Just curious, in your experience what's the average delivery wait for a factory order G70?
Here's the
normal timeline, assuming no delays - noting that each step of the process can have delays. Usual caveats; YMMV, Canada only, etc.. For the sake of this example I'll use Toronto as a baseline. Vancouver would naturally be a lot faster, anywhere east of here a bit slower.
1. Ordering: Depending where you catch HQ in the order cycle, it's usually around
2-3 weeks to get the order transmitted and into the production plan assuming we haven't already ordered the combination in question for our next batch of stock units.
2. Build/Ship: Provided the car can be sequenced in with no issues, the build is fairly quick, but the time to hit the dock and load on a boat varies. Assume
1-2 weeks to be safe.
3. Sea: From Ulsan to Vancouver is usually
2 weeks on the nose at sea. What can slow this down is if the ship diverts to Portland first. Rare but sometimes happens if the load is primarily U.S.-bound vehicles.
4. Port Processing: Call it
2-7 days for the car to get unloaded and put on a rail car, depending on the time of year and how busy the port is. Annacis Island lands all Asian inbound vehicles except for Mazda, in addition to handling processing for the west coast for some German brands. At any time there can be upwards of 15,000 vehicles on property. Busy place.
5. Rail: Once loaded, it's about
8 days on rail to our compound near Toronto.
6. Trucking: Again, timing varies on the point in the year, but call it
3-7 days to get your new car on a truck and sent for final delivery. The truck generally arrives same-day.
TOTAL: Approximately 8-10 weeks for a completely net-new order to arrive in Toronto, call it 8-12 with a bit more of a fudge factor. As I mentioned, timing can vary for better or worse, but is usually in this ballpark.