2022 r line polo

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Re: 2022 r line polo

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CLIFFORD2K1 wrote: Sat Nov 27, 2021 10:25 am I have a spare unused spare wheel in my sel. Am I right in thinking I can just take this out before trading my car in? Will it be the right size?
Chances are it will fit as there have been no serious hardware changes, however Dealer may reduce trade in price if car isn't complete.
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Re: 2022 r line polo

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Hi, I've got a R line 95 manual on order since the 15th October. It is still showing week 24 (of 2022) with the dealer, which it seems to have been stuck on for a while now ( dealer recons)
Has anyone with a similar order date received theirs yet ?
And can I still add to the options, as I'm undecided on a reversing camera.
The car is going to be for my son .
Thanks Paul
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Re: 2022 r line polo

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KayakerPaul wrote: Sun Apr 03, 2022 10:55 pm Hi, I've got a R line 95 manual on order since the 15th October. It is still showing week 24 with the dealer, which it seems to have been stuck on for a while now ( dealer recons)
Has anyone with a similar order date received their's yet ?
And can I still add to the options, as I'm undecided on a reversing camera.
The car is going to be for my son .
Thanks Paul
Lots of uncertainty over build dates and lead times with many manufacturers. Presumably build week 24 is an estimated build week and not a confirmed one?

With all the uncertainties currently affecting car manufactures and their suppliers (continuing semiconductor supply issues, Covid impacts on production workforces, the Ukraine situation), it’s not unusual for build weeks to move out a number of times before a car is built. I’ve read on Golf forums of build dates moving out 2 or 3 times and lead times for performance models (GTI and R) of 12 months or more 😧. What the dealer is telling you is probably correct, and if your son’s car’s build is stuck on week 24 then IMHO that’s a good thing, because at least it hasn’t moved out to a later date.

Historically, it has been possible to make certain changes to a car’s spec before its build week is confirmed, at which point it is locked into a specific build week. After that, if any spec changes were required then it would mean starting a new order - so effectively going to the back of the queue. You could always ask your dealer if adding a reversing camera at this stage is likely to have an impact on the current indicated build week. However, in these uncertain times I don’t think I’d want to do anything to jeopardise a week 24 (estimated?) build week which isn’t that far away.

An an alternative, I believe the reversing camera can be retro-fitted; there are companies that specialise in VW retro-fits, and a VW dealer should also be able to do this. However, if this retrofit service is available on the Polo, then a) there maybe warranty implications if a camera is fitted by a non-VW dealer and b) the cost would be significantly higher than the cost of spec’ing the camera at point of ordering the car. However, maybe it’s something to consider.
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Re: 2022 r line polo

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SRGTD wrote: Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:49 am
KayakerPaul wrote: Sun Apr 03, 2022 10:55 pm Hi, I've got a R line 95 manual on order since the 15th October. It is still showing week 24 with the dealer, which it seems to have been stuck on for a while now ( dealer recons)
Has anyone with a similar order date received their's yet ?
And can I still add to the options, as I'm undecided on a reversing camera.
The car is going to be for my son .
Thanks Paul
Lots of uncertainty over build dates and lead times with many manufacturers. Presumably build week 24 is an estimated build week and not a confirmed one?

With all the uncertainties currently affecting car manufactures and their suppliers (continuing semiconductor supply issues, Covid impacts on production workforces, the Ukraine situation), it’s not unusual for build weeks to move out a number of times before a car is built. I’ve read on Golf forums of build dates moving out 2 or 3 times and lead times for performance models (GTI and R) of 12 months or more 😧. What the dealer is telling you is probably correct, and if your son’s car’s build is stuck on week 24 then IMHO that’s a good thing, because at least it hasn’t moved out to a later date.

Historically, it has been possible to make certain changes to a car’s spec before its build week is confirmed, at which point it is locked into a specific build week. After that, if any spec changes were required then it would mean starting a new order - so effectively going to the back of the queue. You could always ask your dealer if adding a reversing camera at this stage is likely to have an impact on the current indicated build week. However, in these uncertain times I don’t think I’d want to do anything to jeopardise a week 24 (estimated?) build week which isn’t that far away.

