st May 2019
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Heres Johnny said:
Its all the downside of the way they work

If you walked into a BMW dealer a week before the end of a quarter they'd cut you a deal on unsold stock to get shot, only the list price wouldn't change and you'd have little idea if you got a better deal compared to the person that bought a car 10 mins before you. With Tesla its all in public for all to see

What it does look like though is that Tesla haven't sold everything they've made for the UK market
Do they have a choice without a proper dealer network and the salesmen with authority to do deals? It does appear off-putting, though.