Yes I heard about this from my dealer too. Ours came on the very first production and shipment to Australia.You guys got lucky. Mine was built 19 Dec and has been sitting at the port in Germany for the last 7 weeks!! Dealer assures me nothing is wrong with the car and blames the MUA strike at the ports over Dec/Jan for the now 4 to 6 week delay in delivery. Apparently the strike has caused chaos to roro shipping schedules to Aus
I think we must be very similar. Mine left production 29th Jan then got a notification on the 4th to say it had left the port.Looking at the shipping leaving Emden for the UK, recently it seems VW are ramping up deliveries for UK cars - perhaps there have been a load of orders for March reg cars.
My car went into production on the 22nd Jan and is now on its way to the dealers. When my Order was frozen on the 4th Jan the dealer said it would probably be with them mid Feb and this has never changed.
If you are interested, when the App tells you the car has left production you can look at departures from Emden and track the ‘vehicle carriers’ to the UK.
https://www.vesselfinder.com/ports/DEEME001
Did your car go into sheerness I’m guessing as that’s the same timeline expected for me?I think the date the car ‘arrived at the local port’ is not when the ship docks but when the car clears customs and is ready to be on a transporter, which is probably why you haven’t received a notification yet. I’m pretty sure my car was at the port for 2 days before I rec’d the notification it had ‘arrived’.
Mine ‘left the port’ on the 4th and ‘arrived’ on the 7th and the App is saying at the dealer between the 8th and 19th Feb - dealer expecting it around the 13th. The spread in dates is presumably organising and waiting until a transporter is available and full for delivery.
Are you going to get your car when it is ready or wait until 1st March ?
It does seem that way. Let’s hope for the best!It does look like both cars were on the same ship. I really hope you confirm no problems, particularly software when you collect yours. I think you could be in your car later next week.