General Please vote: What was the delivery wait for your new 500?

[JimR123]

Hi, we're thinking of buying a new 500 Pop with a few options (air-con, etc), and was wondering how long people have had to wait when they've ordered their new customized car?

 

[Puntostar]

Think mine was just over a month

 

[Melanabb]

Well, (sheepishly) I got one off the shelf (shock horror!!!), so I'm not voting

 

[Heidi]

I ordered on 24th June and it was at the dealer on 12th August, then I didn't pick it up til 13th Sept as waited til 1st Sept to tax and then was busy the following weekend. So i put less than 3 months but more than 1 month lol.

 

[mrbrown2]

Well, (sheepishly) I got one off the shelf (shock horror!!!), so I'm not voting

Snap

 

[rallycinq]

I ordered mine in October 07 and got it 29th Feb 08, but remember the car wasn't oficially launched until January 08.

Cheers

SPD

 

[Exoticaholic]

I ordered my 500 Sport 1.2 on 2nd February 2008 in the afternoon (and I had an accident in the morning )

I collected it on 23rd May 2008.

 

[booklady]

I put less than 3 months, but it was actually only 8 weeks, when we had been quoted 12, so it was much quicker than expected.

 

[Nuova500]

The first one was ordered in early Feb 2008 and arrived early June 2008, then rejected
Next was in stock so only a weeks wait

 

[wreckmaster]

I ordered mine on may 16th and it was delivered on october 15th
But I guess Norway is a bit further down on Fiats priority list than the UK is

 

[rallycinq]

The bottom line to all of this is that it depends on exactly what spec the OP wants, and does the dealership have one in the pipeline with a close enough spec to only need a tweek of the order.

Cheers

SPD

 

[Heidi]

The bottom line to all of this is that it depends on exactly what spec the OP wants, and does the dealership have one in the pipeline with a close enough spec to only need a tweek of the order.

Cheers

SPD

I second that ... Funk White delivery times were being quoted as 6 months but look how quickly I got mine.

 

[toeknee1]

i ordered a 1.2 lounge bossa nova white with red leather seats, italian flag stripe, sport alloys and front fogs yesterday and was told delivery about the end of may, sounds about right reading thru this thread, just wishing the days away now

 

[grungdog23]

well, i ordered my 500 sport diesel in march 08. 7 month later she arrived... oct 08. 6 month wait as they "ran out" of skydome sun roofs! with 1 month of "unknown" delay with fiat not giving any thing away.....

 

[RobW]

not applicable as i bought it second hand off eBay

 

[jaymac]

waited about 3 weeks as the dealer found pretty much what we wanted in "transit",. Seemed like an age, but well worth it

 

[pusko]

...waited 9 months!!! :bang:
But now that it's here.......:yum:

 

[Tourandot]

We were quoted 12-weeks, but it arrived in around 5- to 6- weeks.

To be honest, though it was great to get the car early, I was disappointed that the stealer nagged me to pay over the 'phone several days before we could collect it.

Figure it was to do with his monthly figures - we collected the car on the 2nd October, so paying for it in September added around £8000 to his revenue.

I have fed this back to Fiat Customer Services who said it should never have happened that way.

T

 

[BluePixie]

hey, ordered mine at the end of january (25th) and picking her up on tuesday 10th March (all going well!) - so 6 n bit weeks. when they said it would be 12

 

[ianrm]

Ordered mine on 1st Feb. White, red leather, Climate control, 16" alloys, Italian flag stripe on roof and wing badges. I was told last Tuesday that it was built and is probably now on the way