An an alternative, I believe the reversing camera can be retro-fitted; there are companies that specialise in VW retro-fits, and a VW dealer should also be able to do this. However, if this retrofit service is available on the Polo, then a) there maybe warranty implications if a camera is fitted by a non-VW dealer and b) the cost would be significantly higher than the cost of spec’ing the camera at point of ordering the car. However, maybe it’s something to consider.
From what dealer said ,they were hoping it would go to a confirmed week 20 soon. Since the vw letter went out, all he is doing is checking for updates for customers.
I understand the world situation at the moment, but will admit to being a bit disappointed hearing it hadn't been built or nearly built by now, and not on a container from South Africa :roll:
Thanks for the reply.
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Re: 2022 r line polo

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I ordered a polo R Line 110ps & I’ve been told week 23, the date never changed at all, still unconfirmed at the moment. Placed the order Late November last year.
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Re: 2022 r line polo

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Finally received my car yesterday and very happy with my purchase

I’ve got the 110ps R line model. No additional options purchased as I was quite happy with the current spec as fitted budget nicely, though if budget permitted I might have changed the alloys and put in wireless charging.

After coming from a Seat Ibiza Excellence Lux the polo from a quality standpoint seems way better, the Seat felt like a lot more cheap plastic was used.

A few features that my Seat didn’t have was High beam assist which I find quite useful, lane assist though I will admit it can be a pain at times.

I am sure this will provide me many happy miles going from Northampton to Hemel a few times a week.
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Re: 2022 r line polo

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Looking good in grey, get some more pics up!

I don’t get why the R-line gets a gloss black detail on the front bumper and the new gti is just all plastic, the gloss black looks way better.
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Nice colour.
We were going to order the Grey, but my son changed his mind to blue, when the dealer allowed him to sit in an ordered car.
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Re: 2022 r line polo delivery time

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Hi,

I have ordered a Polo R-Line DSG with some additional extras last week, just wondering how long production and delivery will take to the UK at the moment? Is it likely to arrive before September?

Thanks in advance!
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Also, please can someone explain the different weeks that are being mentioned - I'm new to this!
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Re: 2022 r line polo

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loemon wrote: Sat Apr 30, 2022 11:29 pm Hi,

I have ordered a Polo R-Line DSG with some additional extras last week, just wondering how long production and delivery will take to the UK at the moment? Is it likely to arrive before September?

Thanks in advance!
loemon wrote: Sat Apr 30, 2022 11:31 pm Also, please can someone explain the different weeks that are being mentioned - I'm new to this!
Hi loemon, welcome to the forum.

The ‘weeks’ referred to in the posts in this discussion thread will be the build week - or production week - of the car. I think that the first build week of a year is the first full week in the calendar year, so for 2022, build week 1 would have been week commencing Monday 3 January 2022, week 2; w/c 10th January and so on throughout the year.

When placing an order for a new VW, the order will go through various stages;
  • Customer orders vehicle and the dealer inputs customer vehicle order details into VW‘s ordering system. Dealer may give the customer an indication of the likely build week, but with current issues outside VW’s control impacting production - e.g. component shortages such as semiconductors (computer chips), Covid and the Ukraine conflict - estimating a car’s build week might not be possible.
  • The order is accepted by the factory. VW will order all the parts / components from their suppliers that are required to build the vehicle.
  • Once VW have received confirmation from their suppliers of availability and delivery dates of parts / components, the vehicle will be allocated to a specific build / production week - known as the confirmed build week. Historically a vehicle is allocated to a specific production week around four weeks before the vehicle is built.
  • Vehicle build commences.
  • Once built and QC checks have happened, the vehicle is moved from the factory and awaits transit to the UK. Polos for the UK market are built at VW’s production facility at Uitenhage in South Africa.
  • Transit stage begins, which takes approximately six weeks by ocean going transporter from South Africa to the UK.
  • Vehicle arrives in the UK and awaits transportation to the dealership to undergoes PDI (pre-delivery inspection) prior to collection by the customer.
Historically for UK destined Polos, the above stages on average have taken around 6 months, although recently I think one or two forum members may have got their cars a little sooner than this. It could also take longer than 6 months; key dependencies will be;
- the number of customer orders taken / the size of the order book for vehicles waiting to be built.
- no disruption to supplies of parts and components from VW’s suppliers.
- no transportation disruptions from South Africa to the UK dealership.

