Its offical, dealers just rung to tell me that Fiat have admitted that they have lost my new car

As of 5.00pm today nobody at Fiat knows the wareabouts of it.:bang: However it will be someone job tomorrow to go a find the car at report back to me.

If anyones seen a New Orleans Blue Grande Punto Sporting that looks like its lost can you let me know.

I'm lost for words.

I bet its sitting at the docks along with mine

Have you asked for compensation for the hassle?

Did they try down the back of the sofa?

Bob in disguise said:

I bet its sitting at the docks along with mine

Have you asked for compensation for the hassle?

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I'll ask them if they've see a Red one when they call tomorrow

waiting to see what happens tomorrow, insurance on my current cars up for renewal Friday and tax at the end of the month so if its not sorted out sharpish thats nearly £600 I'm going to have to fork out.

You can get a refund on your insurance surely if you take up a new policy with someone else?

The one at my local dealers is new orleans blue

Reading this and other's experiences (mine included) you got to beg the quesion how competent Fiat's distribution is.. How can you lose a car?? They had a good few months between Italian and British launch to iron out any problems.. What is more, having read another of the recent thread, how could they deliver a car covered in dents and chips and feel happy letting a customer drive off in it?

I love Fiat, but this is a real knock to customer confidence - they've got a great product in the GP but what's happened to the logistics and the management? I'm sure its the last thing a dealership network wants when they're trying to resurrect their already fragile reputation. Now they've just launched the Sedici - shouldnt this have been delayed?! Maybe I'm overreacting but hope that Fiat Uk are taking note of our concerns and doing their damnest to sort it out.

Theres one at my local dealers, delivered yesterday. It's blue, the light metallic blue.

HardBoiledEgg said:

Theres one at my local dealers, delivered yesterday. It's blue, the light metallic blue.

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I didn't think that you could have a Sporting in that light blue (Psychedelic Azure - try the Fiat website configurator) unless you can have that colour as a special factory order?

Do all cars that have been already sent to a dealer (but are still unsold) show up on the Fiat stock computer? My guess is that it could accidentally have been delivered to another dealer; why not phone up some other dealers asking if they have a spare New Orleans Blue Sporting for sale, and if someone has one (maybe not THAT one but you could be exceptionally lucky) then cancel your order and buy it from the other dealer.

i got to admit fiat are **** when it comes to ordering cars u should have saw the **** i had to go through trying to get mine i orderd mine in feb and didnt get it till last week in march and when i picke dmine up i was only the 5th person to go out with my car and there was a further 20 waiting for theres after me

Goodnews, they've found it Bad News its still waiting to clear customs

Turns out when the car was put on the boat in Italy at the beginning of the month, instead of updating the tracking system to show this, it was entered as being put on a transporter to the dealers.

Hopefully car will now be with the dealers early next week, as he has spoken to the transport company and they told him they have a priority on Grande Punto deliveries and have also been working overtime to clear any backlogs.

Whey good news

Mines in preperation at the moment and will be going on the transporter very soon, so will be in early next week as well

HI please please please check the paint work before you sign anythink or drive away with it, i have had a nightmare with mine, picked my grande punto on the first of march it had dribbles in paint work scratch small but very deep and also kinks in bodywork and also like little pimples in paint work here and there. was told buy the manger of glyn hopkin in buckhurst hill essex your not the only one thats had trouble quite afew are coming in with problems so be warned barry b

from all the things ive read about problems with the paintwork i'll be giving the car a very close inspection before i sign anything

Cheers for the word of caution though

After reading multiple threads about delivery quality problems i'm beginning to wish I hadn't bothered ordering a GP Sporting. I ordered it 2 weeks ago and I dont think it's even began to be built yet . I think im going to be patient and wait it out but if there is so much as one scratch I aint driving it away.

Glad to hear that MattCupra! Some good new at last

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After reading multiple threads about delivery quality problems i'm beginning to wish I hadn't bothered ordering a GP Sporting. I ordered it 2 weeks ago and I dont think it's even began to be built yet . I think im going to be patient and wait it out but if there is so much as one scratch I aint driving it away.

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Its the age old problems of reading a forum, all the problems get posted but not many good things I wouldn't worry too much about it

ChrisUK said:

After reading multiple threads about delivery quality problems i'm beginning to wish I hadn't bothered ordering a GP Sporting. I ordered it 2 weeks ago and I dont think it's even began to be built yet . I think im going to be patient and wait it out but if there is so much as one scratch I aint driving it away.

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What happened to the vRS?

he got bored of it!

Bob in disguise said:

he got bored of it!

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That must have beaten my record of keeping a car, which currently stands at 4 months.

wolfracepunto said:

What happened to the vRS?

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realised his mistake