No I don't, but having chewed the ear off almost everyone at JLR about the ordering I'm trying to forget about build and delivery or else I'll get an ulcer.

Really bad form of your dealers. Did they give any reason? I'd be fuming. As I bet I will be the first time someone posts a 'spotted' or 'arrived' photograph before I have mine (and mine is going to SVO for some pampering which will delay me even further). 

The salesman didn't bother to reply to my "any idea on dates" email but I will bend his ear. I think the person ahead of me may be the dealer principal... so they may still claim I'm the first customer car.

I gave up all idea of doing some customisation which is bound to delay things. We don't know how many cars they will be producing and if each dealer is only getting, say, 1 car each in 2015, it's going to be a long wait.

Trouble is, the S/C V8 is in short supply and is used all over the place both in LR products for markets which don't do diesel and in Jaguar trying to inject some life into the brand. So the number of engines available for the UK RRS market seems tiny, a handful a week. You could easily imagine LR not producing more than 100 SVRs for the UK market in 2015, if that.

I think I'm going to be using my Evoque for a while yet... Mark

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philmw wrote:

Something happening like what?

Dates, orders, information, anything really. Will i get a car, wont i? I have traded the sport along with the 370Z, its been sold and now i sit here, no car and no order.  2012 Evoque
2014 Sport Autobiography
2015 SVR for the fun stuff
2016 Evoque SI4 Dynamic Lux for the daily drive
2016 Defender 90
2018 SVR

No order? 

I don't think any of us have a real order - I, for example, have not signed off the final specification. As I understand it, the dealers have submitted levels of interest to LR but there's no information on allocation or build and delivery dates and this for a car which is meant to enter production next month with the Christmas and New Year break in the way too. Our orders, such as they are, are being held in the murky depths of the holding pool.

I can't remember whether Job #1 is start of building the thing or it coming off the line but a memo I have says it's 12 January though of course the first cars are for the magazines and queue jumpers like my dealer principal. I daresay that if Pippa Middleton, Jeremy Clarkson or other B-List celebrity wanted one, they would qualify for early delivery too so by the time the sycophants and hangers-on are satisfied, we will be well into next year.

Component lead times being what they are, LR will already know (but are not saying) how many SVRs they will be building in 2015. I just hope that each of us here with an interest in one is included in that number!

Still, in Q1, we may not have a car but we will at least have some comparative reviews with the Cayenne to chew over... not that I would ever buy one of Bratislava/Leipzig's finest. Mark

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Ah, I see. I understand the slots should be confirmed by the end of December (which is only 2 weeks before job #1 starts down the line), and then the dealers will be given allocations.

In what order and how these allocations are given is unkown to me. Will Stratsones Mayfair get their allocation(s) before LLoyd's in Carlilse, for example, regardless of when orders and deposits were placed with each dealer? 

I read on a .com website that the USA is only getting 400 SVR's. No figures for the UK market. I just hope i get one as i am sportless. 2012 Evoque
2014 Sport Autobiography
2015 SVR for the fun stuff
2016 Evoque SI4 Dynamic Lux for the daily drive
2016 Defender 90
2018 SVR

Not sure where that figure comes from - maybe true, maybe not ( http://roverstateofmind.com/450/)

The "There will only be 400 SVR vehicles produced in 2015" sentence was added to the JLR newsfeed (http://newsroom.jaguarlandrover.com/en-in/land-rover/news/2014/07/lr_range_rover_sport_svr_nurburgring_300714/?b=2827&m=1275&f=TgVG:rangeroversport&dd=true&ct=NewsArticles&rs=5&fr=1&allCounts=False&locus=2) Maybe someone was confused by the 400 Range Rover Limited Editions due in the US next year.

I don't think there will be many in the UK that's for sure. Are you No 1 with your dealer Sally? 

I doubt the SVR will be available in all the markets LR supplies, but if the 400 number for total 2015 production is correct, that suggests only about 1 a week for the UK.

They may be restricting supply to prop up future residuals which will be otherwise be poor though hardly in the V12 Aston Martin league.

Truth is, we don't know anything concrete. Hopefully, the position will be clearer soon though my salesman will get a flea in his ear if he tells me they are sold out and suggests I should have a hybrid instead, an even longer promised and slower to appear variant. Don't think I'd even go back to a 5.0 SC which now looks to my eyes a bit plain-Jane in comparison to the SVR. Mark

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Helpful call from my dealer who confirmed order books opened on 27 Nov with cars being allocated based on previously notified commitments to buy. An email from LR talked about 10 cars a week, not clear whether this is for the UK or the whole world. I expect that once the thing is reviewed and out there, demand will go ballistic.

So, fingers tightly crossed. Seems clear the response to the SVR has been more than expected with significant orders coming from those looking for an 5.0 SC. Mark

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So, what are your orders? Mine, placed first thing on the 27th as I insisted the dealership rang the factory every morning from the 3rd onwards when the book was first touted at being open*, is:

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22" Style 108 SVR wheels
Body coloured full size Pano roof
Power-adjustable, heated, power fold exterior mirrors with auto dimming
C/F engine cover
Adaptive Xenon Headlamps with Signature Lighting
Solar attenuating glass
Approved Service Pack (some debate here as the dealers think there will be two offered based on miles)

PMW-Edition (SVO) interior
C/F interior finisher
C/F steering wheel bezel
Four-zone climate control (Configurator is wrong with this)
Park Assist - parallel parking / parking exit / Perpendicular Park / 360 PDC
Traffic sign recognition with lane departure warning
Surround camera system
Wade sensing plus Blind Spot Monitoring with Closing Vehicle Sensing and Reverse Traffic Detection
Soft door close
Remote park heat
Front centre cooler
Extra large washer bottle
TV
Touch screen with DV
InControl Apps
InControl WiFi
Head-up display (Configurator is wrong re privacy glass requirement)
Meridian Signature Reference system



*ETA: And the dealership have been fantastic (sorry to them and JLR and SVO for all the hassle). 

Now that's some spec well worth waiting for well apart from the bill but we have to treat ourselves sometimes  2016 bmw x5 40d m-sport space grey
2015 bmw 335i m-sport touring mineral grey/coral interior looking to change again .
Gone HSE SDV6 Dynamic indus silver, santorini contrast roof,panoramic roof,red brakes,privacy,climate front seats,tow bar great car enjoyed it ����
Gone my10 3.0 tdv6 Bali blue/ivory 5 years 24k no problems great car will be missed

The bill is, literally, great. 

Mine is poverty spec by comparison...

Estoril Blue
Body coloured sliding panoramic roof
21 inch wheels (standard)
Carbon Fibre Engine Cover

5 year service pack

Ebony interior
Ebony Alston headlining
60/40 rear seats (standard)

Carbon fibre interior finishers + steering wheel bezel
Adaptive xenons
Auto dimming exterior mirrors
Space saver spare wheel
Painted body side mouldings
Surround cameras
Front centre console cooler
Extra large washer bottle
Loadspace rails

Full Park Assist/360/Reverse Parking
Traffic Sign Recognition
Wade Sensing/Blind Spot/Etc

Meridian Upgrade

InControl Apps
InControl Wi-Fi

Phil, how long are they saying your custom interior will add to the build time, if anything? Mark

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Two to three weeks I believe.