We were fortunate that we test drove beginning of June, order place mid June and the car arrived last Friday. I don’t know if we were particularly lucky with the dealership, or whether the fact that both my parents were good repeat customers of the dealership helped. We did have decent communication throughout the period with the dealership stating that even they were having problems back with BMW over exact delivery dates (they originally slated early Sept)
It hasn’t helped with unprecedented demand. The COVID lockdowns have caused demand to skyrocket and along with the decisions to cut back ordering on components have forced the whole industry into a corner, with little sign of the current shortages easing. The up side with Motability ready to extend the lease on our Smax (5yrs old dec) did at least offer some peace of mind.
As a side note, it really is a great car. For us, we couldn’t see anything near to it and we aren’t yet ready for the jump to electric – in 5 yrs definitely! (forced or not) It would be nice to see either the x1 hybrid or 3 series hybrids….but never in a million years. Either will become my options for the private lease we go to after the scheme,