Order Status Update
Talked to my salesman this morning and my F-Type was built 1/27/22, a week earlier than projected. Delivery date has also been moved up a week to 3/18.
I had him email me an updated Order Details report just for my own assurance/mental health.

 

Congratulations! Extremely excited for you. Your dealer should be able to send you updates when it is actually loaded on the ship which will carry it to the US. It will tell you the name of the ship and expected time to port, etc.

 

Visited my local JLR Dealer last week for my new carpet warranty fix. One on one with someone of authority I asked, What is happening at Jaguar? Response: "Jaguar may not survive much longer, although Land Rover is preparing to be the "Mark" or Flagship and should do OK. !!!!!

 

Did the MSRP change from when you ordered it to now?

 

No, LMS, the MSRP did not change although I was prepared for that possibility especially given the rumors floating about that certain options could/may be eliminated due to the chip shortages. I don't see any differences whatsoever between the Order Details sheets of November and now.

 

You must be relieved at that!

Hopefully the same holds true for me - mine scheduled to start getting built in two days.

 

Keep us posted. It's nice to compare notes.

 

Congrats! I received the call form my dealer about them finally getting their allocation and we submitted our build. It is scheduled for the and of April with delivery (hopefully) mid July.

 

Hello KalamazooJag!
You sound in the know about the order process- As this is my first Jag ordered (many Audi's previously) my dealer said they might not be able to know the name of the ship it is loaded on (build in late April- delivery in mid July-hopefully). I have always know the ship with my Audi's - is the dealer just putting me off? Thanks!

 

My 2022 is aboard the "Morning Calypso" en route to New York from Halifax, Nova Scotia on the last leg of its ocean journey. ETA NY 3//12
Getting excited!

 

That's awesome. The Morning Calypso has successfully delivered it's cargo 7 out of it's last 12 trips, so the odds are in your favor.


Very sorry...terrible time to joke!! Truly excited for you. The anticipation is brutal but it will be exceedingly worth the wait.

Cheers!!

 

Mine might be on the same ship! Last week my guy told me it's on it's way across the pond and I'll "have it by the end of this month". So happy it wasn't on that ship with all those dumb ol' Por-shus and snooty-*** Bentleys

I asked about any change in price, and was told the MSRP didn't move from when I ordered it but the lease residual went down 2% and interest went up 0.5%. Interest rate I can get, but odd that the residual would go down with today's crazy car market. Wondering if anyone else is hearing similar numbers.

PS - Sass - how did you find out what ship yours was on?

 

I reached out to my salesman and was texted a link to the ship it was on, which also included the website to track its progress: vesselfinder.com.
The Morning Calypso is currently moored in New York, where it arrived at 10:14 UTC.
As for how the car gets from there to my dealer, I don't know, but I'm told that delivery will be 3/25.

 

Update:
The Morning Calypso departed NY 3/13 @ 8:30 UTC.
ETA Baltimore 3/13 @ 20:00 UTC.
This is fun.

 

SS - any updates? Mine is on terra firma and still due by end of month. You?

 

The residual going. down isn't really a reflection of what's going on in the valuations space. It's Jaguar simply charging ore due the the aforementioned market. Your point would be valid if the residual was *still* what the manufacturer thinks they can get for it at auction when the lease is up, but that's not really the case anymore. Frankly, hasn't really been that for a several years before COVID. When we leased my wife's first highlander (2016), the residual was 72%....at 15k miles/year (!?!?!) This was before the 'rona....Toyota didn't really think it'd be getting 72% of MSRP 3 years later w/ 45k miles on it. It was Toyota incentivizing leasing to prop up its CPO numbers down the road.

 

Do you know if it was dropped in NYC, or will it be dropped in Baltimore?

the 25th is coming up!

 

I found this a bit odd.
The ship traveled from Baltimore to Brunswick, Georgia and I assumed it would then be shipped via auto transport to my dealer. Instead the ship reversed course and docked in Charleston, SC on 3/19 where again I presume my car was offloaded, inasmuch as the ship then set sail the next day for Cristobal, Panama.
I've not been contacted by the dealer that it would not be delivered Friday 3/25, which was the scheduled date from some time ago.
Time will tell.

 

So, it's all bullshit then? :-)

 

think of it as another way to provide incentives or lack therof…

On a purchase, let’s say the MSRP of a car is $50k

but the dealer discounts it to $45k, then the price is $45k….

but wait!…there’s also a manufacturer rebate of $2k!

Now that’s applied as cash, so the “price” is still $45k on paper, but the *cost* is $43k. They could most lower the msrp, but it’s more flexible to just throw cash at the customer.

So while the residual is *supposed to be* a reflection of what they think they car should bring, manufacturers will tinker with it in order to incentivize more leasing at the manufacturer’s *future* expense (when they take the hit at auction come lease end) vs taking the hit now (lease cash/rebate).

But really, yes, it is bullshit, as they can just drop the money factor and whatnot. At the end of the day, they make the lease cheaper…it’s just which spot on the excel spreadsheet they want to take the hit.