Polos do seem to be getting built quicker than Golfs - members on various Golf forums are currently being quoted a delivery time of around 12-14 months for a new Golf! 😲. Back in 2020 when I ordered my GTI+ it took seven months from time of placing the order to taking delivery of the car. Whether a September delivery for your car is likely is difficult - if not impossible - to say. I think realistically October is probably the earliest you’re likely to see your new car, but who knows?
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Re: 2022 r line polo delivery time

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loemon wrote: Sat Apr 30, 2022 11:29 pm Hi,

I have ordered a Polo R-Line DSG with some additional extras last week, just wondering how long production and delivery will take to the UK at the moment? Is it likely to arrive before September?

Thanks in advance!
Unless things are moving quicker, I would doubt September myself. Unless you can jump on an existing order. Mine has either gone into production, or is due in June. My dealer rung to say, and then we had an email a week later from VW stating production .
So between being built and shipping I'm not expecting it before August, and am quite tempted to hang on for September if it's going to be that close. I'm on my 29th week from ordering this week.
Did the dealer give you an estimate, as mine should have arrived a week or 2 at the latest ,after my son's birthday.
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Re: 2022 r line polo delivery time

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KayakerPaul wrote: Sun May 01, 2022 11:11 am
loemon wrote: Sat Apr 30, 2022 11:29 pm Hi,

I have ordered a Polo R-Line DSG with some additional extras last week, just wondering how long production and delivery will take to the UK at the moment? Is it likely to arrive before September?

Thanks in advance!
Unless things are moving quicker, I would doubt September myself. Unless you can jump on an existing order. Mine has either gone into production, or is due in June. My dealer rung to say, and then we had an email a week later from VW stating production .
So between being built and shipping I'm not expecting it before August, and am quite tempted to hang on for September if it's going to be that close. I'm on my 29th week from ordering this week.
Did the dealer give you an estimate, as mine should have arrived a week or 2 at the latest ,after my son's birthday.
Hi,

Thanks for your reply, very useful! I have been given an estimated build week of week 31 - when is it likely to be delivered? And how likely could it be that my build week is brought forward?

Thanks!
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Re: 2022 r line polo

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SRGTD wrote: Sun May 01, 2022 7:06 am
loemon wrote: Sat Apr 30, 2022 11:29 pm Hi,

I have ordered a Polo R-Line DSG with some additional extras last week, just wondering how long production and delivery will take to the UK at the moment? Is it likely to arrive before September?

Thanks in advance!
loemon wrote: Sat Apr 30, 2022 11:31 pm Also, please can someone explain the different weeks that are being mentioned - I'm new to this!
Hi loemon, welcome to the forum.

The ‘weeks’ referred to in the posts in this discussion thread will be the build week - or production week - of the car. I think that the first build week of a year is the first full week in the calendar year, so for 2022, build week 1 would have been week commencing Monday 3 January 2022, week 2; w/c 10th January and so on throughout the year.

