Waiting times, XC60

[jonnyu]

Originally Posted by MattDell

The previous generation was. Now they are made at the Torslanda factory in Sweden.

For other markets they are made in Chengdu, Bangalore, and Shah Alam.

As for US production that is very recent and is only for the S60 currently. There has never been an XC60 built in USA.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List...duction_plants

My mistake when I read this news:
https://www.autoblog.com/2018/07/19/...ction-tariffs/

Thought they were moving the production over to the US to avoid the tariffs but in fact the moved the production from China to Europe for the US market.

I checked and the confirmed XC60 production sites are:
-Sweden: Torslanda
-China: Chengdu
-India: Bengaluru
-Malaysia: Shah Alam

I thought mine was built in Belgium but it was in fact built in Sweden.

[MattDell]

Yeah, that Autoblog headline is a bit misleading.

So
* US XC60's were made in China
* Because of Chinese tariffs US XC60's are now made in Torslanda

I assume that might increase lead times for European customers but the article does say "Chinese XC60 production previously shipped to U.S. dealers would be reallocated to markets including Europe, he said."

I wonder what European markets are getting the Chinese XC60.

[jonnyu]

Originally Posted by MattDell

I wonder what European markets are getting the Chinese XC60.

Logistically speaking, it wouldn't make sense to have Chinese XC60s sent to premium countries that are nearby Sweden (France, UK, Switzerland, Germany, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Austria, etc)
However not sure about other markets (like Spain, Portugal, Poland, etc)

I also believe that if Brexit goes hard maybe it could be easier for Volvo to have the XC60 made in China and have it shipped over to the UK, if you take in consideration the delivery times VS production output for the other premium markets.

[Automatic Only]

Just had an update on delivery of my XC60 T8 - now to be late January 2020!
Needless to say but I'm not too impressed.
Apparently its all down to problems with supply of the batteries and isn't confined to Volvo - also as all T8's are made in China, the shipping from there takes 8 weeks.
Has anyone yet received a MY20 T8 as I'm very interested to know if the promised increase in battery life is particularly significant?

[Spamsteiger]

Originally Posted by Automatic Only

Just had an update on delivery of my XC60 T8 - now to be late January 2020!
Needless to say but I'm not too impressed.
Apparently its all down to problems with supply of the batteries and isn't confined to Volvo - also as all T8's are made in China, the shipping from there takes 8 weeks.
Has anyone yet received a MY20 T8 as I'm very interested to know if the promised increase in battery life is particularly significant?

Interesting to note your Comments above on timings, I also had an update this week, looking at a 1st week of January 20 delivery on a XC60 T8 Polestar Enginered Model.

I built / ordered middle of May although was told delivery may well be sooner based on a planned Increase in production planned next month.

[Automatic Only]

Originally Posted by Spamsteiger

Interesting to note your Comments above on timings, I also had an update this week, looking at a 1st week of January 20 delivery on a XC60 T8 Polestar Enginered Model.

I built / ordered middle of May although was told delivery may well be sooner based on a planned Increase in production planned next month.

Yes it seems the delay affects all T8 models as its the batteries that there seems to be a problem with the supply of. That would fit with the the lead times I'm expecting as my order didn't finally go in until the end of May or early June.
Have to say I'm jealous of you getting the Polestar - beginning to think I should have gone for that instead of my specced up Inscription.
The wait is nearly killing me - I so can't wait to get my hands on it!

[Spamsteiger]

Originally Posted by Automatic Only

Yes it seems the delay affects all T8 models as its the batteries that there seems to be a problem with the supply of. That would fit with the the lead times I'm expecting as my order didn't finally go in until the end of May or early June.
Have to say I'm jealous of you getting the Polestar - beginning to think I should have gone for that instead of my specced up Inscription.
The wait is nearly killing me - I so can't wait to get my hands on it!

Well lets hope the battery situation improves, demand I guess has never been higher so I'm working on the assumption of the worst scenario date I was given.

Likewise, I'm thinking I should have gone for the Inscription model as there are some things not included on the Polestar engineered model!

Would be interesting to hear if anyone else has a polestar model on order and if they are expecting a delivery any earlier?!

[jonnyu]

Originally Posted by Automatic Only

also as all T8's are made in China

This is not 100% accurate.
Since April 2017 the T8's are made in Torslanda and in Chengdu since October 2017.
I believe that due to recent changes due to US tariffs and due to brexit fears, the UK market has been supplied with cars made in China instead of Sweden.

So the UK market does only receive T8s coming from China but they are also manufactured in Sweden for other European countries and the US.

[Whyman]

So do Sweden only make left hand drive cars and China right hand drive?

[MattDell]

Originally Posted by Whyman

So do Sweden only make left hand drive cars and China right hand drive?

No.

It depends on the country and the spec, but the majority of UK-spec XC60's are built in Torslanda, Sweden.

The only notable exception I can think of is the T4, which is made in China.


Update - I've checked a sample of 19-reg XC60's through my system at work and 100% of them were made in Sweden. Even the T8's. Like I said I only know of the T4 being made in China for the UK market and that's a special (cheap) edition. If anyone has a MY20 plate I'm happy to check its country of origin.