Thanks for the replies guys!
I’ve just been watching the Skoda Enyaq factory production line on YouTube and I must say, it’s very impressive! But one thing struck me and made me think a little about production & deliveries.
In the video, all the car cars on the line are LH drive and all the robots, tool dies, press machines & even the human workforce are geared up to produce a LH drive car. So, bearing that in mind, to produce a RH drive model all this has to change. I would suspect that the factory schedules in certain weeks or week for RH model production and that only happens once the order book is full enough to make it worth changing the line. So UK orders are dependant on that production phase. I might be wrong & please correct me if I am?
Regarding the heat pump, I’ve read & researched this for a few weeks & it’s a bag of ? worms. My personal opinion is that manufacturers would not waste valuable R&D time & money developing something that was not needed. The fact that it is part of the heating/cooling circuit equipment initially makes me think it was designed to be like this & only stripped out from the original heating/cooling circuit to save money and maybe make money by adding it as an option. The production video I have seen shows this to be one unit built up of several sections with valves controlling the flow of fluid & air. I’ve read somewhere on one of the forums from someone who accessed the VAG group data on how this all works & what it actually does, there’s also an Audi Q4 video that shows the complete heating/cooling unit in operation and what it actually does. So based on that, I made my decision to include one. On the Skoda product heat pump video the lady says ” Not having a heat pump is detrimental to the range & battery capacity of the car”. It will be interesting to come back here in 12 months time & read this again and compare our thoughts on actual experience!
Skoda Enyaq Coupe 85x Sportline Plus Adanced, Heat Pump & 21" Supernova Wheels In Moon White Metallic - Ordered 27th December 2023 - Confirmed 31st January 2024 - Build Week 16 (W/C April 15th) Estimated Delivery 26th May. Build Week moved back to week 23 W/C 3rd June) Build Week moved again to week 32 (W/C 5th August) Brought forward to week 27 (W/C 1st July 24) Advised Week 31 That car us built & in Transit to UK. August 22nd, car arrived at dealership but wrong spec. Collected the car 18/9/2024. Ver