When placing an order for a new VW, the order will go through various stages;
  • Customer orders vehicle and the dealer inputs customer vehicle order details into VW‘s ordering system. Dealer may give the customer an indication of the likely build week, but with current issues outside VW’s control impacting production - e.g. component shortages such as semiconductors (computer chips), Covid and the Ukraine conflict - estimating a car’s build week might not be possible.
  • The order is accepted by the factory. VW will order all the parts / components from their suppliers that are required to build the vehicle.
  • Once VW have received confirmation from their suppliers of availability and delivery dates of parts / components, the vehicle will be allocated to a specific build / production week - known as the confirmed build week. Historically a vehicle is allocated to a specific production week around four weeks before the vehicle is built.
  • Vehicle build commences.
  • Once built and QC checks have happened, the vehicle is moved from the factory and awaits transit to the UK. Polos for the UK market are built at VW’s production facility at Uitenhage in South Africa.
  • Transit stage begins, which takes approximately six weeks by ocean going transporter from South Africa to the UK.
  • Vehicle arrives in the UK and awaits transportation to the dealership to undergoes PDI (pre-delivery inspection) prior to collection by the customer.
Historically for UK destined Polos, the above stages on average have taken around 6 months, although recently I think one or two forum members may have got their cars a little sooner than this. It could also take longer than 6 months; key dependencies will be;
- the number of customer orders taken / the size of the order book for vehicles waiting to be built.
- no disruption to supplies of parts and components from VW’s suppliers.
- no transportation disruptions from South Africa to the UK dealership.

Polos do seem to be getting built quicker than Golfs - members on various Golf forums are currently being quoted a delivery time of around 12-14 months for a new Golf! 😲. Back in 2020 when I ordered my GTI+ it took seven months from time of placing the order to taking delivery of the car. Whether a September delivery for your car is likely is difficult - if not impossible - to say. I think realistically October is probably the earliest you’re likely to see your new car, but who knows?
Wow thank you so much for explaining! Please can you check out my question above in reply to KayakerPaul? :)
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Re: 2022 r line polo

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loemon wrote: Wed May 04, 2022 2:23 am Hi,

Thanks for your reply, very useful! I have been given an estimated build week of week 31 - when is it likely to be delivered? And how likely could it be that my build week is brought forward?

Thanks!
loemon wrote: Wed May 04, 2022 2:25 am Wow thank you so much for explaining! Please can you check out my question above in reply to KayakerPaul? :)
If build week 31 is an estimated rather than a confirmed build week, then there’s a reasonable chance that estimated build week may change a number of times before VW confirm the actual build week. Once the actual build week has been confirmed, then it shouldn’t change. An estimate is just a best view, and can be influenced by supply chain issues and disruptions outside VW’s control, and until VW’s suppliers have confirmed they are able to supply all the parts / components needed to build your car and when they will be supplied, VW won’t be able to confirm a build week. Impossible to say how likely it is your estimated build week will be brought forward because of factors outside VW’s control.

If week 31 does become the confirmed build week, then the possible timeline for build and delivery of your car could be something like I’ve outlined below. However, this is purely a guesstimate, so the actual timeline could be somewhat different.
  • Car built during w/c Monday 1st August.
  • w/c 08/08/2022; Car moved out of factory awaiting collection for transportation on the ocean going leg of journey. Length of wait time before it’s loaded onto ocean going transport vessel? Unknown, but let’s assume two weeks.
  • w/c 22/08/2022; Ocean transit to the UK - estimate 6 weeks.
  • w/c 03/10/2022; Car held in storage compound until collected by one of the road carriers used by VW. Length of time in storage compound? Unknown. The road carrier will wait until they can completely fill a transporter with vehicles to be delivered to dealerships in the same area as yours, so your car could sit in the port-side compound for a while before it’s collected. Let’s assume it’s there for a couple of weeks.
  • w/c 17/10/2022; Car arrives at the dealership, checked over and PDI’d prior to collection. Once the dealer has your car, it shouldn’t take them long to get it ready for collection (2-3 days?), but how soon it will be ready will be influenced by the number of other vehicles they have to PDI, and the number of staff they have available to carry out PDI’s. Car is valeted ready for collection by customer.
  • w/c 24/10/2022; car ready for collection
So I think the earliest you’ll see your car will be late October/ early November - that’s assuming your estimated build week 31 becomes the confirmed build week.
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